Tag: bribery
Russian mafia trial on Spain’s Costa Blanca will see five face charges of money laundering – including powerful ‘lobbyist’...
A BENIDORM judge is to prosecute five members of a Costa Blanca-based Russian money laundering gang- almost three years after they were arrested.
The judge's...
President of Spanish football club FC Barcelona formally accused of bribery over €7.3 million payments made to high-ranking referee
THE CURRENT president of Spanish football club FC Barcelona has been formally accused by a judge of bribery thanks to evidence that multi-million-euro payments...
Costa Blanca fraudsters created 30 bogus companies to make €10 million by conning Spanish authorities
125 people have been arrested during an 18-month Policia Nacional investigation into a gang who created 30 fake companies to defraud social security and...
Council official on Spain’s Costa Blanca stole €40,000 from clubs and charities and took bungs for contracts
A 52-year-old Santa Pola council official has been charged with 19 crimes of bribery committed over the last decade.
The woman took bungs from two...
Vaccine queue-jumping Costa Blanca mayors in Spain test positive for COVID-19
A Costa Blanca mayoral couple at the centre of a vaccine queue-jumping scandal are self-isolating after catching COVID-19
The PSOE mayors of El Verger and...
Costa Blanca mayor faces COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumping trial after judge in Spain throws out appeal
A Villajoyosa judge has rejected an appeal from a Costa Blanca mayor that there's not enough evidence for him to be prosecuted for illegally...
Costa Blanca queue-jumping COVID-19 vaccine mayor set for bribery trial in Spain
A Villajoyosa judge says there's enough evidence to try La Nucia mayor, Bernabe Cano, for COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumping.
The Partido Popular mayor got an injection...
British gang among 85 arrests for ‘explosives and murder’ in HUGE drugs bust that seized AK-47, five tonnes of...
The gang of four Brits operated from a house in Istan and are believed to have trafficked hash to the UK
Expert claims Francisco Correa rigged contracts in latest development of Gürtel case
Correa, a businessman accused of bribing PP officials, supposedly reached out to 37 companies, all of which have affiliations with the PP, giving them a competitive edge through hand-me-down documents,
World Cup game involving Spain under scrutiny amid FIFA corruption probe
South Korea's progress to the 2002 semi-final has been called into question
Spain among UEFA nations to betray FIFA vote pact
Spain, France and Russia all among nations to vote for scandal-ridden Sepp Blatter in FIFA presidential election
Over two-thirds of Spanish bosses justify corruption, says new report
A massive 69% of Spanish managers ‘justify corruption’
Reopening of controversial Los Frailes mine cancelled amid corruption scandal
A probe was launched in March after a rival bidder filed a denuncia, claiming negotiations were illegally carried out for the mine in Aznalcollar
Disgraced mayor of Alhaurin el Grande has returned to office
Juan Martin Seron has resumed his position as mayor of Alhaurin el Grande after serving a year's suspension
‘I paid Roca three million euros for occupancy licences’ claims builder in Malaya case
Fidel San Roman makes shocking confession to the court and insists he was the victim of blackmail
Bribes inspector faces jail
He was meant to stop illegal construction, but took thousands to allow it
Take a bung, m’lud?
As judge is jailed for bribery, half of Spain believes money buys freedom
Police detain councillor for alleged town planning offence
Industrial park project in Alhendín under Supreme Court investigation
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OPINION: Tales of one-track scam artist Chris O’Hare’s cons are as old as the Costa del Sol itself
THE only thing surprising about the epic tale of Chris O’Hare’s constant scamming is that he got away with it for so long.
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