Overview

• The Audiencia de Barcelona named Shalev Hulio, Omri Lavie and Yuval Somekh as imputados for alleged surveillance tied to Pegasus between 2019 and 2021.
• The case focuses on alleged spying against ERC figures Josep Maria Jové and Diana Riba, after earlier proceedings that also investigated surveillance of lawyer Andreu Van den Eynde.
• ERC leaders called the ruling a key step to internationalize Catalangate and pressed the government to declassify remaining Pegasus-related documents.
• Diana Riba urged the creation of a congressional inquiry, and the party filed parliamentary questions to intensify oversight of the case.
• Former CNI director Paz Esteban, already under investigation, recently denied any CNI action regarding Jové and Riba after receiving authorization to testify, with official-secrets limits continuing to shape the probe.