The European Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating possible misuse of EU funds meant to upgrade safety, signalling and communications systems on the Madrid-Seville high-speed line, and Spanish police searched Adif's offices at its request.
Claimed by: AFP, citing the European Public Prosecutor's Office and Spain's Court of Audit
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- Arab News (AFP), 2026-11-06: The EPPO in Madrid is taking investigative steps at Adif, the State Railway Safety Agency and the Court of Audit over EU funds for the line's safety and signalling upgrades, and police searched Adif's offices at the prosecutors' request, according to the Court of Audit. source
History
- 2026-11-10: Single source. Only AFP's report (via Arab News) was fetched; it gives no amounts. AFP says a separate EPPO inquiry into the same track opened in March after the January Adamuz derailment.