Legal tip 148. The hard life of the Anticorruption prosecutor in Spain
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 @ 2:47 PM
The attorney general, Candido Conde-Pumpido, said yesterday that the number of prosecutions of the anti-corruption prosecutor doubled in 2008 to the demands of society to 'eradicate corrupt behaviour wherever they come, whoever the perpetrators'.
This was said yesterday during his speech at the opening ceremony of the judicial year, where he highlighted that a democratic society built on thirty years of constitutional life requires "this effort, not always pleasant." A total of 1724 communications were received and 24 investigation proceedings were initiated (16 in 2007) and 15 of informative character (6 in 2007).
In his yesterday’s report, he also detailed that 422 people were charged in 2008 with a crime against the rights of foreigners for entering illegally in Spain more than 4,200 people by rickety boats, hidden in motor vehicles or with falsified documentation
(New translated from Financial Gazette: Cinco Días 22-09-2009)
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