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Spain's former Economy Minister and ex-IMF chief gets five years in prison and €2m fine for corruption

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.

20 Dec, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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

7 Nov, 2024 @ 18:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

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

31 Aug, 2024 @ 17:49

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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

30 Jul, 2024 @ 15:29

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Pedro Sanchez cancels engagements due to death of wife Begoña Gomez's father

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

22 Jul, 2024 @ 17:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Pablo Iglesias, Alberto Garzón Y Miren Gorrotxategi En El Acto De Unidas Podemos Para Las Elecciones Vascas En Bilbao

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

11 Jul, 2024 @ 15:44

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Wife of Spain's Prime Minister proclaims innocence as she testifies in corruption and influence peddling case

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

11 Jul, 2024 @ 11:55

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

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

9 Jul, 2024 @ 14:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Politics

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

4 Jun, 2024 @ 12:21

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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 investigation

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

17 Apr, 2024 @ 18:34

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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

10 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Sport·Valencian Community

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.

8 Apr, 2024 @ 17:43

Gibraltar·Lead

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

4 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15

Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read

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

14 Mar, 2024 @ 15:55

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PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

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

8 Mar, 2024 @ 12:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez defends government’s actions over ongoing Covid mask scandal

SPAIN’S Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez sought to defend his government’s actions today, in the midst of the first corruption scandal to hit his government

6 Mar, 2024 @ 12:11

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Speaker of the house in Spain’s Congress defends her innocence after opposition accusations of corruption in ongoing Covid mask scandal

THE Socialist speaker of Spain’s Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol, held a press conference on Tuesday in a bid to defend her actions while she

5 Mar, 2024 @ 12:47

Balearic Islands·Lead·Politics

Pressure grows on speaker in Spain’s Congress of Deputies to quit, after more details emerge about Covid mask scandal

PRESSURE was growing on Monday for the speaker in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, to quit, as more details emerged of

4 Mar, 2024 @ 12:29

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Judge investigating Covid mask corruption scandal points to former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos as an ‘intermediary’, despite his claims he did nothing wrong

THE High Court judge investigating an alleged corruption ring involving the sale of masks during the worst days of the Covid-19 pandemic has pointed to

29 Feb, 2024 @ 11:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Opposition leader accuses Spain’s prime minister of covering up alleged Covid mask corruption scandal, as former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos refuses to stand down

THE leader of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, used his platform in Congress on Wednesday to accuse Socialist Party (PSOE) Prime

28 Feb, 2024 @ 14:11

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‘Corruption remains a serious problem’: Spain’s latest report card shows no improvement in ongoing efforts to battle graft

SPAIN has failed to improve its mediocre ranking of shady countries, according to the latest edition of Transparency Internationals’ Corruption Perception Index. The NGO put

30 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

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WATCH: Outrage as councillor is accused of rigging a local lottery in Spain’s Andalucia after pulling the name of a co-worker’s mother – for the second year in a row

A CHRISTMAS lottery in Andalucia has been thrown into disrepute after eagle-eyed onlookers suspected a local councillor of rigging its outcome. Jose Luis Madueño, a

17 Jan, 2024 @ 16:02

Andalucia·Jaen·Lead·Politics

Corrupt former mayor gets convicted and jailed for taking public cash on Spain's Costa Blanca

Corrupt ex-mayor is convicted yet again and jailed for stealing public money on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of the most corrupt ex-mayors in Alicante province has been in court again to pick up a a four-and-a-half year jail term and an

9 Jan, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics·Valencian Community

Vox diverted €11m of public money to a foundation and private company, claims former high-ranking member of Spain’s far-right party

A FORMER high-ranking politician from Vox has claimed that the far-right party has diverted as much as €11 million of public money to a foundation

27 Oct, 2023 @ 13:09

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Barcelona president says La Liga salary caps caused Lionel Messi to leave the Spanish club

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 were

18 Oct, 2023 @ 13:39

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I leaves Spain after making fourth visit to Galician municipality Sanxenxo

SPAIN’S disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I left the Galician municipality of Sanxenxo on Monday morning, concluding his fourth visit to his home country since

2 Oct, 2023 @ 13:00

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