The Prosecutor's Office sees a presumed embezzlement by Zapatero for not giving the jewels to Heritage and requests to investigate the gifts received
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has pointed out that former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero may have committed a presumed crime of embezzlement of public funds, punishable by prison sentences, by accepting very valuable jewelry from Saudi Arabia and not handing them over to the State Heritage, unlike other gifts he made at the end of his presidency.
The Spanish Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has alleged that former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero may have committed a crime of embezzlement of public funds by accepting high-value jewelry from Saudi Arabia and not delivering it to the State Heritage, unlike other gifts he received during his presidency. The jewelry, valued at €1.3 million, was found in Zapatero's office in 2026, and he attributed it to a gift from Saudi Arabia.
The Prosecutor's Office claims that Zapatero's actions may have occurred in June 2007, when he received the jewelry as a gift from King Abdullah Ben Abzulazid Al Saud, and that he failed to declare and deliver it to the State Heritage when he left office in 2012. The Prosecutor's Office argues that the crime of embezzlement has not expired, as the statute of limitations is 15 years.
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