Former King Juan Carlos being investigated for €6.7billion contract to build high-speed rail line in Saudi Arabia
Spain’s supreme court prosecutor has launched an investigation into the role the country’s former king, Juan Carlos, played in a deal in which a Spanish consortium landed a €6.7bn contract to build a high-speed rail line in Saudi Arabia. Reports emerged in March suggesting Juan Carlos received a €88m payment from Saudi Arabia’s late King Abdullah in 2008, three years before the contract was awarded. Subsequent revelations about the former […]