Corruption claims that Andorra and Switzerland to track accounts … – The Reason

Corruption claims that Andorra and Switzerland to track accounts … – The Reason

was for two decades the most powerful family in Catalonia is in the crosshairs of the anti-corruption prosecutor after the former president of the Generalitat Jordi Pujol recognize a week ago as a surprise his hidden fortune abroad. Hours after a judge in Barcelona, ​​Concepción Canton, acordase open proceedings to investigate yesterday’s complaint against Clean Hands Pujol and his wife, Marta Ferrusola for seven crimes, the anti-corruption prosecutor asked the judge to request information from Switzerland and Andorra on the accounts of the whole family. And not only that.

The prosecution also claims that the investigating agency claimed the tax declarations of marriage and seven children, two of them charged with tax crimes and money (Jordi, the firstborn) and influence peddling and bribery (Oriol, former number two Democratic Convergence of Catalonia).

income tax and Heritage

In a brief written Anticorruption da account the judge of the first steps that must be practiced in the context of these preliminary proceedings. First, urged the judge to ask the tax office to submit “additional and special statements for income tax and wealth tax submitted» Jordi Pujol and Marta both Ferrusola their seven children – George, Joseph, Martha, Pere, Oriol, Mireia and Oleguer-as well as “all documents in his case have accompanied them.”

Second, the Prosecutor calls for Andorra and Switzerland rid paths commissions rogatory (under the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters) to the judicial authorities of both countries “made the necessary arrangements” with financial institutions located in two states “to determine the existence of bank accounts or financial instruments any kind on behalf of the persons listed above or in respect of which appear as authorized or unauthorized, or present a legal relationship of any kind ‘.

Preliminary proceedings

Now will be the head of the Court of Instruction No. 31 of Barcelona-which by the turn of distribution corresponded to investigate the allegation of Clean Hands, which decides if agreed practice of the procedures requested in record time OTP.

For now, the judge yesterday issued an order and begin a preliminary investigation of the practice agree that those “essential” measures aimed at making the determination of “the nature and circumstances of the facts’ reported. The Canton judge gave three-day period the parties to resort decision to make five on appeal before the Board.

Clean Hands Pujol and Ferrusola denounced for bribery, influence peddling, money laundering, tax fraud, breach of trust, forgery of public documents and misappropriation of public funds and requested his statement and three of their children (Jordi Oriol and Marta).

Anticorruption The decision comes just two days after the High Court judge Pablo Ruz Andorra has requested all information about accounts Jordi Pujol Ferrusola Private Banking in Andorra with the aim of clarifying the complaints of money a former girlfriend of the firstborn.