Europe | Spain | Career

Fresh abuse claims from women picking strawberries in Spain for UK market

Human-rights lawyers are warning that abuse claims by Moroccans picking fruit in Spain for UK supermarkets could amount to “state-sponsored human trafficking”. The international lawyers say Spanish authorities have a legal duty to ensure the allegations by the women – that they have faced exploitation and abuse while harvesting strawberries – are properly investigated by the courts. Two months ago, the Observer reported on the case of 10 Moroccan womenwho had fought for more than a year to have their claims of rape, exploitation and abuse, investigated by the Huelva police and

Europe | Spain | Corruption

Spain’s Princess Cristina stripped of title

Source: Aljazeera

Spain's King Felipe VI has stripped his sister Princess Cristina of her title as Duchess of Palma de Mallorca in the latest move to distance the royal family from the royal as she awaits trial for tax fraud. Cristina's lawyer, Miquel Roca, said the princess had sent a letter to the king asking for the title to be removed but the palace said the king had made the decision before the letter arrived and he communicated the decision to his sister by phone Thursday. The princess has been indicted as part of a four-year probe into her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, who faces charges including money-