Politics · Spain · 5 hrs ago
Tragsa adopts rules for handling evidence in criminal cases
Tragsa president Jesús Casas signed a legal protocol on 15 October, the day emails about alleged hiring favors at the state-owned company became public.
The rules require staff to seek instructions from Tragsa’s legal department before sending sensitive records to judges, prosecutors or police.
The protocol gives the company a review role over documents that could affect its interests, including internal emails and hiring records.
Employees and executives investigated over their work can receive company-funded legal defence only after their superiors approve it; Casas must approve requests from members of the management committee.
The rules also apply to ongoing investigations whose preliminary phase has not ended.
One case that may be covered concerns Jésica Rodríguez, who said she was paid by Tragsa subsidiary Tragsatec for months in 2021 despite never going to work.
The National Court investigation remains open, and the court reaffirmed Rodríguez’s status as a person under investigation on 9 October.
Tragsa adopted an internal protocol requiring staff to seek legal-department instructions before sending sensitive information to judges, prosecutors or police.
Company president Jesús Casas signed the 16-page document on October 15, the same day El Mundo reported emails about alleged favoritism in hiring at the group.
The protocol also makes company-funded legal defence for employees and executives under investigation subject to approval by their superiors.
It applies to criminal proceedings whose investigation phase has not ended, including the investigation involving Jésica Rodríguez, according to El Mundo.
- Who
- Tragsa, the Spanish public company, and its president, Jesús Casas.
- What
- Tragsa adopted rules for handling information requested in criminal proceedings and for providing legal defence to staff.
- When
- Casas signed the protocol on October 15, 2026. It took effect the day after its publication on the company intranet.
- Where
- Tragsa, a Spanish public company. The protocol concerns proceedings in the courts.
- Why
- The document is titled as a protocol for coordinating and collaborating in criminal judicial proceedings. El Mundo says it was intended to protect the company’s legal strategy in court.
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Spain’s National Court upheld the investigation of Jésica Rodríguez, according to El Mundo.
Jesús Casas signed the protocol, and Tragsa activated it on the day El Mundo reported emails about alleged favoritism in hiring.
The protocol was published on Tragsa’s intranet, initially in an unsigned version.
The protocol took effect, according to El Mundo.
- Document length
- 16 pages
- Signed by
- Jesús Casas, president of Tragsa
- Date signed
- October 15, 2026
- Information requests
- Staff must seek instructions from the Legal Advisory Directorate before sending certain material
- Legal defence
- Requires a favourable report from the employee’s superiors
- Applies to
- Criminal proceedings whose investigation phase has not ended
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