Overview
- Irídia, speaking Wednesday in Barcelona, alleged a systematic blockade of Pegasus investigations by judges in charge of cross‑border evidence requests.
- The group says European investigation orders — requests sent to Luxembourg to question NSO executives and obtain records and expert tests — are stuck in at least 10 cases because judges failed to file them, froze them, or ignored follow‑ups.
- In the case of lawyer Andreu Van den Eynde, Luxembourg asked six times for corrected paperwork, received no valid reply, and then archived the request, which forced the process to start over.
- El País reports five Luxembourg requests are currently in play, with one already shelved for lack of a Spanish response and another nearing an ultimatum, leaving some accused without formal notice of their status.
- Separately, the National Court in January provisionally closed the probe into hacks of the prime minister and ministers for what it called investigative impotence, underscoring how stalled cooperation has left the wider case frozen.