Spain

Guardia Civil at the Socialist Party headquarters in Madrid

The Minister of Transport: the agents arrived for a 'simple request for information' and not with a search warrant

27 May 2026

epaselect epa10747512 Il primo ministro spagnolo Pedro Sánchez durante l'incontro organizzato dal suo partito, il Psoe, nella città di Valencia, in Spagna, il 15 luglio 2023. Il PSOE dà il via all'ultima settimana della campagna elettorale, considerata «decisiva», con l'obiettivo di ottenere una mobilitazione «massiccia» in vista delle elezioni generali previste per il 23 luglio. EPA/KAI FOERSTERLING EPA

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Minister of Transport, at Psoe simple request for information

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Agents of the Spanish Guardia Civil showed up at dawn today at the headquarters of the Spanish Socialist Party (Psoe) on Ferraz Street in Madrid, according to reports in El Confidencial and confirmed by other media.

According to sources close to the investigation, quoted by the Cadena Ser, the operation is ordered by the Audiencia Nacional court to seek information as part of an investigation covered by secrecy, different from the Plus Ultra case, relating to the financial rescue of the airline, which is being investigated by the same court.

The intervention of the Guardia Civil Unit specialised in economic crimes (Uco) in the Socialist headquarters allegedly concerned a request for documents and information in the framework of an investigation coordinated by the judge of the Audiencia Nacional, Ismael Moreno on an alleged illicit financing of the Psoe, the party of which Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is national secretary.

The search took place while the Spanish leader was in Rome, in an official audience with Pope Leo XIV on the second day of an official trip to Italia.

According to sources close to the investigation quoted by the Efe news agency, the operations, which are set to continue into the day, aim to collect documents, files and material relating to cash payments made in the Psoe between 2017 and 2024 for the settlement of expenses of executives and employees.

Payments similar to those received by the former minister of transport, José Luis Abalos, and of his advisor, Koldo Garcia, currently in preventive detention and being tried as part of an investigation into the so-called 'Koldo case', of alleged bribes related to supplies of medical equipment during the Covid 19 pandemic, which could be the subject of a money laundering offence.

Minister of Transport, a simple request for information from Psoe

The Spanish Minister of Transport, the socialist Oscar Puente, claimed that the agents of the Central Operations Unit (Uco) of the Guardia Civil arrived at the Psoe headquarters in Madrid for a 'simple request for information' and not with a search warrant, and questioned how the Spanish media reported the news.

The Spanish public radio TV station Rtve, quoting informed sources, said that although the Uco operation started with requests for information at the Psoe headquarters, it could lead to searches.

La sede del Psoe

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Puente also complained that Uco was sent to request information. "Is it really necessary to send the Uco? It's unbelievable," he commented. The agents are still in calle Ferraz.

The request, according to a Cadena Ser report, came from investigating judge Santiago Pedraz as part of the investigation into a case known as the 'Sepi case' involving a former socialist militant, Leire Díez, who is suspected of orchestrating an operation to target judges, prosecutors and other parties involved in cases such as those of Premier Sanchez's brother Sanchez and his wife, Begoña Gómez. The Uco, according to Cadena Ser, is also allegedly searching the homes of former socialist leaders Gaspar Zarrías and Santos Cerdan, as well as businessman Javier Pérez Dolset, a friend of Díaz.

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