Straperlo

Estraperlo is a term that is nowadays used in Spanish for illegal business practices, and the black market and in the Second Spanish Republic was formed when an electrically operated roulette game under the name of " Stra - Perlo " was introduced, according to the operators of this game, the Dutch gambling operators Strauss and Perlowitz was named.

In order to obtain the license for the introduction of this forbidden country of origin gambling at the Casino of San Sebastian, senior politicians or their relatives were bribed, including Aurelio Lerroux, the nephew and adopted son of the then Prime Minister Alejandro Lerroux and the Interior Minister Rafael Salazar Alonso, both members the Radical Party.

  • Economic crime
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