King Juan Carlos - Fiscal Investigations, Inheritance and Exile : 2018-2022

[Blog Real]

In the Government they assume that Don Juan Carlos "wants to return", but they share with Zarzuela that the resolution of his judicial horizon is key to activate any reform

From the Treasury they assure that "they are working" and do not presuppose any results in the investigations, since they warn that in order to avoid the tax crime, the regularizations of Don Juan Carlos must be "complete and truthful." All the parties involved - Zarzuela, the Government and the legal team that defends the interests of Don Juan Carlos - are interested in not producing a false closure, that is, that after a statement is produced, new interested leaks provoke new investigations that perpetuate this matter. That is why "there is no stone left unturned," as sources familiar with the progress of these investigations confessed to this newspaper, who, of course, are counting on all the cooperation of the King's father's lawyers.

However, for them to be activated, we will have to wait, first, for the Office of the Supreme Prosecutor to issue its verdict on the irregularities of Don Juan Carlos with the Treasury. In Moncloa they assume that Don Juan Carlos "wants to return to Spain", but they understand that "the circumstances that led to his departure last year have not only not disappeared, but have worsened" and we must wait for this to be resolved. stage. In any case, the Executive's position is one of closed defense of the institution, even refusing to withdraw the title of honorary king, which the monarch received after abdicating, despite pressure from the opposition parties in this regard and their own government partners.

https://www.larazon.es/espana/202106...e7cti76sy.html

[WreathOfLaurels]

New claims that the source of Juan Carlos’s wealth isn’t oil - it’s weapons trafficking

https://www.publico.es/politica/excl...khashoggi.html

[WreathOfLaurels]

Corinna has requested a restraining order from the UK courts against JC and is pushing for action against unwarranted surveillance.

https://news.sky.com/story/spains-fo...tress-12366541

[Somebody]

Weird story and sky news has no idea who they are talking about with their continued reference to 'Carlos' instead of 'Juan Carlos'.

[WreathOfLaurels]

Is this better?

https://www.ft.com/content/3792b1fd-...4-9da3a5feacc7

[Blog Real]

King Juan Carlos I: no judicial investigation after a year outside of Spain

Although the Prosecutor's Office has opened new lines of investigation, it has not taken the step of filing a complaint against the King Emeritus, who is also still under the scrutiny of a Swiss prosecutor.

https://www.larazon.es/espana/202108...pkyfqbawu.html

[Prinsara]

Whatever they're looking at is probably labyrinthine and immense. Being under investigation is one more reason not to come back.

He has made the couple of "regularization" payments, though. Other than that, I'm not sure he's done too much to help himself this year.

[maria-olivia]

His Place is in Spain. We know anything about his many health problems.

[Somebody]

According to this NOS-article Juan Carlos is living in a villa on the (private) tiny island Zaya Nurai (a 'hidden gem' according to Go Urban).

[WreathOfLaurels]

A similar article about his living arrangements from El Pais.

https://english.elpais.com/spain/202...mpression=true

[Somebody]

Originally Posted by WreathOfLaurels

A similar article about his living arrangements from El Pais.

https://english.elpais.com/spain/202...mpression=true

I believe the journalist who wrote the article in Dutch is their correspondent in Spain, so I assume his sources are indeed the Spanish media. And given that he is now a year into his exile this week articles about it are peaking and all will go back to 'normal' next week (in terms of media attention).

[Lady Daly]

It sounds like other than loneliness King Emeritus Juan Carlos is living in luxury tucked away on an exclusive island villa off the coast of Abu Dhabi. I thought as a guest of the Emirates, they would foot the bill but one of these articles indicates the Spanish treasury is paying. It also appears like the wheels of justice are turning very slowly in sorting out Juan Carlos' financial irregularities.

[Blog Real]

They must let King Juan Carlos return to Spain. Being in Abu Dhabi, so far away from Spain and his family must be a huge punishment for him.
He should return to Spain, even if not to Zarzuela, but to a place where he could have some privacy and be safe. His being in the Emirates is not going to solve anything either.

[A-Bik]

Originally Posted by WreathOfLaurels

New claims that the source of Juan Carlos’s wealth isn’t oil - it’s weapons trafficking

https://www.publico.es/politica/excl...khashoggi.html

Juan Carlos fall from grace is a TV movie come to life.

[Lipe]

King Juan Carlos is free to return to Spain, whenever he wants and wishes ... He is living in Abu Dhabi, of his own free will, he does not want to harm his son King Felipe.
At the moment, King Juan Carlos has not been charged in any trial, he is only being investigated.

[Blog Real]

The lawyer of King Juan Carlos issues a statement after the accusations of the Prosecutor's Office.

"In relation to the information published today in a media regarding His Majesty the King D. Juan Carlos, we find ourselves in the need to make the following clarifications:

1. Said information refers, apparently, to a Request for International Judicial Assistance in Criminal Matters, sent to the Swiss authorities almost 7 months ago, in February of this year 2021, by the Investigative Prosecutor of the Investigation Proceedings that are being followed in the Office of the Supreme Court.

