THE convicted stepson of Marbella’s mayor is a ‘flight risk’ and should be sent to prison immediately after he was found guilty of drug trafficking and money laundering, prosecutors have said.
Spain’s Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office has made the request for 17 defendants convicted in a major drug trafficking trial on the Costa del Sol, including Swedish national Joakim Peter Broberg.
Broberg, the stepson of Partido Popular (PP) mayoress Angeles Muñoz, was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay a €4.9 million fine for his role in what prosecutors described as a Europe-wide drug network.
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A National Court ruling on July 1 found that Broberg helped buy and sell marijuana and cocaine across Spain, France and northern Europe, while laundering €4.8 million in illicit proceeds.
Prosecutors are now calling for all those convicted in the case to enter prison immediately, while requesting that three others be expelled from Spain.
Broberg’s lawyer has challenged the request, arguing that her client retains his ‘full right to have the sentence reviewed’ through appeals.
She said Broberg had remained fully available to the courts, had promptly reported any changes of address, surrendered his passport, and paid the €50,000 bail required for provisional release.
During the trial, the Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office had sought a sentence of twice as many years in prison for Broberg, along with €30 million in fines.
Broberg first came under scrutiny in May last year, when prosecutors accused him of laundering more than €7 million in suspected drug proceeds as part of a so-called ‘Swedish mafia’ network operating on the Costa del Sol.
His late father, Lars Broberg, who was married to Muñoz, was also accused of playing a key role in the operation.
During a 2025 court hearing, a senior police inspector told the court under oath that six separate money-laundering operations worth €7.3 million had been traced to Joakim Broberg and his associates.
In three of those transactions, totalling €6.4 million, she said Lars Broberg was personally involved.
One of the key laundering schemes described involved the purchase of a luxury villa in Vega del Jaque, Benahavis, using almost €3 million in cash channelled through a Gibraltar-based company.
“It was done with a large amount of cash, which shows they had easy access to large sums of money,” the inspector said.
She also described how funds were allegedly moved through tax havens, including Bermuda, Montenegro and the British Virgin Islands.
The inspector said Joakim Broberg had no declared income in Spain but was linked to 19 inactive companies, most registered through an office in a Marbella shopping centre that was also used as the address for many of his father’s businesses.
She described a sophisticated operation in which illicit funds were allegedly used to buy land, build luxury villas and sell them on, often with the knowledge and involvement of Lars Broberg.
During one of the property raids, the inspector said officers were ‘stunned by the high standard of living’ enjoyed by those under investigation.
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