Tag: Spanish court

• Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Mexican steel tycoon on the run will be extradited from Spain to his home country

  

  Spain's high court said on Friday it had rejected an appeal lodged by the chairman of a leading Mexican steelmaker and ordered his extradition to his home country where he faces corruption charges.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Venezuela ex intelligence chief missing after Spanish court agrees to his extradition to the US

  

  Venezuela's former military intelligence chief has gone missing in Spain just days after a court-approved a request for his extradition to the United States on drug trafficking charges, police said on Wednesday

• Friday, May 25th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

  Blow to Rajoy: 29 members of the ruling party convicted for corruption

  

  A Spanish court has issued hefty prison sentences for politicians and business people involved in a kickbacks-for-contracts scheme that helped fund Spain’s governing party. The National Court’s decision is a major blow for Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular, fined 245,000 Euros because it benefited from the illegal scheme that was in place between 1999 and 2005.

• Friday, February 21st 2014 - 10:02 UTC

  Barcelona charged with tax fraud when the purchase of Brazil's forward Neymar

  

  Barcelona have been charged by a Spanish court with committing tax fraud in the signing of Brazil forward Neymar last year in the latest twist to a saga that has already claimed the scalp of the club president.