Shakira was sentenced to eight years in prison, and Shakira is on the case

The Public Prosecution Office in Barcelona (northeastern Spain) said Friday that it will seek more than eight years in prison for tax evasion against the Colombian star Shakira, who announced her refusal to conclude an agreement and expressed her intention to proceed with the case until trial.

The Public Prosecution Office also indicated in the indictment that it will seek a fine of the 45-year-old star, who is accused of evading taxes amounting to 14,5 million euros between 2012 and 2014, in the amount of approximately 24 million euros.

It remains for the judiciary to decide on the conduct of the trial and announce the date of its start.

The owner of the songs "Hips Dont Lay" and "Waka Waka" is accused of not declaring the value of her income to the Spanish tax authority during the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. Prosecutors allege that Shakira has lived in Spain since 2011, the year the singer announced her relationship with FC Barcelona star Gerard Pique, but kept her tax headquarters in the Bahamas, which is a tax haven, until 2015.

In contrast, Shakira's lawyers say most of her income until 2014 came from her world tours, and that she did not live for periods of more than six months a year in Spain, a condition for determining her tax residency in the country.

And a Barcelona court announced in May that it had rejected a request by the singer to stop the prosecution, arguing that she had not been a resident of Spain during the years covered by the tax evasion charge, but that her tax headquarters was at the time in the Bahamas.

And in June, Barcelona football club central defender Gerard Pique and star Shakira announced their separation after a relationship for more than a decade that produced two children. In a joint statement, the duo said, "We regret to confirm our separation. We ask that privacy be respected for the good of our children who are our top priority