Lamela Approves the Transfer of Besolí to a Catalan Prison
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www.elperiodic.ad DIMARTS, 10 DE JULIOL DEL 2018 el Periòdic d’Andorra 19 CONEIXEMENT SOBRE d'Andorra L’ÚS DE LES TECNOLOGIES elelENGLISHTema PeriòdicPeriòdic del EDITION dia NewsM O N 1xx 6 JUSTICE Lamela approves the transfer of Besolí to a Catalan prison The magistrate accepts the request of the Despite the announcement of the decision, it is exconseller of Sant Julià still uknown when and what prison he will go to TONY LARA The Court of Corts keeps the case open in the Principality The Court of Corts dismissed on33 15 June the filing of the case in Andorra against Joan Besolí and Sandro Rosell that his defen- se had requested. Batlle Canòlic Mingorance, instructor of the ca- se, continues to investigate the crime of money laundering that is what he is accused of. Accor- ding to sources close to the case, the lawsuit was made despite ke- eping in mind that it would be dif- ficult for the court to access the files of the case. The defense of the defendants argued that in no case the money that Rosell had in Andorra came from any criminal or irregular activity. They recalled that the same CBF, who allegedly would have been the victim of the Exconseller of Finances of Sant Julià, Joan Besolí at a press conference. management of Rosell, had publi- 33 cly stated that he was not harmed by his actions. EL PERI[ODIC three other people, having commit- form part of a «stable structure» in ESCALDES-ENGORDANY ted a crime of money laundering and which there was a distribution of the key figures @PeriodicAND of being part of a criminal organiza- roles «previously established by San- the contract for the friendlies men- he lawyer and former Minis- tion within the framework known dro Rosell and the invaluable inter- Joan Besolí and Sandro Ro- tioned with an Arab society domi- ter of Finances of Sant Julià, as the Rimet case. At that time, Lame- vention of Besolí» holder of a large 1 sell are in preventive jail since ciled in the Cayman Islands and lin- Joan Besolí, will be transfer- la decided to keep them in preven- number of companies and bank ac- the end of May of 2017 and share a cell ked to a Saudi group. He also explai- Tred to a Catalan prison after tive jail as until now, awaiting the counts in Andorra. Through this cri- in the Madrid penitentiary center of So- ned how «buyers were forced to pay the judge of the National Court of trial. Besolí and Rosell once again minal organization, appropriation to del Real. funds from which Rosell and Teixei- Justice Carmen Lamela has accepted asked for parole, alleging that they of up to 15 million euros from funds ra took over to the detriment of the his request and that of Barça’s for- could be close to their respective fa- from the Brazilian Confederation of It was not until two weeks ago, CBF. The judge insisted that the for- mer president, Sandro Rosell, with milies and that their presence in the Fubtol would have been diverted by 2 on June 29, that Magistrate La- mer president of Barça received 6,6 whom He is jailed in Soto del Real Madrid jail was no longer meaning- the then President, Ricardo Teixeira, mela closed the instruction of the ca- million and Teixeira, 8 ,4 without since May 2017. Sources close to the ful because they had completed the for the broadcasting rights of 24 fri- se and formally accused them of money the confederation knowing anythi- defense of Besolí assured THE PERIO- instruction and they were only pen- endly games of the selection. 5 milli- laundering. ng. Lamela explained the operations DIC that «the decision will be effecti- ding the beginning of the trial. Du- on more from the sponsorship con- by those investigated to «make it lo- ve shortly but that it is still unknown ring the prosecution the magistrate tracts of the Nike brand. After repeated requests of fre- ok like it was legal» to the collecti- when it will be or what prison center agreed to relocate the penitentiary The judge specified that the in- 3 edom that have not prospered, on of these amounts. They did it th- he will enter.» The decision came af- center, although without arguing vestigations were focused on two both have made a step forward with the rough a corporate network and bank ter the judge of the National Court why in the same case with the jud- operations. On the first one, which concession of the transfer to a Cata- transfers ordered from companies closed the instruction of the case on ge of the Supreme Court Pablo Llare- Besolí