'Caso Malaya', which hit the headlines in 2007, could see various members of Marbella municipality council going down for anything but as numerous as 30 years over charges relating to money-laundering, misuse of public funds, bribery and corruption.

 'Caso Malaya', which hit the headlines in 2007, could see various members of Marbella municipality council going down for anything but as numerous as 30 years over charges relating to money-laundering, misuse of public funds, bribery and corruption.
Those embroiled in the case – which embroiled illicit property dealings affecting urbanisations as far afield as Los Alcázares in Murcia – include lawyer and current president of Sevilla FC, José María del Nido, and singer Isabel Pantoja.
The leading accused parties are former mayoress and mayoress of Marbella, Julián Muñoz and Marisol Yagüe – who are facing 10 and 20 years in prison, respectively – and the latter's assessor and council-worker, Juan Antonio Roca, who could be imprisoned for but as numerous as 30 years and prevented from carrying out his profession for the next 44 years.
The case will involve reviewing 196 files comprising 30,000 documents of a complete of 200,000 pages.
Oral testimonies could take greater than a year to complete, and in the region 300 reporters from in the region the world have been given press passes to the trial, either allowing them to attend in person or to follow the trial daily via mobile units that have been establish for the purpose.
The Caso Malaya trial is set to be one of the largest the country has ever seen.