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2021.12.13 19:04 GMT+8

Swiss prosecutors close corruption case against Spain's former king

Updated 2021.12.13 19:04 GMT+8
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Former Spain's King Juan Carlos leaves after attending the funeral ceremony of Luxembourg's Grand Duke Jean at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg, May 4, 2019. /Reuters

Swiss prosecutors said on Monday they have closed a case against former Spanish king Juan Carlos over suspicions that he received $100 million in kickbacks for facilitating a high-speed rail contract in Saudi Arabia awarded to a Spanish consortium. 

In a statement, the Geneva Attorney General's office said that its investigation had "not permitted to establish in a sufficient manner a link between the amount received from Saudi Arabia and the contract to build the high-speed train."

Source(s): AFP
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