Brussels calls out Spain for “limited progress” in the fight against corruption

Brussels calls out Spain for “limited progress” in the fight against corruption

In the midst of political turmoil in Madrid due to the recent conviction of the brother of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, or the case related to his wife, Begoña Gómez, the European Commission draws attention to Spain for the “limited progress” in fighting high-level corruption cases and calls for a national register of lobbyists. It does so in its annual report on the Rule of Law, where, although it recognizes certain advances in processing major cases, it highlights “limited progress” in strengthening the rules on conflicts of interest and officeholders in executive functions, and warns that measures against corruption or the regulation of “lobbies” have not yet yielded the expected results in Spain.

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The Police dismantle a network of 60 people who forged documents for foreigners

The Police dismantle a network of 60 people who forged documents for foreigners

The National Police have dismantled an organization dedicated to the forgery of documentation related to international protection applications that allowed foreign citizens to fraudulently access the Spanish labor market. The investigation, carried out from the town of Orihuela in Alicante, has so far resulted in 60 people being arrested as alleged perpetrators of document forgery crimes, although the operation remains open and further arrests are not ruled out.

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