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Police To Hand Out More Fines To Beat Cash Crisis

MADRID

MAINLAND traffic police issuing extra fines and young people returning to live with parents are two methods of making cash go further during the credit crunch in Spain.

Authorities have admitted that traffic officers are getting tougher on relatively minor offences so they can make ends meet.

Faced with falling revenues from vehicle licence fees as new car sales plummet, Traffic Police head Pere Navarro told Congress that he expected fines to rise by 15 per cent this year because of increased use of speed radars and better processing of offenses. “That should balance our budget,” claimed officer Navarro.

Meanwhile, reports claim that many young people are moving back to their parents’ homes for financial reasons.

Government To Fight Corruption With New Measures

THE Balearic government is drawing up new legislation in an effort to combat corruption in government departments. It follows at least three cases of alleged corruption involving high level officials from the previous administration.

The local minister for the Treasury Carles Manera said yesterday that the legislation should be in place in three months´ times. “It will place more controls on public officials and departments,” he said.

Also, the local government intends to place independent auditors in government departments.

But Manera said that the three cases of alleged corruption which had come to light involved people and not whole departments.

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