Thirty ex-councillors, property developers and other local businesspeople were taken into custody last week in Marbella, as part of the local anti-corruption drive.

According to local newspaper, Sur: “The plot against Julián Muñoz (the ex-mayor) was allegedly the work of Juan Antonio Roca, the ringleader of the entire corruption scandal, and the councillors who supported it are thought to have been paid €300,000 each for their work.”