EU prosecutors open fraud probe into Spain’s high-speed rail funds
Investigators are examining whether €111 million in EU rail funding was misused after two deadly crashes on the line this year.
- On Friday, the European Public Prosecutor launched a second criminal investigation into suspected fraud involving European Union funds for the Madrid-Seville high-speed rail corridor.
- Following the October 28 collision near Urda, Spain, which killed 69 people and injured about 180, authorities intensified scrutiny of the state rail manager, Railway Infrastructure Administrator .
- Delegated European prosecutors and specialist officers from the Civil Guard's Central Operational Unit conducted searches at Madrid headquarters of Adif, the State Railway Safety Agency , and Spain's Court of Auditors .
- This development follows an initial March 20 probe into maintenance funds for the same high-speed link, launched after a January 18 derailment near Adamuz, Andalusia, that claimed 46 lives.
- European scrutiny has deepened as Brussels reviews European Union funding for Spanish rail safety, coinciding with domestic anti-corruption raids involving former transport minister José Luis Ábalos and senior procurement officials.
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The European Public Prosecutor's Office investigates possible fraud in the use of European funds after the rail disaster in Spain. A collision between two trains resulted in 69 deaths on 28 October, upsetting the country and the campaign for early legislation. This is the second major rail disaster this year on the same line. - The European Public Prosecutor's Office investigates possible fraud following the rail disaster in Spain (Transport).
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INTELLINEWSOn 28 October, 69 people died during the collision of two TGVs. The investigation concerned "a possible fraud affecting European funds for the renovation and improvement of safety, signalling and communication systems" on this line.
Two serious accidents on the same high-speed line in Spain. The EU prosecutor's office is investigating possible fraud with EU funds. Not for the first time.
The European Public Prosecutor's Office has initiated a review of the possible diversion of European Union funds allocated to rail infrastructure following the disaster in the Spanish province of Toledo, which concerns a grant of more than 111.6 million euros granted by the European Union in June 2024 to upgrade railway infrastructure, improve traffic safety and upgrade communication systems on the Madrid-Sevilla high-speed line, and transmits R…
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