Argentina is doing house search with ex-president

The Argentine police is looking into houses of former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

The Senate gave special permission for the searches of three houses. Cristina Kirchner sought refuge in the home of her daughter Florencia in Buenos Aires, reported local media.

The investigation is known as the affair of the 'bribe'. 'It would be a corrupt network around the Kirchners that systematically collected kickbacks for ten years in exchange for government contracts. Kirchner has been interrogated on 13 August. Twelve people have already been arrested in this case.