Overview
- The anti-corruption prosecutor launched an inquiry Monday to determine whether deficiencies in DGAIA’s handling of aid to formerly tutelados amount to criminal offences.
- The Oficina Antifrau de Catalunya completed one investigation and sent its file to the prosecutor after finding monitoring and contractual failures but no proven fraud.
- A Sindicatura de Comptes audit documented €4.7 million in improper payments to extutelados between September 2019 and December 2022 and flagged wider oversight lapses through 2016–2024.
- A separate OAC probe into alleged 'plazas fantasma' in Girona housing contracts remains open and could take months to finish, and the Departament de Drets Socials has stopped renewing contracts with the implicated providers and moved to direct management.
- A parliamentary commission said the child-protection system is overwhelmed, which raises the risk that the probe could lead to criminal charges, tighter controls, and changes in how benefits and placements are supervised, affecting how young people receive support.