The corruption scandals involving the PSOE have dominated judicial activity in 2025, during which José Luis Ábalos and Santos Cerdán, the Organisation Secretaries of the PSOE, have been detained preventively. In 2025, the PSOE faced the Koldo case, which had affected the party months earlier due to Ábalos’ involvement, leading to his dismissal as minister in 2021. In June, Santos Cerdán’s role was revealed, and the replacement of Ábalos was arrested in Soto del Real. The year 2025 concludes with Santos Cerdán on bail, reporting to a court every two weeks, while Ábalos and his advisor, Koldo García, remain in prison awaiting trial, where the prosecution is seeking 24 years of imprisonment for the former minister. The detention and subsequent release of former PSOE member Leire Díez has taken place, along with the former president of SEPI Vicente Fernández and businessman Antxón Alonso, who is seen as a partner of Cerdán. This incident is part of a new case linking two plots: that of the PSOE and the former socialist leader and the Servinabar cooperative.
