Syrian Fortune Seized in Puerto Banús Money Laundering Raids
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FREE COPY THE NEWSPAPER FOR Unicaja crowned SOUTHERN SPAIN EuroCup Official market leader Audited by PGD/OJD champions April 7th to 13th 2017 www.surinenglish.com The local basketball side made a triumphant return News 2 My Home 51 Comment 25 Sport 55 to Malaga after beating Lifestyle 26 Classified 62 Valencia in the third leg of Health & Beauty 38 Pastimes 70 Food & Drink 43 HOME FAIR SPECIAL the final P55-56 in English What To Do 46 INSIDE ANTONIO BANDERAS Syrian fortune SHOWS US ROUND HIS NEW seized in Puerto HOME IN MALAGA CITY CENTRE Banús money laundering raids Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of the current Syrian president, used eleven relatives to hide more than 500 properties in Spain “MY HEART TOLD Guardia Civil officers swarmed in-law to conceal his business ac- ME TO SLOW Puerto Banús on Tuesday when they tivities and more than 500 proper- raided 15 properties belonging to ties he owned in Spain, valued at the former vice-president of Syria, 690 million euros. He acquired the DOWN” Rifaat al-Assad. The uncle of current properties over the years from 1988, president Bachar al-Assad is at the using a web of companies linked to The actor on his roof terrace with its own version of the Pompidou cube. :: FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ centre of a money-laundering in- his relatives and avoiding putting vestigation carried out by Spanish any of the assets in his own name, and French authorities. Numerous according to the order issued by a Hopes of a train to Buying or renovating Malaga CF gain a vital assets were seized, including lux- national court judge. One of the Marbella dashed again property in Spain? Looking victory thanks to a goal ury vehicles and antiques, and bank properties involved is La Máquina, this week as Costa rail for legal advice or lifestyle from Sandro in their accounts frozen. an enormous estate that occupies Al-Assad used seven of his chil- almost a third of the entire munici- project gains little from the ideas? Don’t miss Home Fair midweek match away to dren, two wives and two daughters- pal area of Benahavís. P3 general state budget P2 Costa del Sol SUPPLEMENT Sporting P58 INSIDE 22222222 April 7th to 13th 2017 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH THE PRINCIPAL FUNDING FOR MALAGA UNDER THE STATE GENERAL BUDGET Ministry of Public Works Ministry of Industry Ministry of Economy stretches still outstanding in Gra- Northern access to the airport Digital Content Pole: 1.7 million. Works on a new Oceanography nada province). from the super-bypass: 6.5 mil- Centre in the Port : 2.15 millones. lion. Ministry of Environment Acuamed A-7 link road in Fuengirola: Regeneration of the beach at Los Penitentiary Institutions Energy improvements at the Mar- 500,000 euros. Baños del Carmen: 500,000 euros. Opening of Archidona prison: 21.4 bella desalination plant : 141,000 A-7 link road in Arroyo de la Miel: Replacement of sand, coastal re- million (the largest sum allocated euros. 422,000 euros. covery and control of erosion for the province in the Budget). Waste water recycling plants at Ce- Coastal railway (to Marbella): rro del Águila, La Víbora and Arro- 350,000 euros. M. of Education and Culture Adif yo de la Miel: 1.7 million. Bobadilla-Algeciras freight train: Creation of the San Agustín State High speed Antequera-Granada 20 million promised at Cadiz end. Public Library: 100,000 euros. The suburban railway. :: SUR rail service: 27.8 million (for the Enaire No funding to extend the railway line to Marbella despite previous promises The largest sums have which would link up with the high million euros for the Digitalgital Con- iingng 141141,000,0 euros towards energy been allocated to the speed line. The government has only tent Pole (a training centrentre in imprimprovementov at the Marbella de- allocated 350,000 euros for the new technologies in the audio- salinationsalina plant and funds for re- new prison in Archidona coastal railway project, barely enough visual sector) in Malaga city. use of waste water at the treat- and to start the northern to pay for the studies carried out by The Ministry of the Envi-vi- mentm plants at Cerro del access to the airport the state-owned Cedex company. ronment has allocatedd Águila,Á La Víbora and Arroyo The only noteworthy funding 500,000 euros to start re-- ded la Miel, all of which are from the Ministry of Public Works generation works at thee ono the Costa del Sol (1.7 mil- :: IGNACIO LILLO this year is the northern access to the beach at Los Baños del lion altogether). The pipes MALAGA. The funding for Malaga airport from the second bypass, which Carmen, with specific