Marbella rocked by vast property corruption scandal

Spain, no stranger to shady dealings, has been stunned and shamed as the former planning supremo of Marbella, the Costa del Sol's playground for the super-rich, faces trial for the country's most spectacular corruption scandal. Eighty-six members of Marbella's power elite, including two former mayors, are accused of embezzlement on an unprecedented scale. The alleged mastermind was Juan Antonio Roca, accused of taking backhanders from builders and bribing councillors to rubber-stamp illicit property developments. Police seized nearly ¿1m in cash at the home of his lawyer.