Overview

• The UCO probe’s intercepted files include a Brazilian-accented woman asking ex-adviser Koldo García to call the police commissioner and halt controls at the El Ciervo nightclub in Algemesí.
• In the recording, the woman claims importance to PSOE figure José Luis Ábalos when requesting removal of police oversight so she can obtain a work contract, residency registration and continue discreet cocaine sales.
• The leaked audios surfaced during the Supreme Court’s Caso Koldo investigation, which has already prompted provisional pretrial detention for former PSOE organization secretary Santos Cerdán.
• El Ciervo was among six venues raided in the 2020 Monoikos operation, which freed 14 sexually exploited women, detained 20 suspects—nearly half imprisoned—and seized €90,000, high-end vehicles, firearms, drugs and documentation.
• Authorities say trafficked women were forced to work up to 12 hours daily across brothels in Valencia, Alicante, Murcia and Almería, and the new corruption allegations underscore risks of political interference in anti-trafficking efforts.