in Campanillas will also be in the 2017 State Budget has now will receive 6.5 million euros. There amounts for replacing the improved. been announced, and it is the low- will also be money for the A-7 link sand, recovering coastall The plans to improve est so far this century. The province road in Fuengirola (500,000 euros). systems, accesses and con-n- roadsr and parking at the air- is due to receive approximately 138 Improvements to the exit from the trolling erosion of the coast.st. portpo will be allocated 3.2 mil- million euros, which is about 40 per A-7 at Benalmádena-Arroyo de la The Ministry of Education,on, lionlio euros from the State cent less than last year. Not only will Miel, one of the busiest and most Culture and Sport will only budget,budg while State ports will be this make it impossible to progress dangerous on the provincial road net- be providing 100,000 for the providingprovid 165,000 euros for a study some long- awaited infrastructure work, will receive 422,000 euros. long-awaited State Publicc LibrarLibraryy into movingmov the freight train under- improvements, but it will also stifle On the other hand, hardly any at San Agustín, while thehe Ministry ground. Archidona’s new prison, new projects. This is a far cry from funding has been allocated for the of the Economy plans to continue Archidona’s new prison will which is due to open this year, will 2008, when investment funding in Bobadilla-Ronda-Algeciras freight work on the Oceanographyaphy Centre receive most funding. :: SUR receive 21.42 million, the largest Malaga totalled 1.2 billion euros. railway line, which is key for the de- in Malaga Port, which have currently amount of funding in Malaga prov- The train to Marbella will have to velopment of this logistical area, at been suspended due to a problem ince this year. One million euros are be put on hold yet again, even in the least for the Malaga stretch. with the foundations (2.15 million). also earmarked for remodelling the format proposed by the former Min- At the Cadiz end, minister Íñigo From public companies, most of The government has Parador hotel in Nerja, a project which ister for Public Works, Ana Pastor, by de la Serna has announced an insuf- the funds allocated to Malaga by Adif will cost eight million. extending the suburban line from ficient 20 million euros to remodel will be used on the Antequera-Gra- been accused of placing The four political parties which Fuengirola, and despite promises dur- the stretch in Algeciras. There are still nada high speed railway line (27.8 Malaga at the back of represent Malaga in parliament had ing the last legislature that it would plans to carry out a study into a new million), although all the works will the queue for different reactions to the news. PSOE be given priority. It appears that those bypass in the metropolitan area. be in Granada province because those and Podemos were the most critical. in charge of investment funding are in Malaga have already been com- investment Socialist MP Miguel Ángel Heredia once again evaluating a completely Baños del Carmen to benefit pleted. Aguas de las Cuencas Medi- complained that Mariano Rajoy’s gov- new railway route from the airport, The Ministry of Industry will pay 1.7 terráneas (Acuamed) will be provid- ernment had once again placed the April 7th to 13th 2017 3 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS Improvements to roads and Rifaat al-Assad, the Syrian president’s uncle, parking at the airport: 3.2 million. State Ports under investigation in Puerto Banús Study into moving freight train un- derground: 165,000 euros. The Guardia Civil raided Others the reclusive millionaire’s Remodelling the Parador hotel in Nerja: One million euros (the pro- properties on Tuesday as ject will cost eight million in to- part of an international tal). money-laundering operation :: HÉCTOR BARBOTTA / province at the back of the queue JUAN CANO for investment. “Malaga is only MARBELLA / MÁLAGA. It isn’t going to receive a miserable one a palace, it’s a luxury apartment block per cent of the investment in at the entrance to Puerto Banús, but Spain. This will mean that major locals call it the ‘Syrians’ palace’ rather projects cannot be carried out,” he than by its name, Gray d’Albion. The said. Alberto Montero from Po- building, with its pink marble façade demos said the budget represents and golden domes, is the height of the general tone of a government ostentation. On Tuesday, however, “which questions the bases of re- people were gazing at it for a differ- covery” by not increasing the ent reason. Early that morning 30 amount of investment in Malaga, Guardia Civil officers arrived to search and agreed that progress is being the homes and offices of Rifaat al-As- jeopardised.