The worldwide "Panama Papers" scandal claimed a fresh political victim Friday as Spain's industry minister resigned over allegations he had links to offshore companies.
Jose Manuel Soria said he had tendered his resignation "in light of the succession of mistakes committed along the past few days Cheap Bobby Massie Jersey , relating to my explanations over my business activities... and considering the obvious harm that this situation is doing to the Spanish government."
Spanish Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism Jose Manuel Soria attending the inauguration of the FITUR International Tourism Trade Fair in Madrid, on Jan 28, 2015. (Photo: AFPPedro Armestre)
Soria's troubles began on Monday when Spanish online daily El Confidencial, which has had access to the Panama Papers - millions of files leaked from law firm Mossack Fonseca - said he was an administrator of an offshore firm in 1992.
Soria called a news conference to deny any link to the company Cheap Akiem Hicks Jersey , but as the week went by, more allegations emerged from other media outlets, revealing further alleged connections to offshore havens.
It is unclear as yet whether any of his alleged actions were illegal.
Later, in a television interview, Soria said that the events in question had occurred more than 20 years ago and "I don't remember exactly what happened." "I have done absolutely nothing illegal Cheap Jerrell Freeman Jersey ," he insisted.
Economy Minister Luis de Guindos was later named as his successor in the industry post.
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Soria is the latest political victim of the Panama Papers leak, which revealed how the world's wealthy stashed assets in offshore companies, and which the law firm blamed on a computer hack.
Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson was also forced to resign over the leaks. In his statement, Soria said politics "is an activity that must always be exemplary, also where ... explanations are concerned."
"When that doesn't happen Cheap Danny Trevathan Jersey , one must assume one's responsibilities," he added, in an indication that he was resigning due to how he had handled the revelations rather than over any irregularities. He said he was resigning immediately from all political activity.
The initial revelations showed that Soria's name appeared alongside his brother's as administrator of a company based in the Bahamas created through Panama-based Mossack Fonseca.
He denied any links to that firm, saying he had told Spanish prosecutors to clear his name with the Panamanian authorities.
But other media revealed that Soria had links to another company based in the offshore haven of Jersey until 2002, when he was mayor of Las Palmas in Spain's Canary Islands.
In his statement Cheap Marcus Cooper Jersey , Soria blamed his contradictory explanations over the week on "the lack of accurate information about facts that happened more than 20 years ago."
Soria's resignation deals another blow to Mariano Rajoy's Popular Party (PP) government, which has been ruling Spain in a caretaker capacity as political groupings try - and have so far failed - to reach an agreement on a coalition government after inconclusive December elections.
The conservative PP, in power since 2011, has been shaken by corruption scandal after corruption scandal.
And while there is as yet no indication of any irregularities where Soria is concerned, the revelations are likely to embarrass the party Cheap Deonte Thompson Jersey , particularly as the country gears up for fresh elections due to the failure to reach any coalition agreement.
His is the second scandal-triggered resignation to hit the PP since it came to power in December 2011. In November 2014, then health minister Ana Mato was forced to step down over corruption investigations.
Soria said he would abandon all political activities from Friday.
A parcel of human placenta extracts illegally mailed from Japan has been intercepted in central China's Henan province, according to the province's Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.
Near the end of 2014, the mail inspection office intercepted a package containing 15 boxes or 750 doses of human placenta extract injections, the bureau said.
The dispatch note claimed the parcel contained wood artwork Cheap Tom Compton Jersey , a fraudulent declaration, and that its receiver was to be a plastic surgery hospital.
Delivery of human placenta extracts to China from abroad is forbidden due to the risk of infectious diseases such as AIDS, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
There are strict legal requirements that before importation, biological products from abroad must gain approval from China's Food and Drug Administration as well as undergo both inspection and quarantine.
The illegal parcel will be returned according to regulations.
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