Singer from Colombia: Shakira accused of tax evasion

The Prosecutor’s office of Barcelona has filed a lawsuit against the Colombian Pop singer Shakira for tax fraud. The 41-year-old musician will alleged to have, between 2012 and 2014, a total of around 14.5 million euros to the Spanish Treasury over trafficked, reported the newspaper “El País”. Overall, Shakira would put six offences.

their lawyers had rejected the charges in advance. Shakira owe it to the Spanish authorities, no money, shared their spokesman a few days ago. She had been most of the time outside of Spain, and have achieved the largest part of their revenue from international tours. The lawsuit is also directed against a New York-based lawyer who supported the artist to hide with shell companies in tax havens, your income will be in front of the Ministry of Finance “” as it is called in the Letter of the public Prosecutor.

in January it became known that the singer (“Hips don’t lie”, “Waka Waka”) has come to the attention of the Spanish Agencia Tributaria. She is in a relationship for eight years with the Spanish soccer star Gerard Piqué from FC Barcelona and has two children with him.