Spanish police file sets out alleged links between aristocrat’s Dublin fintech and drug cartel’s money laundering operationReport alleges Irish firm was connected to an unlicensed digital bank which enabled cocaine gang to move money from Europe to South AmericaFrancisco de Borbon makes a phone call outside court in Madrid, after being granted bail. Photo: GettyEoghan Gilmartin Today at 06:30Just days before Spanish police arrived at his Marbella villa, Francisco de Borbon was celebrating his birthday on a luxury Nile cruise in Egypt with his family, before flying home for dinner with friends at a fashionable Costa del Sol restaurant.

Source: Irish Independent February 12, 2026 14:31 UTC