Cross-border anti-mafia crackdown: Italian prosecutors and the Guardia di Finanza say they’ve seized more than €200m in assets tied to late Sicilian boss Matteo Messina Denaro, with raids spanning Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland, Lebanon and the Cayman Islands. Investigators describe a network of offshore and front companies used to move and invest drug proceeds, including luxury villas on Spain’s Costa del Sol, gold bars, cash, bank holdings and shares. Andorra link in the money trail: One report names two Gibraltar firms registered in the 1980s as alleged vehicles for encrypted banking activity involving Andorra (along with Luxembourg, Monaco and Switzerland), after Andorran authorities flagged suspicious transactions connected to a woman linked to the Castelvetrano clan. Local governance & procurement: In Spain, a Catalan judge is weighing alleged irregularities in Altafulla city hall’s legal services contracting, including work billed via providers linked to former politician Salvador Milà, with contracts reportedly bypassing open tender rules. Business & finance in sports: Real Madrid presidential candidate Enrique Riquelme is said to have sought a €187m bank guarantee via Andorra’s Andbank after Spanish banks reportedly refused, keeping the election process moving. Diplomacy: Serbia’s National Assembly speaker Ana Brnabić visited Andorra’s parliament to discuss strengthening bilateral ties.