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| Operation Catalonia/Operación Cataluña/Operació Catalunya | |
|---|---|
| Operation Name | Operation Catalonia/Operación Cataluña/Operació Catalunya |
| Roster | |
| Executed by | Spain |
| Mission | |
| Target | Catalan pro-independence politicians |
| Timeline | |
| Date begin | 2012 |
| Date end | 2016 |
| Results | |
| Accounting | |
Operation Catalonia (Operació Catalunya in Catalan) is the name of a covert police operation allegedly driven by the government of Spain which aimed to curb the Catalan independence process. The operation consisted of research and information gathering about Catalan independence politicians without judicial authorization. The operation allegedly included the creation or use of false evidence, data manipulation, irregular reports, secret agents, leaks to the press and the use of threats to obtain confidential information.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][excessive citations]
The operation allegedly started after the 2012 Catalan independence demonstration. The heads of the National Police started an extrajudicial operation that was kept secret even within the corps.[8]
The operation consisted of investigating and compiling information from politicians that were favorable to the independence of Catalonia without any judicial authorization. To do this, two methods were allegedly used: a special and secret unit of the National Police Corps, depending on the Ministry of the Interior (Spain), and also through the Spanish embassy in Andorra, dependent on the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
- ^ Ara. "Villarejo confirms "Operation Catalonia"".
- ^ Catalan News Agency. "Police report confirms existence of 'Operation Catalonia' during Spanish Government's last term of office".
- ^ El Món. "Fernández Díaz set up a political brigade for 'Operation Catalonia' in 2012".
- ^ Ara. "Andorra bank accuses Spain of blackmail to harm Mas and Junqueras".
- ^ Ara. "Andorra to probe whether Spain blackmailed bank to undermine Catalan indy proces".
- ^ "A "pendrive" with relevant information to the "Catalonia operation" disappears". El Periodico (in Spanish). Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ "Catalonia's time has come – and Spain needs to get out of the way". Washington Post. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. "Operació Catalunya" (in Catalan). CCMA. Retrieved April 12, 2018.