Spanish Civil Guard raids Socialist Party headquarters in widening corruption probe
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Euractiv
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Summary
Spain's political corruption scandals continue to escalate, with elite Civil Guard officers raiding the headquarters of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's Socialist party. The operation, led by the Unidad Central Operativa (UCO), aims to seize evidence of alleged hidden payments used to finance a network designed to undermine legal proceedings against key Socialist figures. The country's chief anti-graft prosecutor warns that political corruption is eroding Spain's democratic system.
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· 3 pulledPolitical corruption is eating Spain’s democratic system, warns the country’s chief anti-graft prosecutor
The Unidad Central Operativa, or UCO, operation had the aim of seizing evidence of alleged hidden payments that, prosecutors believe, was used to finance a network aimed at undermining legal proceedings against key figures in Sánchez’s Socialists
In the latest blow to Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister and his besieged Spanish Socialists, elite officers of the Civil Guard raided the party’s headquarters on Wednesday morning
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