In a statement, it said that officials were looking into “among other things, matters relating to the attribution ot golden visas and suspicions of the crimes of corruption, graft, embezzlement and money laundering.”
The searches are being carried out at the offices of various state institutions, including the Secretariat of State of Fiscal Affairs, the immigrant and border agency SEF, the Ministry of Finance, among others, as well as a number of private residences.
As part of Operation Labyrinth, the investigation into suspected corruption in the administration of the government’s ‘golden visa’ programme to fast track residence for major investors, 11 people have so far been detained, including several senior civil servants.