Former Costa Blanca mayor and three ex-councillors convicted of ‘rigging’ refuse contract
A FORMER mayor of Orihuela, Monica Lorente, has been given a four-month jail term and disqualified from holding public office for 20 months over the
Fugitive politician on the run for 20 years over sprawling Marbella corruption case pays to avoid jail
THE ex-Marbella sports councillor, Carlos Fernandez, who fled Spain in 2006 to avoid corruption charges in the infamous Malay Case, will not serve any prison
Ex-Marbella councillor who fled Spain in 2006 over infamous Malaya corruption case is arrested at Madrid airport
A FORMER Marbella councillor who fled Spain 19 years ago to avoid being indicted in an infamous corruption case has been arrested at Madrid airport
Spain criticised for failing to act on anti-corruption reforms, says European watchdog
Spain has failed to fully implement a single one of the 19 anti-corruption reforms recommended by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body in 2019, a
PSOE corruption probe: Former party secretary Cerdan detained by Spain’s Supreme Court over alleged corruption
SANTOS Cerdan, former secretary of organisation for Spain’s ruling PSOE party, has been sent to prison on charges of bribery, criminal organisation and influence peddling,
Major ally of Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez resigns as corruption probe uncovers €620k of bribes
A SENIOR figure in the PSOE Socialist party has resigned over a corruption probe that could threaten the minority PSOE-led Pedro Sanchez government. Santos Cerdan,
Marbella mayor’s stepson and late husband ‘laundered €7m as bosses of the Swedish mafia’ trial hears
A POLICIA Nacional inspector has accused the stepson and late husband of Marbella’s mayor of laundering more than €7 million of suspected drug money, as
Marbella corruption scandal grows: Police to investigate ‘all historical cases handled by court clerk who stole €19m in crypto seized from fraudsters’
THE corruption scandal engulfing Marbella’s judicial system has deepened, as police have announced a full review of every case handled by the court clerk who
Sir Lindsay Hoyle comes under fire for ‘luxury trips to Gibraltar’
SIR Lindsay Hoyle is facing increasing scrutiny after revelations about his trips to Gibraltar and other luxury destinations. Figures obtained by the Daily Mail show
Fury after mayor of cash-strapped village in Spain uses public funds to pay for €400 ‘feast’ – featuring oysters, jamon and king prawns
A SPANISH mayor is facing calls to step down after it emerged he used public funds to wine and dine himself and friends. Partido Popular
Spain receives worst corruption ranking in 30 years: Study brands country a ‘defective democracy’
SPAIN has recorded its worst ranking in three decades on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), placing 46th in the world with a score of 56
Spain’s former Economy Minister and ex-IMF chief gets five years in prison and €2m fine for tax dodging and corruption
THE former head of the International Monetary Fund and ex-Economy Minister, Rodrigo Rato, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for corruption offences.
Former minister faces corruption probe over Covid-19 mask contract scandal and ‘kick-back gift’ of a house in Spain’s Andalucia
A CORRUPTION investigation was announced on Thursday into a key ally of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over contracts for the purchase of face masks during
Who’s who in the Begoña Gomez case? All you need to know about the ‘influence peddling’ probe into wife of Spain’s PM
AS Madrid judge Juan Carlos Peinado charges ahead with his influence peddling case against the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Begoña Gomez, a growing
Pedro Sanchez latest: Spain’s prime minister to sue judge after being forced to testify in case against his wife
SPAIN’S Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez exercised his right to not testify before a judge today, as part of an ongoing judicial probe into allegations
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called to testify in court as part of judicial probe into wife’s business activities
THE Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been notified by a judge that he will have to testify as a witness in an ongoing judicial
Spain’s police ‘searched for information about Podemos politicians’ nearly 7,000 times as part of so-called ‘dirty war’ against leftist party under Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
OFFICERS from Spain’s Policia Nacional searched for information about politicians from Podemos some 6,903 times as part of a so-called ‘dirty war’ against the new
Second report absolves Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife from any wrongdoing in influence peddling case
A SECOND report put together by Spain’s Guardia Civil has not found any wrongdoing by the Spanish prime minister’s wife, Begoña Gomez, as part of
Wife of Spain’s prime minister threatened with arrest if she fails to attend court when witness in her influence peddling probe gives evidence
A MADRID judge has warned Begoña Gomez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, that she could be arrested if she does not turn
Begoña Gomez in court: Judge calls Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife to testify as official suspect in influence peddling case
A MADRID judge has given the Spanish prime minister’s wife, Begoña Gomez, a court date at which she will have to testify as an official
MCGRAIL INQUIRY: Gibraltar’s ‘most powerful lawyer’ finally takes to the stand as Hassans senior partner dodges questions on missing messages and casts doubt on police investigationÂ
HASSANS senior partner James Levy finally gave evidence in the McGrail inquiry today. The King’s Counsel went toe-to-toe with fellow heavy-weight Patrick Gibbs, the high-profile
Spanish tennis player gets 15-year ban for match-fixing and bribery despite not playing since 2018
A SPANISH tennis player has been banned until 2039 for match-fixing, despite hanging up his racket six years ago. Aaron Cortes Alcaraz, 29, has been
Day one of Gibraltar’s corruption inquiry into the retirement of police chief Ian McGrail: Search warrant against high-ranking legal figure under the spotlight
THE first day of the McGrail hearings were dominated by the circumstances surrounding the issuing of a search warrant against a key Gibraltar legal figure.
Gibraltar holds its breath as the McGrail corruption inquiry finally gets underway next week – with the eyes of the world watching
AMID a swirl of accusations and recriminations that have seen the Rock likened to a ‘banana republic’, the long-awaited McGrail Inquiry is finally set to
Pressure grows on Madrid regional premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso to quit, after revelation that her partner admitted tax fraud over sale of Covid-19 masks
OPPOSITION parties in the Madrid regional government ramped up the pressure on Partido Popular (PP) premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso to quit on Thursday, after it
Guns, 23 cellphones, cryptocurrency, and €500 notes: What police found in the house of Koldo Garcia, the man at the centre of the Covid mask corruption scandal that has rocked Spain’s Socialist government
POLICE investigators made some startling discoveries when they searched the home of Koldo Garcia, the former right-hand man of ex-Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos and