Shakira faces new investigation

LATIN pop sensation

Shakira is once again in the news after she faces new allegations of tax offences.

It was announced on Thursday, July 20 that a court near Barcelona will start proceedings following a request from state prosecutors over alleged tax offences in 2018, wrote a news source.

claimed she is innocent and has vowed to fight the charges levelled against her in court.

This new probe is in reference to her taxes from 2018 and will be overseen by a judge at a court in Esplugues de Llobregat, the same court responsible for the earlier investigation and which ordered the trial.

driven by price increases and strategies. The group owns some of the country’s biggest brands including Zara, Pull & Bear, and Stradivarius.

Puig, the beauty and fashion giant, confidently holds its position as a runner­up. The Barcelonabased distributor owns brands including Paco Rabanne, and Jean Paul Gaultier in Spain.

Mango came in third place in the report. Mango’s business plan’s fruits have ripened, with exciting expansions, like a flagship store on New York’s Fifth Avenue, and new brand sponsorships, sparking new interest.

The 46 ­ year ­ old Colombian mother of two, who moved to Miami in April this year after splitting up from her partner Gerard Pique, will have to return to Spain in November for the start of her £12.5 million tax fraud trial.

The singer is currently under investigation after allegations of six counts of tax fraud in 2012, 2013 and 2014. If found guilty she could face up to eight years in prison.

Rather than agreeing to a deal with Spanish prosecutors, Shakira has

Shakira, only registered as a full ­ time Spanish tax resident in 2015, five years after she started her relationship with Pique, a Spanish national. Anyone who spends more than 183 days in Spain during one calendar year is considered a Spanish resident for tax purposes.

Reportedly, Spanish authorities regularly checked Shakira’s social media and even visited her favourite hairdressers in Barcelona in an effort to prove she had spent most of 20122014 in Spain.

A HEALTH alert was issued on the Canary Island of Tenerife on Friday, July 21, after the detection of giant African snails that can transmit meningitis.

The Network for the Detection and Intervention of Invasive Alien Species in the Canary Islands (RedEXOS) warned of the presence of giant African snails (Lissachatina fulica).

In a tweet, the Canarian government department wrote: ‘First detection in the Canary Islands (TF) of this dangerous invasive species.