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Corruption scandals keep popping up in Socialist Spain.
While leftist Pope Leo XIV spent time in Spain, advocating for illegal migrants and treating disgraced Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez like a ‘pop star’, the Spanish Justice continues to demolish the ruling Socialist party with multiple corruption investigations and prosecutions.
Today (12), it arose that a Spanish High Court judge, part of the investigation of former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero for suspected corruption, has ​opened a separate probe over expensive jewelry found during ‌a search of the politician’s office.

BREAKING: Spain’s top criminal court has opened a second criminal probe into former PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero – this time for alleged smuggling and tax fraud over €1.3M in jewellery found in his office.
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Reuters reported:
“Zapatero, prime minister from 2004 to 2011, remains a leading figure ​in the main ruling Socialist Party and the ​graft allegations – which he has denied – have added ⁠to pressure on the government following a series of corruption ​scandals.
Investigating judge Jose Luis Calama said the jewelry items ​seized during the May 19 search, provisionally valued at about €1.3 million ($1.5 million), currently lack documented proof of origin.
He said the possession of ​high-value assets without clear fiscal traceability could indicate ​possible tax evasion or smuggling offences, citing the absence of customs ‌documents ⁠or evidence that import duties had been paid.”

“Zapatero is due to testify on ​June 17 and June 18 in the corruption ​case, ⁠which centers on an influence-peddling and money-laundering network that he allegedly led.
The network is suspected of having profited from ⁠lobbying ​public authorities on behalf of ​third parties – mainly Spanish airline Plus Ultra, which received a state bailout ​in 2021.”
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