Iniciado por juancarlosb

Este es para mí el peor legado de la burbuja inmobiliaria.
La generalización de la corrupción ha sido total, a todos los niveles, pero ante todo en el municipal y algo menos en el autonómico.
Partimos de una ley del Suelo que parece diseñada para fomentar el robo institucionalizado y a partir de ahí con la abundancia del crédito se crea el cóctel perfecto.
Cojo algo que no vale nada (suelo rústico en cualquier erial) y lo transformo por arte de magia en algo que vale 100 veces más.
¿Quién podía resistir la tentación? Máxime cuando "todos" lo estaban haciendo, y no pasaba nada.

P.D. Si aguien quiere detalles de como lo vi en primera línea de fuego lo cuento con pelos y señales (excepto lugares y personas).

Iniciado por superpo

Joder, lo inimaginable, Ya escandaliza hasta en Argentina.

Creo que esta vez nuestros dirigentes se han pasado

Valencia bribery row engulfs Spanish opposition Popular Party



Leading members of Spain’s conservative opposition Popular Party were implicated yesterday in one of the country’s biggest political scandals since the return of democracy in 1978.

A judge released classified tax and police documents apparently showing that members of the party were paid tens of thousands of euros in cash and bribes in return for granting lucrative contracts to a number of companies.

At the centre of the alleged web of corruption is Francisco Correa, an events organiser with close links to the party, who styled himself Don Vito, after the fictional mafia boss in The Godfather.

Another key figure is Luis Bárcenas, the Popular Party treasurer, who is accused of receiving €1,353,000 (£1,190,000) in bribes, according to court documents.

Despite the corruption allegations, Mr Bárcenas has not been suspended as treasurer nor as senator by the party leadership.

Investigators say that Álvaro Pérez, known as Moustaches for his handlebar whiskers, was involved in a corruption ring in the Valencian regional government, which is run by the Popular Party.

Judge Antonio Pedreira, who is leading the investigation, made public the 50,000-page file in the case, which threatens to damage the political standing of the Popular Party before the next general election in 2012.

The documents suggested that leading members of the party, who all deny the allegations, paid out at least €12 million in undeclared cash for party events.

Purple envelopes stuffed full of cash were handed to corrupt party officials in the salubrious surroundings of the five-star Hotel Fénix in Madrid.

Mr Correa, who is in custody on €86 million bail, is said to have spirited millions into offshore accounts through front companies.

The investigation, which began last year, has implicated 70 people.

Mariano Rajoy, leader of the Popular Party, has only said that he will “act forcefully” if more members of the party are linked to the case. Behind the scenes he is said to have formed a damage-control task force.

Sadly corruption is endemic in all areas of Spanish politics and is driving more and more citizens into apathetic acceptance. A big wake-up call is long overdue from those who care about this country.

Spain's main opposition party in corruption scandal




JANE WALKER in Madrid

SPAIN’S main opposition Popular Party (PP) is embroiled in the largest political corruption scandal since the restoration of democracy. Examining magistrate Antonio Pedreira has released his findings in a 50,000-page damning document involving senior PP officials in Valencia, Madrid, Galicia and Castilla y Leon.

The case, codenamed Operation Gurtel, was initiated over a year ago by high-profile judge Baltasar Garzon. He ordered the detention of 37 suspects with close links to Popular Party including a PP mayor and a former mayor of two prosperous Madrid suburbs.

Mr Garzon was removed from the case after it was alleged he was biased against the accused and of illegally tapping their mobile phones during consultations with their lawyers. He was replaced by Mr Pedreira, who found evidence of influence peddling, fraud and tax evasion, money laundering and receiving bribes in exchange for lucrative contracts for public works and for organising political meetings and social events, including the lavish wedding of one of the accused.

One of the most important names in the case is that of Luis Barcenas, a PP senator and party treasurer until last summer when his name first emerged. He was responsible for raising millions of euro for the party, some of it illegally. Evidence uncovered by the anti-corruption police found that “without a shadow of doubt” Senator Barcenas received illegal commissions of almost €1.3 million – much of which was transferred to secret “B accounts” in off-shore tax havens – for intervening in lucrative contracts for contacts.

Mr Barcenas, who enjoys parliamentary privilege, stepped down as treasurer last year, but continues to receive his salary, keeps his office in PP headquarters and the party is paying for a leading Madrid lawyer to defend him.

If Mr Barcenas maintains his party’s support, the same cannot be said for others whose names have surfaced in the Gurtel case. Jaume Matas, a minister in the Aznar government and former president of the government of the Balearic islands, was expelled from the party and is awaiting trial on a long list of corruption charges. Yesterday, he escaped jail by presenting €3 million in bail.

The godfather behind this web of corruption has been named as Francisco Correa, who is alleged to have amassed a huge fortune. When police searched his homes and offices, along with those of Pablo Crespo and Alvaro Perez, they seized a large quantity of jewellery, gold watches, a valuable coin collection, thousands of dollars and euro as well as computers and files. They also blocked 113 banks accounts and embargoed a luxury yacht, a dozen expensive cars and powerful motorcycles.