Corruption once again on the Costa del Sol
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @ 5:50 PM
By now most of you are probably aware of the latest news, but for those of you aren't here's the latest installment on the Corruption clampdown on the Costa del Sol.
This morning the mayor of Estepona, Antonio Barrientos, a range of associates in the townhall, other funcionarios and businessmen were arrested by the Spanish National Police on charges of corruption, bribery and possible money laundering. Most of the charges seem to be for bribes in return for granting building permits/concessions. How much of this is fact or fiction remains to be seen. Who knows who has really been pulling the strings?! One thing is for sure, that after the debacle fo the Marbella scandal, the last thing people want to have is a repeat performance. "Oh no, here we go again".
The main thing is for all the problems and corruption to be stamped out, but the government should do it iin a way which mnimises the effect it has on the everyday person!
For those of you who read Spanish, click here to get to the full news article on El Pais.