Zapatero's office in Madrid was being searched alongside three other premises, the court said in a statement.

Nouvelle déflagration politico-judiciaire en Espagne, l’ex-Premier ministre socialiste José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, qui a dirigé le pays de 2004 à 2011, est poursuivi pour trafic…

A Spanish court is investigating former Spanish Primer Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged influence peddling and other possible crimes.