<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"  xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - BPA]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/etiquetes/bpa/]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Ara in English - BPA]]></description>
    <language><![CDATA[es]]></language>
    <ttl>10</ttl>
    <atom:link href="http://en.ara.cat:443/rss-internal" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The "reverend priest" appears in the Pujol trial]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/the-instigator-of-the-pressures-bpa-regarding-the-pujols-was-the-architect-of-the-leak-of-the-33-sovereignist-judges_1_5675207.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/24a2c59b-e0a3-4496-b72c-f31067bb4860_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>"Reverend Father, I am the Mother Superior of the congregation. I would like you to transfer two missals from my library to the parish chaplain's library." The letter, written in code by Marta Ferrusola, went viral even before things started going viral. The wife of former president Jordi Pujol was giving orders to transfer money between the family's accounts in Andorra. And this Wednesday, it was the turn of "Reverend Father" to testify. Josep Maria Pallerola, who was the Pujols' first manager in Andorra, admitted before the court that he was nicknamed "Father" because he had "a priest's face." It was prosecutor Fernando Bermejo who brought the matter to light. <a href="https://www.ara.cat/politica/superiora-traspassi-llenguatge-ferrusola-andorra_1_1354212.html">famous handwritten note</a> that Ferrusola sent to Banca Reig. "I remember they called me 'Father' somewhat jokingly," Pallerola confessed.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Martí Odriozola i Marcé]]></dc:creator>
      <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/the-instigator-of-the-pressures-bpa-regarding-the-pujols-was-the-architect-of-the-leak-of-the-33-sovereignist-judges_1_5675207.html]]></guid>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:19:42 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:content url="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/24a2c59b-e0a3-4496-b72c-f31067bb4860_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
      <media:title><![CDATA[Image capture of the National Court by Josep Maria Pallerola]]></media:title>
      <media:thumbnail url="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/24a2c59b-e0a3-4496-b72c-f31067bb4860_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg"/>
      <subtitle><![CDATA[The former owner of Banca Privada de Andorra insists on the pressures from the patriotic police]]></subtitle>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Villarejo testifies to the Andorran justice system that Rajoy forced the collapse of BPA because of the Process]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/villarejo-testifies-to-the-andorran-justice-system-that-rajoy-forced-the-collapse-of-bpa-because-of-the-process_1_5551519.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/6401ef7b-1a73-46d2-8450-78f95aa43b18_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1178y11.jpg" /></p><p>Former Spanish National Police Commissioner José Manuel Villarejo appeared before the Andorran courts on Tuesday to testify in the investigation against former Spanish President Mariano Rajoy regarding Operation Catalonia. In his statement, the former commissioner reaffirmed his version of events and asserted that the former leader of the People's Party orchestrated the operation to intervene in Banca Privada de Andorra (BPA) as retaliation for the financial institution's refusal to cooperate with him in his efforts to bring down the leaders of the Catalan independence movement. Specifically,<a href="https://en.ara.cat/politics/judge-in-andorra-reactivates-operation-catalunya_1_5461301.html" >The Andorran judge wants to clarify whether Rajoy and former Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz</a> They pressured BPA executives to provide information on pro-independence politicians to the <em>patriotic police</em>, within the framework of Operation Catalonia.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA]]></dc:creator>
      <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/villarejo-testifies-to-the-andorran-justice-system-that-rajoy-forced-the-collapse-of-bpa-because-of-the-process_1_5551519.html]]></guid>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:06:25 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:content url="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/6401ef7b-1a73-46d2-8450-78f95aa43b18_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1178y11.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
      <media:title><![CDATA[Former police commissioner José Villarejo]]></media:title>
      <media:thumbnail url="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/6401ef7b-1a73-46d2-8450-78f95aa43b18_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1178y11.jpg"/>
      <subtitle><![CDATA[The former police commissioner appears in court as part of the investigation into the former Spanish president for allegedly trying to obtain bank details of pro-independence leaders.]]></subtitle>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[First ruling in the BPA case: 18 convicted, 84 years in prison, and €66 million in fines]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/economy/first-ruling-in-the-bpa-case-18-convicted-84-years-in-prison-and-66-million-in-fines_1_5444741.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/df9b553f-20fc-4fc8-beb7-c669101c005b_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Sentences of up to seven years in prison for 18 former executives and employees of Banca Privada de Andorra (BPA) for money laundering. This is the first major sentence stemming from the BPA case, seven and a half years after the oral hearing began in the case, which erupted in 2015 when the then third-largest Andorran banking institution was accused by the United States of money laundering and subsequently taken over by the Andorran government. The sentence relates to the operations of a single bank client, Chinese businessman Gao Ping, between 2008 and 2011.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Albert Rigol]]></dc:creator>
      <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/economy/first-ruling-in-the-bpa-case-18-convicted-84-years-in-prison-and-66-million-in-fines_1_5444741.html]]></guid>
      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:38:38 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:content url="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/df9b553f-20fc-4fc8-beb7-c669101c005b_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
      <media:title><![CDATA[The Ciercos question the BPA report]]></media:title>
      <media:thumbnail url="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/df9b553f-20fc-4fc8-beb7-c669101c005b_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg"/>
      <subtitle><![CDATA[The ruling condemns the entity's former managing director to seven years in prison and a €30 million fine.]]></subtitle>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>
