Shakira going through new tax investigation in Spain shortly after Miami transfer

Shakira is going through a contemporary tax probe in Spain after officers launched an investigation right into a second case of alleged tax fraud by the singer.

With a trial date set for an current tax fraud case over alleged missed tax funds between 2012 and 2014, the “Hips Don’t Lie” hitmaker, 46, is going through yet one more blow after officers confirmed Thursday that an investigation can be launched into two potential instances of tax fraud from 2018.

The probe can be performed by a decide at a court docket within the Esplugues de Llobregat area of Spain, close to Barcelona, and is identical court docket that launched her preliminary investigation which goes to trial.

The “Each time, Wherever” singer, who relocated to Miami along with her two sons earlier this 12 months, must return to Barcelona in November to face trial.

Her dramatic transfer throughout the pond comes after she cut up from her former partner and soccer star Gerard Piqué.

“Court docket of Instruction Quantity 2 in Esplugues de Llobregat has opened a process following a criticism introduced by prosecutors in opposition to the singer Shakira for 2 suspected tax crimes equivalent to her 2018 tax returns,” a spokesperson for Catalonia’s Excessive Court docket of Justice stated in a press release.

The Colombian pop star has been within the throes of a authorized battle for allegedly failing to pay $14.7 million in taxes when she lived in Spain between 2012 and 2014, a time she claims she didn’t reside within the nation. 

Shakira — actual title Shakira Mebarak — stated she’s endured the “darkest hours” of her life because the Spanish authorities threatens her with as much as eight years in jail if she’s discovered responsible of stiffing the nation of thousands and thousands of {dollars} in taxes.

Prosecutors insist Shakira did reside within the nation throughout that point and stated she purchased a house in Barcelona in Could 2012. They stated she lived there with Piqué and their first-born son, who was born in Spain in 2013.

On the time, Shakira’s official residence was within the Bahamas however prosecutors declare she spent most of her time in Spain. 

If discovered responsible in November’s trial, Shakira could also be fined $23.5 million along with jail time.

She beforehand stated that “Spanish tax authorities do that usually” to celebrities and “unjustly to the common taxpayer.”

The singer, who’s offered greater than 80 million information worldwide, has repeatedly maintained her innocence and stated she beforehand paid a $17.5 million debt to the Spanish tax workplace and doesn’t owe them anything. 

The Publish has reached out to Shakira’s reps for remark.