Only the three criminal cases in Marbella who goes under the names “Ballena Blanca”, “Malaya” and “Hidalgo” has together been washed an incredible 1,000 million euros. It shows the summaries that the prosecutor has done in cases that are reported today in La Opinión de Málaga.
The largest network of administrative corruption and Urban Development began to be investigated in March 2006. The 26 front men and women alleged used by Juan Antonio Roca (who was Marbella town planning advisor) the man at the centre of the Malaya case, suspected to be bribes and other amounts channeled around between municipal officials and builders to the tune of 670 million euros. The money came from the backhanders which many real estate promoters and builders paid to do business in the town, get illegal building licenses for new apartments blocks and villas urbanizations.
In the other cases are internationally known criminals and drug trafficking. Large sums of money have been sent around the network and ended up in accounts in tax havens. The Hidalgo case saw 220 million laundered and Ballena Blanca some 150 million
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December 12th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Wow is all I can say. Hope it all works out!