Spain: Police raid HQ of ruling PSOE Socialist party in graft probe

Spanish police raid offices of PM Pedro Sánchez’s party

The development comes after former Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was placed under formal investigation last week in connection with a government airline bailout.

Spanish judicial authorities did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for comment.

The raid on the office in central Madrid is another blow to the party of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose Socialists have been hammered by a series of corruption scandals.