Overview

• EPPO sent a formal request to the Supreme Court demanding, without delay, identification of the contracts, awards or subsidies under investigation.
• The petition cites the EPPO statute and is signed by prosecutors Laura Pellón and Olga Muñoz, who addressed it to Judge Leopoldo Puente.
• The move aims to verify whether the questioned adjudications drew on EU money, a finding that would place the matter under EPPO competence.
• The national case examines suspected interference in public-works awards involving Santos Cerdán, former minister José Luis Ábalos and adviser Koldo García.
• EPPO previously tried to take over the related Koldo investigation, a bid the Supreme Court rejected in favor of Spain’s National Court after opposition from Anticorrupción and other parties.