The case does not involve the tax years after 2011.
It was one of several cases involving Shakira – who is known for hits like Hips Don’t Lie and Wherever, Whenever – to have been brought by Spain’s tax agency.
In 2023, she reached a deal with Spanish prosecutors to settle a separate tax fraud case covering the years 2012-2014, just as she was set to go on trial.
The deal meant Shakira, who denied any wrongdoing, accepted six charges and paid a €7.5m (£6.5m) fine.
Prosecutors had wanted to jail her for eight years and fine her €23.8m (£20.8m) if she was found guilty. She said she settled the case “with the best interest of my kids at heart”.
And in 2024, a Spanish court reportedly dropped an investigation into her tax payments for 2018 because of “a lack of evidence”.
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