ISSUE NO. 1667
15 - 21 June 2017
MALLORCA
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Disgraced!
Caught red-handed
Witnesses in one of Mallorca’s biggest ever criminal cases have given sworn testimony that two of the island’s top politicians enjoyed drugfuelled orgies with a notorious gangster. Member of the Balearic parliament and former Palma councillor Alvaro Gijon has offered to perform toxicology tests and categorically denies ever using prostitutes or drugs. He and former Balearic Island Prime Minister Jose Maria Rodriguez are senior figures within the conservative Popular Party. On Tuesday Mallorca’s criminal court revealed that key witnesses had accused both men of rubbing shoulders with Tolo Cursach. The jailed nightclub owner, known as the Godfather of the island’s party scene faces 80 years in prison over organised crime, drug trafficking and murder charges. Judges are believed to attach great credibility to the
testimony of the two witnesses. So much so that they had no qualms about making the shocking allegations public. The witnesses have reportedly detailed specific dates and locations of multiple occasions when the two politicians allegedly snorted cocaine and romped with prostitutes with Cursach funding the orgies. Details were even offered about the politicians’ chauffeurs and their apparently strange and dangerous sexual fetishes. Local media have had a field day with Alvaro Gijon forced to offer a full statement denying the charges and refusing to resign. He said it was “perverse” being
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Sordid orgy scandal erupts By Matthew Elliott
ACCUSED: Alvaro Gijon.
forced to prove the unproveable, he had never engaged with drugs or prostitutes, and that the testimony was destroying his family. Meanwhile Cursach is awaiting trial in a mainland jail.
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ONE British citizen has been arrested and another questioned by the Guardia Civil over their suspected involvement in encouraging British tourists to launch fraudulent food poisoning claims against Mallorca hotels. The two unnamed individuals were allegedly caught approaching hotel clients outside resorts in Alcudia. Police believe they attempted to persuade dozens of people to claim compensation for non-existent poisoning once they returned to the UK. The police operation was several months in the making, the result of an intensive investigation from Guardia Civil agents. It is believed to be the first arrest of its kind in Spain, and may have profound consequences for the thriving insurance industry behind illegal claims. False food poisoning claims have forced Mallorca hotels to pay out an estimated €50 million, with a 700 per cent increase in claims from Brits in recent years.