Spain PM Sánchez’s wife charged in years-long graft probe

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife, Begona Gomez, has been formally charged with embezzlement, influence-peddling, corruption in business dealings and misappropriation of funds tied to a chair at Madrid’s Complutense University, with allegations of using public resources for private gain. The probe, opened in 2024, found indications of criminal conduct; Sánchez denies wrongdoing and remains PM as opposition calls for his resignation and related investigations probe other family members.