Spain's PM Labelled a Crime Kingpin at PPE Corruption Trial

Spain's PM labelled a crime kingpin at PPE corruption trial

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez headed a criminal organisation that rigged public contracts and illegally funded his Socialist party, a defendant in a trial that has threatened the government told a court on Wednesday.

Spain's PM accused of being crime kingpin at corruption trial

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez headed a criminal organisation that rigged public contracts and illegally funded his Socialist party, a defendant in a trial that has threatened the government told a court on Wednesday.

Spain’s political storm deepens as ex-PM aide goes on trial in major corruption case - Times Kuwait

A high-profile corruption trial involving former Spanish transport minister and close ally of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, José Luis Ábalos, opened on Tuesday, further intensifying political pressure on Spain’s fragile Socialist-led coalition. The case has deepened tensions in a minority government that has repeatedly pledged to combat corruption in public life. Ábalos, once a key Socialist figure and a central architect of Sánchez’s rise to po…