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Alexander John Broberg Muñoz claims ignorance of property deals involving €230,000 mortgage as half-brother faces 18 years behind bars
During testimony in Spain’s ongoing Swedish mafia court, the son of Marbella’s Mayor denied having any knowledge about his half brother’s alleged operations of money laundering.
Alexander John Broberg Muñoz, son of popular mayor Angeles Muñoz, appeared as a witness at the Audiencia Nacional on Wednesday as his half-brother Joakim Peter Broberg stands trial for drug trafficking and money laundering.
The 24 suspects have been accused of running an elaborate operation that transported hashish and cannabis from Morocco to Sweden, via Spain. Marbella was a major operational hub.
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During his testimony, Alexander claimed complete ignorance about a €230,000 mortgage on a property he now owns in the Linda Vista urbanisation in San Pedro de Alcántara.
The property that prosecutors suspect of being used for money laundering was owned by his late Swedish businessman Lars Gunnar Broberg through a Panamanian firm called Leslie Company.
Alexander, in court, said: “I didn’t know that the mortgage had been cancelled or that my brother had cancelled it in 2017”.
“I only found out about this when I asked for property documents in 2022, while applying for a credit.”
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The prosecution alleges the mortgage arrangement was part of a €230,000 laundering operation. Leslie Company is accused of borrowing the money in 2010 from Poni Participation in British Virgin Islands, before paying it back in full one year later.
In a strange twist of fate, Joakim broberg represented both creditor and borrower when the mortgage was annulled before a Notary in 2017.
Alexander said that his relationship with half-brother was minimal due to his living abroad and seeing him “only at family celebrations” over the years. He stated that their relationship is neither good nor poor.
Alexander, when asked about his father’s gift of the property to him by transferring shares in a company rather than direct ownership claimed that it was “just what was done”, without any outside influence.
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Prosecutors are seeking a 22-year prison sentence and a €30 million fine for Joakim Broberg, who is accused of six separate money laundering operations totalling €7.3 million.
The trial has already heard explosive wiretapped conversations revealing the extent of the alleged criminal network’s reach across Andalucia, with one suspect boasting: “We have Marbella, Estepona… we have all of bloody Andalucia.”
The police investigators said that the mayor’s son allegedly supplied drugs in Sweden to criminal organizations and had access to confidential information about Marbella town planning regulations.
The late Lars Gunnar Broberg, husband of Mayor Angeles Muñoz, was also under investigation before his death for allegedly helping his son launder proceeds from illegal activities.
The case continues to be heard at the Audiencia Nacional, Madrid. It highlights the ongoing fight against international drug trafficking organizations that use Spain’s Costa del Sol region as a European entry point.
