From the Costa del Sol in the dock－Shillmax

One third of all homes in the Spanish Nobel Marbella were built illegally - and in many cases, it flowed a lot of bribes. Half years ago flew on everything. Almost the entire city council was then arrested and now the process has begun.
Luxury spa and meeting point of the jet set: How did and looks like Marbella. But almost exactly four and a half years ago, on the morning of 29 March 2006, broke a police action in the sun idyll on the Costa del Sol. With lights flashing and sirens wailing, a police car, the mayor of the city managed to their private villa prison. And not only them. More than 20 other people were arrested - almost the entire city administration. They were accused of fraud, money laundering, embezzlement.
Bank accounts closed, breeding horses seized

The action in March 2006 was only the first in a series of further arrests. Today, nearly 100 defendants are on trial. In the course of the investigations were closed numerous bank accounts and property seized: luxury cars, jewels and precious paintings, also breed horses, fighting bulls, and even a live tiger. For so, so say the authorities have accused can be lubricated, or they have funded it with bribes.
Bribes, which flowed to building permits were granted without regard to development plans and protected areas. In the heyday of the housing boom weathered Contractors in Marbella the big deal with luxury homes, golf courses, fine hotels - and helped with several million in bribes for, the conviction of the prosecution. That it was so, like in Spain convinced many - including this German resident was just after the first arrests in 2006 is not surprising: If you look at the architectural development of the last five or six years, one could imagine already, "how much money here now flowed in different channels. "

A great deal to have gone into the pockets of the main defendants: Juan Antonio Roca, the then city architect of Marbella. Mass, he should have given a bribe against the law and building permits. The prosecution requested 30 years imprisonment and a fine of more than 800 million euros for him. He was the mastermind of a widespread network was that Marbella was transformed into a "swamp of corruption," said the prosecutor.
Government set up the whole City Council
Sitting beside him is a former mayor, a former mayor, city council, contractors, businessmen and lawyers in the dock. Together, they will be responsible for the nearly one-third of all homes in Marbella are created illegally. After almost the entire city administration had been arrested, found himself even the government in Madrid forced to intervene: The Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega announced the dismissal of the City Council: "It is the first time in the history of our democracy that we have a elected Government to settle. This government will not tolerate any corruption or protect. Neither now or in the future. "

Well, four and a half years after the first arrests, begins the attempt to lay the legal swamp dry. The process is expected to last one year. Meanwhile, Marbella tries to polish its tarnished image again. Accordingly, great was the enthusiasm in the summer, came as the U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama for a swim at the beaches of Marbella.

shinmax

Shillmax

shinmax 發表在痞客邦留言(0) 人氣()

E-mail轉寄

Shillmax

world, sport, chess, news, footbal, life, blogging, reading, dance

From the Costa del Sol in the dock

歷史上的今天

留言列表

站方公告

活動快報

別猜了...

我的好友

熱門文章

文章分類

最新文章

最新留言

動態訂閱

文章精選

文章搜尋

新聞交換(RSS)

誰來我家

參觀人氣

QR Code

POWERED BY