Another former Spanish Minister arrested for money laundering

The Civil Guard arrested the former Minister and former president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Eduardo Zaplana , on Tuesday , according to sources from the armed corps, who also confirmed the arrest of more people. According to various means, Zaplana would have been detained for an alleged crime of money laundering due to the emergence of money from foreigners and a tax offense. Zaplana was president of the Generalitat Valenciana from 1995 until the summer of 2002, when the then Spanish president, José María Aznar, appointed him Minister of Labor and Social Affairs , a portfolio he held about two years .