is involved in, Lamela dates lan prison. that belonged to the Saudi business 29 June and formally accused the na with the Catalan political priso- back to 2006, when Teixeira was ac- group, who processed in Andorran Laureate ex-consultant, along with ners.According to the magistrate of cused of money laundering in the accounts, with the signature of Ro- Rosell, his wife, Marta Pineda, and the case, the six prosecutions would Principality he would have signed sell and Besolí. H 2 www.elperiodic.ad MONDAY, 16 JULY 2018 el Periòdic News HUNTING Medi Ambient: 72 complaints JOSEP MARIA NAUDI HEAD OF FAUNA «In the coming season, for wild boar damages it has been decided to EL PERIÒDIC extend it for another So far 79 animals have month and will go from been captured and the October 7 to March 31» population is rising the owners of the affected lands (in ca- se they are hunters, the banners aut- EL PERIÒDIC ESCALDES-ENGORDANY horize them to kill the animals) and @PeriodicAND 35 carried them out from the banders because the situation required it. All s in the whole area of t he Pyre- this activity has led to the capture, up nees, in Andorra, the popu- to now, of 79 fierce pigs. lation of wild boar is also in- If it is compared to the figures of creasing. The Ministry of the A the other years and seeing that the- Environment annually records more re are still six months to end the ye- complaints about damage to crop are- ar, it all suggests that the number of as. According to the data provided by captured animals will rise. It is neces- the Ministry, from the beginning of sary to keep in mind that in 2017 121 the year until June 25, 72 complaints were captured, while 2016 it was on- of damages caused by wild boars th- ly 85. It must be said that the number roughout the country have been rece- of actions usually exceeds the num- ived. Of these, 3 complaints were re- ber of complaints because it is coun- corded in the Vedat d’Enclar and 2 in ted every time the hunters leave, and Solà d’Andorra. The figure goes in line A group of hunters drag a boar. such as Naudi explained, it is not cer- with the previous two years and that 33 tain that at each trip the animals can in 2017 152 (16 in Enclar Vedat and even increase the season of catches re- October 7 to March 31» detailed Nau- example in Girona, they are already be captured. On the other hand, since 12 in Solà in Andorra) and in 2016, gulated in the program. «It’s not just di. Regarding the number of autho- being hunted all year round by the sa- the beginning of the year it has not be- 141 (33 in Enclar Vedat and 25 at Solà about Andorra, it’s in the whole Pyre- rized actions, 121 have made a fairly me problem he said. en authorized to act on six occasions. d’Andorra).The high number of com- nees that the population is on the in- high figure during the year, if we take Of the actions authorized this ye- In the case of roe deer, there is no risk plaints also means that they end up crease. That’s why in the coming sea- into account that 2017 was 193 and ar, nine were administrative (hunters of excess population. As for deer, it is authorizing many more actions out- son, it has been decided to extend it 2016, 146. «We are trying to limit the were allowed to make a drive after re- an animal that is beggining to settle side the normal hunting period and for another month and will go from population. In nearby territories, for ceiving a complaint), 78 were from in and they want to limit its extent. H POLITICS briefs Andorra, Monaco and San Marino align Man arrested after running over 5 year old kid POLICE A driver, a 38-year-old non-resident man, has been arrested after themselves with the movement of people running3 over a minor of five years, also non-resident and was driving un- SFGA der the influence. The events took place in Pas de la Casa. As reported by The three states want the hospital of Nostra Senyora de Meritxell, the minor has been dischar- the recognition of their ged Friday morning. He had suffered a mild cranial traumatism. specificities Damages at a borda in Complaints selection of EL PERIÒDIC MONACO vall d’Incles the pycho-oncologist Head of Government Toni Martí, Sta- POLICE The police are investigating HEALTH The College of Psycholo- te Minister of Monaco, Serge Telle and some destructions3 that have occur- gists has3 received complaints about the Secretary of State for Foreign Af- red between Thursday and early Fri- the way in which the selection pro- fairs, Political Affairs and Justice of day in a borda in Incles.