西班牙当局撤销了对夏奇拉涉嫌逃税的调查
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On Wednesday, prosecutors asked a Spanish court for the criminal case against the Colombian singer to be dropped, citing “a lack of evidence" — and on Thursday, the court agreed, according to The Guardian.
据《卫报》报道，周三，检察官以“缺乏证据”为由，要求西班牙法院撤销对这位哥伦比亚歌手的刑事诉讼。周四，法院表示同意。
The case was first opened in July, with prosecutors alleging the singer used an offshore company to evade paying the tax office up to €6.6m ($7.2 million) in 2018. Shakira settled the debt a month later, according to the report.
该案于7月首次开庭，检察官指控这位歌手在2018年利用一家离岸公司向税务局逃税高达660万欧元（720万美元）。报道称，夏奇拉在一个月后还清了债务。
The court ruling Thursday comes nearly six months after Shakira settled a separate tax fraud case with the Spanish government in November.
Shakira attends the 24th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards at FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre on November 16, 2023 in Seville, Spain.
在夏奇拉于11月与西班牙政府解决了一起税务欺诈案近六个月后，法院于周四作出裁决。 夏奇拉出席2023年11月16日在西班牙塞维利亚国际篮联会议展览中心举行的第24届拉丁格莱美奖。
That case began in 2018, when Spanish prosecutors charged the Latin American superstar for failing to pay 14.5 million euros (about $15 million) in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. Shakira's representatives claimed she did not reside in Spain during that period and referred to her official residence in the Bahamas, but prosecutors argued that she lived in the northern region of Catalonia during those years.
该案始于2018年，当时西班牙检察官指控这位拉丁美洲巨星未能为2012年至2014年间的收入缴纳1450万欧元（约1500万美元）的税款。夏奇拉的代表声称，她在此期间没有居住在西班牙，并提到了她在巴哈马的官邸，但检察官辩称，她在那段时间住在加泰罗尼亚北部地区。
Following a year-long investigation, prosecutors argued that the Grammy winner reported the Bahamas — a country with a lower tax rate than Spain — as her residence while she spent much of that time residing in Spain with her former partner, Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué, and their two sons, according to the Associated Press. In 2017, Shakira was identified in the "Paradise Papers," which leaked offshore tax agreements of high-profile figures, including Madonna and Bono.
据美联社报道，经过长达一年的调查，检察官辩称，这位格莱美奖得主报告称，巴哈马是她的住所，而巴哈马的税率比西班牙低，而她大部分时间都与前伴侣、西班牙足球运动员杰拉德·皮奎及其两个儿子住在西班牙。2017年，夏奇拉在“天堂文件”中被指认，该文件泄露了包括麦当娜和波诺在内的知名人士的离岸税务协议。
In July 2022, the "Whenever, Wherever" singer initially rejected a settlement offered by a prosecutor in the case, paving her path to the trial. Shakira's media representatives released a statement to Reuters at the time reiterating that she has consistently met all of her tax requirements.
2022年7月，这位“无论何时何地”歌手最初拒绝了检察官在此案中提出的和解，为她的审判铺平了道路。夏奇拉的媒体代表当时向路透社发布了一份声明，重申她一贯符合所有税务要求。
"The singer is fully confident of her innocence and therefore does not accept a settlement," Shakira's reps said, adding that the case is "a total violation of her rights."
夏奇拉的经纪人表示：“这位歌手完全相信自己是无辜的，因此不接受和解。”并补充说，这起案件“完全侵犯了她的权利”。
Ultimately, that trial was concluded on the day it started, after the singer agreed to settle after all. According to the BBC, Shakira paid a fine of €7.5 million, although she still denied any wrongdoing.
最终，在这位歌手最终同意和解后，审判在开始的当天就结束了。据英国广播公司报道，夏奇拉支付了750万欧元的罚款，尽管她仍然否认有任何不当行为。
