
Tender in the Balearic Islands: the president and the executive dome of the Harbour Authority arrested
Tender in the Balearic Islands: the president and the executive dome of the Harbour Authority arrested
According to the prestigious digital publication Canary Ports, the proceedings opened by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office have led the Judicial Police of the Civil Guard to the arrest of the president of the Port Authority of Baleares, along with other management of the entity. Since yesterday afternoon, President Joan Gual of Torrella, Vice President Miguel Puigserver Lloberas, Director Juan Carlos Plaza Plaza, and the head of the division of projects and works Armando Parada González, and the head of the area of exploitation and services, José Fernando Berenguer, have been held in police custody.
The officers of the Judicial Police have restricted the access to the headquarters of the Harbour Authority in Palma, Mahón and Ibiza, not allowing people to enter them while the records were being produced. The port authority itself, through its twitter account has reported past 11: 00 this morning that "The offices of Ports de Balears in Palma, Maó and Eivissa are currently being registered by court order".
This investigation by the Judicial Police of the Guardia Civill at the Intangibles of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has been initiated since last March... the origin of this investigation appears to be related to the award of moorings in the Port of Mahon, and other competitions and concessions in Ibiza and Formentera, in addition to Menorca... the case has been declared secret from the summary.
In 2010 the case "Mar Blau" broke out, the Harbour Authority of Balearic Islands had been the subject of another judicial investigation. In this case, alleged irregularities were investigated in a number of awards made by the Office of the Prosecutor during the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008... the investigations were initiated at the end of 2010, although the trial was not held until January last year, with 12 persons sitting on the bench... finally, only three of the defendants were fined, following the agreement in accordance with which the Office of the Prosecutor and the defence had arrived shortly before. The other nine accused had been acquitted... On this occasion the top of the board of directors of which four senior executives are part has been released yesterday Saturday, with charges... Joan Gual de Torrella and the other four members of his staff were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and held on Thursday and Friday nights.
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