THE son of Marbella mayor has launched a legal bid to save his home after judges ordered the seizure of €230,000 from the property in a major money laundering probe.
Alexander John Broberg Muñoz formally requested standing in the Audiencia Nacional to defend his rights to the villa.
The move comes after the court annulled the transfer of shares in the Panamanian company that owns the property, Lesley Company Inc.
Broberg Muñoz has been the sole administrator and owner of the firm since December 2019.
Judges ruled that the gratuitous transfer of the company to him by his late father, Lars Broberg – husband of Mayor Angeles Muñoz – was the final step in a manoeuvre to launder drug money.
Anti-drug prosecutors and the Policia Nacional’s organised crime unit concluded the funds used to finance the property came from the trafficking of hashish and marijuana.
The property’s mortgage was paid off in a single transaction in 2017 by his half-brother, Joakim Broberg, who was recently convicted in a Swedish mafia trial.
The payment occurred while the ‘Mocromafia’ criminal network was actively operating.
During his witness testimony, Broberg Muñoz admitted he made no financial outlay for the company shares but insisted the operation was transparent.
He claims to have lived in the property with his partner since 2017.
Anti-drug prosecutor Maria Dolores Lopez Salcedo questioned his sudden legal manoeuvre.
She noted that he failed to appear during the oral trial, despite knowing beforehand that a confiscation order existed for the estate.
The wider Mocromafia trial recently concluded with 21 of the 24 accused receiving prison sentences of between two and 16 years.
Joakim Broberg was handed a nine-year sentence but remains at liberty while his appeal to the Supreme Court is resolved.
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