2. Said Request for Legal Assistance is not public. Thus, except for the Authorities to whom it is addressed, it should only be made known to the Prosecutor's Office, whose actions are reserved, without it being known to us that they have been communicated to any party.

3. This communication to the Swiss Authorities contains serious statements and allegations of conduct that are carried out, in our opinion, without any support and are lacking the slightest justification, being contradicted by other facts of which nothing is said.

4. For this reason, such statements clearly violate the principle of presumption of innocence that protects every citizen, and assessments and considerations that seriously harm H.M. King Juan Carlos, who has been under investigation by the Prosecutor's Office for more than a year.

Javier Sánchez-Junco Mans "

https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_es...os-comunicado/

https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-juan-...3_noticia.html

[Blog Real]

The Prosecutor's Office explains that Switzerland must confirm the evidence against Juan Carlos I

The Prosecutor's Office of the Supreme Court has explained that the Swiss authorities must "confirm or rule out" the "indications of criminality" against the emeritus king Juan Carlos I that he appreciates in his investigative proceedings and that he has included in the rogatory commission addressed to the Swiss country.

The Public Ministry has issued a brief statement after the publication of information this Friday in the newspaper "El Mundo" that indicates that Juan Carlos I received "commissions and other benefits of a similar nature by virtue of his intermediation in international business deals." .

The Prosecutor's Office recalls that it has three investigation procedures open regarding the king emeritus: one for the collection of 65 million euros for alleged commissions of the works of the Medina-Mecca high-speed train (Saudi Arabia), another on whether he received donations not declared and a third regarding whether he hid funds in tax havens.

Simultaneously, the Treasury inspects the two tax regularizations completed by Juan Carlos.

https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/polit.../10002-4621517

[Tatiana Maria]

Originally Posted by Blog Real

The lawyer of King Juan Carlos issues a statement after the accusations of the Prosecutor's Office.

https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_es...os-comunicado/

https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-juan-...3_noticia.html

Is it common practice for the Prosecutor's Office to leak internal communications about investigations to the media? I am no legal expert, but I am inclined to agree with the objection put forward by the king emeritus's lawyer. For the subject of the investigation this would seem to violate the presumption of innocence.

Would anyone have the link to the leaks in El Mundo?

Originally Posted by WreathOfLaurels

New claims that the source of Juan Carlos’s wealth isn’t oil - it’s weapons trafficking

https://www.publico.es/politica/excl...khashoggi.html

A fascinating article. It seems to depend on the testimony of anonymous sources close to the persons involved. I wonder if any authorities are engaged in searching for firmer evidence.

Thank you for all the information you have shared on these investigations.

[Blog Real]

King Juan Carlos is not a beneficiary of the Zagatka Foundation, according to Liechtenstein

The Spanish Tax Agency has received a response from the Liechtenstein Tax Administration in which it details that the emeritus king is not a beneficiary of the Zagatka Foundation, which was established by Juan Carlos I's cousin, Álvaro de Orleans-Borbón, at that time. principality. As El Español has advanced and confirmed in legal sources by Europa Press, the extensive document that Liechtenstein has sent to the National Office for Fraud Investigation (ONIF) of the Tax Agency reveals that they are not aware that the emeritus, who resides in the United Arab Emirates United for more than a year, have nothing to do with that Foundation and have no power to give instructions. Other sources add to Europa Press that, after reviewing the submitted document, it is a response to a request for information from the ONIF that seeks to verify that the regularizations with the Emeritus Treasury are complete and truthful.

Sources familiar with the document sent by Liechtenstein indicate that the remarkable thing is that it is confirmed that the foundation of the emeritus' cousin paid for private flights to the former monarch of Spain, through travel agencies, but that there is no opacity or account that is not in the hands of the Tax Agency. Now, the Treasury must verify that Zagatka's payments coincide with what was regularized by Juan Carlos I.

https://www.elperiodico.com/es/polit...ienda-12100482

[Blog Real]

The French magazine 'Paris Match' publishes excerpts from a book on King Emeritus Juan Carlos.

The book is authored by Laurence Debray and has the collaboration of King Juan Carlos himself.

New information about the life of King Juan Carlos in this book:

• He doesn't know when he's going to return to Spain;
• He wanted to go to Portugal but was told he was too close to Spain;
• He doesn't talk about the illegal commissions he will have received;
• Juan Carlos lives in a modern mansion on one of Abu Dhabi's man-made islands;
• He receives visits from some friends, from Emir Khalifa ben Zayed Al-Nahyane, and members of his extended family;
• According to the author of the book, the relationship between Felipe VI and Juan Carlos was broken. Felipe did not congratulate his father on his 83rd birthday;
• Juan Carlos is assisted by a Filipino couple and four bodyguards.

https://www.lavanguardia.com/politic...-me-fuera.html