Day: March 7, 2015

PP charged in 450 million corruption case

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Forty members of the Spanish ruling party and a number of prominent businessmen will stand trial in the country’s biggest political corruption scandal since the end of the Franco regime. Judge Pablo Ruz, of the National Court in Madrid, yesterday ordered a former health minister and three former treasurers of the centre-right Popular party to stand trial, along with 36 others, on 12 charges, including bribery, cash-for-favours in office, and embezzling €449 million of taxpayers’ Continue reading PP charged in 450 million corruption case→

Legal action launched against Mojacar’s Mayor for corruption

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The Mayor of Mojacar, Rosa Maria Cano, has been indicted in a private criminal complaint of corruption launched by opposition party Mojacar Positiva se mueve (MPSM), lead by councillor Jessica Simpson. The complaint says the Mayor is stopping foreign residents from registering on the townhall register (padrón) and has attempted to misuse public funds to pay extraordinary bonuses to townhall staff. The complaint has been lodged with the courts in a motion called a querella, Continue reading Legal action launched against Mojacar’s Mayor for corruption→