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EU probes Spain rail fraud after deadly crash
EU prosecutors investigate possible €110m fraud in Spain’s railways following second fatal crash.
In brief
EU prosecutors investigate possible €110m fraud in Spain’s railways following second fatal crash. EU prosecutors opened a probe into Spain’s railways for possible €110m fraud after a second deadly collision killed 69 people on the Madrid-Seville high-speed rail line. Originally reported by EUobserver.
EU probes Spain rail fraud
EU prosecutors launched an investigation into Spain’s state railway for possible fraud of EU funds after a second deadly collision killed 69 people on the Madrid-Seville high-speed rail line.
Second fatal crash
The crash on the Madrid-Seville high-speed rail line killed 69 people in Toledo last week, following an earlier accident in January that left 46 dead.
Investigation targets
EU prosecutors are investigating Spain’s Administrator of Railway Infrastructure, State Railway Safety Agency, and Court of Auditors for possible EU fund embezzlement.
The headline
EU prosecutors opened a probe into Spain’s railways for possible €110m fraud after a second deadly collision killed 69 people on the Madrid-Seville high-speed rail line.
