EU Prosecutors Open Fraud Probe Into Spain’s High-Speed Rail Funds
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Under the microscope: the way in which European funding of 111.6 million euros was used for maintenance and upgrade works on the Madrid high-speed line
The European Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation to identify possible fraud in the use of European funds for the renewal of the Madrid-Sevilla high-speed railway line, the site of an accident that caused 69 deaths last week, EPPO announced on Friday.
Nine days after the tragedy of Urda, which cost the lives of 69 people, the European Public Prosecutor's Office is launching an investigation into possible fraud against European funds for security, signage and communications.
The collision of two high-speed trains at Urda, about 150 kilometers south of Madrid, left 69 dead last week.
EU prosecutors open fraud probe into Spain’s high-speed rail funds
EU prosecutors have opened a fraud investigation into funds for upgrading Spain’s Madrid–Seville high-speed line, where a 28 October crash near Urda killed 69. A similar probe began in March after a January crash on the same line killed 46.
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