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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:28 PM

Published 11/02/2009 by Gulf Times


Corruption costs Spain billions, says newspaper

A Spanish newspaper said yesterday that it had calculated that money laundering, bribery, tax fraud and other sharp practices by politicians had cost the country 4.2bn euros ($6.23bn) in the last 10 years.

El Mundo said it had calculated the figure based on...

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Spain Papers Review - Monday November 2 2009
El Mundo leads with the headline that party leader Mariano Rajoy told the Valencia President, Francisco Camps, ‘You are to blame for not having the guts with Ricardo ... - [11/02/2009 - Typically Spanish]
Corruption costs Spain billions, newspaper says - [11/01/2009 - FinanzNachrichten.de]
Bad politics cost Spain $6.2 billion - [11/01/2009 - Daily Nation]
Corruption cost put at billions in Spain - [11/01/2009 - Shanghai Daily]
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