Cristina de Borbon tax fraud trial to start in January

MADRID: Cristina de Borbon, sister of the King Felipe VI in Spain, will appear on tax fraud charges in court, court records revealed on Tuesday, within a broader investigation.

The high profile case is emblematic of corruption has permeated the top ranks of bankers, politicians as well as other figures that are institutional eroding Spaniards’ faith in associations and their leaders.

Corruption is going to be an important topic in the general election together with both principal political parties, tarnished by graft scandals in their own of December -to-neck while challenged by beginners assuring government that is cleaner.

Prosecutors have conducted a long investigation to the matters of Cristina’s husband, former Olympic handball player Inaki Urdangarin, promotional activities that were centered on substantial payments from public bodies to the Noos Charity.