Spanish prosecutors announced Wednesday that they had requested the dismissal of tax fraud proceedings against global star Shakira, who had managed to avoid a trial late last year in a separate proceeding in exchange for paying a hefty fine. .
“The Prosecutor’s Office considers that there is not enough evidence” to criminally prosecute the Colombian artist, as part of this procedure for tax fraud corresponding to the year 2018, he indicated in a statement.
A court on the outskirts of Barcelona announced in July the opening of this procedure against Shakira, suspected of having used companies domiciled in tax havens to avoid paying all of her income and wealth tax there this year.
The singer paid 6.6 million euros the following month to the courts to show her desire to regularize her situation before the tax authorities. This sum included, in addition to the amount owed to the Treasury, late payment interest and regularization fees.
First fine of more than 7.3 million euros
In another tax fraud case involving the years 2012, 2013 and 2014, Shakira was summoned to court in November but struck a last-minute deal with prosecutors, thus avoiding a trial.
The interpreter of Hips do not lie He had been sentenced, within the framework of this agreement, to pay a fine of more than 7.3 million euros, corresponding to “50%” of the amount of the fraud. He had already paid 17.45 million euros to the Treasury to regularize his situation in this matter.
The singer, who moved with her children to Miami after her separation last year from former Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué, is also in the sights of the Spanish Treasury for 2011.
Source: BFM TV
