The idea that the New Year means a chance to start all over again is often little more than a well-meaning fantasy. And nowhere is that more clear than in Spain, where 2015 is starting with a total of 150 ongoing corruption cases in the courts, with more than 2,000 official suspects, according to calculations by news agency Europa Press. Some of these cases are very high profile, such as the wide-reaching Gürtel kickbacks-for-contracts scandal, which has plagued the governing Popular Party for years now, and the Nóos case, which will see the king’s sister-in-law, Cristina, stand trial for tax fraud.

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