Overview
- Oral hearings are scheduled to begin on November 24 at Spain's Audiencia Nacional in the case over the Pujol family's undeclared Andorran fortune.
- Prosecutors pursue charges of organized crime and money laundering, centering on funds allegedly tied to public contracts during Jordi Pujol's years leading Catalonia.
- The court has instructed a forensic doctor to examine Jordi Pujol in Barcelona after the family submitted three medical reports on his physical and cognitive health.
- Defense lawyers ask that the former Catalan leader testify by videoconference, with Oriol Pujol saying his father remains lucid but is too frail for travel.
- Oriol Pujol argues the evidence is weak and cites alleged irregularities involving a so‑called patriotic police, noting that Victoria Álvarez is not expected to testify.