Spain's Supreme Court on June 22 sentenced former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos to 24 years in prison and associate Koldo García to 19 years for participation in a criminal organisation, bribery, embezzlement and influence peddling tied to face-mask contracts. Víctor de Aldama received a four-and-a-half-year term that was later suspended. The unanimous seven-judge ruling marks the first verdict in a series of cases involving Spain's ruling Socialist Party, with no charges against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.