"The Spanish Royal Family has been engulfed in a new drug scandal after one of its extended members was arrested for allegedly laundering a cartel’s money. Francisco de Borbón von Hardenberg, a distant cousin of King Felipe and his father, Juan Carlos, was one of the four people arrested this week for their alleged involvement with one of Spain’s biggest narcotic cartels.

Borbón, 47, who is linked to the Spanish royalty through his father, Francisco de Borbón von Escasany, the 5th Duke of Seville, allegedly laundered the cartel’s cash through cryptocurrency. He has been released on bail. The cartel was led by Spanish police chief Óscar Sánchez Gil, who was head of the fraud and anti-money laundering division before his arrest in 2024 and Ignacio Torán, a suspected drug kingpin based in Spain, the Times reported."

It isn't looking to be a great month for royals and nobles/aristocrats.


https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/2167197/king-cousin-arrested-spain-latest