SPAIN/Marbella/Sotogrande (Agencies) The two largest (so far) corruption cases in court have one single property developer in common. In both the
Gürtel and
Malaya cases the name of Emilio Rodríguez Bugallo appears as involved in several very questionable deals. Bugallo, who died while under investigation in the
Malaya case, was the father in law of Francisco Correa (photo, at José María Aznar's daughter's wedding), who heads the
Gürtel culprits list. He also surfaces as one of the principal beneficiaries of land and property deals carried out by Juan Antonio Roca, who heads a similar list in the
Malaya case. The judge in charge of
Gürtel, Antonio Pedreira, was recently given a list he had ordered from the Anti-corruption unit of the National Police, that says that properties owned by several if not all of those involved in the case include land, apartments, villas, garages, boats, luxury vehicles and such 'humble' items (as one paper put it) all over the country and abroad, accumulated over a decade of dodgy activity. The list includes properties in Marbella and Sotogrande, where developer Emilio Rodríguez Bugallo operated for years. The province of Cadiz alone registers 28 properties in various names and companies asociated with the
Gürtel case, others are in Madrid (27), Malaga (16), the Balearics, Valencia, Alicante, Pontevedra and Barcelona.
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