We echo the news published about the delay suffered by Justice in our country, and more specifically the courts in our Region.
The Murcian courts have fought hard in recent times to try to reduce their response times and they have succeeded - at least in First Instance -. However, the data continues to place Murcia as the Region in which the courts take the longest to resolve. Not in vain, the Region is one of the communities with the highest rate of litigation and, however, with a lower ratio of judges per inhabitant.
However, it is not only in Murcia that we have this problem, in Spain in general Justice is slow and the deadlines for resolution vary from an average of two years in civil matters, to even longer deadlines in criminal matters, especially in cases of corruption.
Major corruption cases are often linked to money laundering abroad, generally in tax havens. Judicial cooperation with these countries is not easy, since banking secrecy prevails there, unlike what happens in Spain. Judicial cooperation agreements vary from place to place. A simple letter rogatory can take months or even years. It is true, a judge points out, that the Euroorder has represented progress. But it is no less true that there are cases that can remain stagnant because it is not proven with precise evidence that a tax crime has existed, something fundamental in corruption crimes.
One of the biggest problems is the lack of personnel. Judges complain about not having qualified personnel under their command to investigate this type of economic crimes, such as accounting experts or tax inspectors assigned directly to the courts. Likewise, they demand a judicial police that depends organically on them and is not subject to political power, to guarantee the independence of the investigation.
For now, we will continue with Slow Justice until the system is improved.
