▁government ▁virtual ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁courts " ▁and ▁came ▁in ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁" al leg ations ▁that ▁business men ▁la under ed ▁tens ▁of ▁millions ▁of ▁eu ros ▁obtained ▁from ▁public ▁work ▁contract s ▁through ▁off sh ore ▁accounts ." ▁Protest ers ▁carried ▁signs ▁reading ▁" Ar gent ina , ▁w ake ▁up !" ▁and ▁" Cor rupt ▁Crist ina ." ▁ ▁Conc ern s ▁by ▁foreign ▁powers ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Wik ile aks ▁c ables ▁revealed ▁that ▁diplom ats ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Germany , ▁Spain , ▁and ▁Finland ▁had ▁grown ▁concerned ▁about ▁the ▁increasing ▁levels ▁of ▁cor ruption . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁Secretary ▁General ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁cabinet , ▁Bernard ino ▁León ▁was ▁quoted ▁in ▁a ▁Wik ile aks ▁cable ▁as ▁saying ▁that ▁Spanish ▁companies ▁doing ▁business ▁in ▁Argentina ▁were ▁growing ▁concerned ▁at ▁the ▁popul ist ▁sent iments ▁and ▁polar ization ▁of ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁government , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁cor ruption ▁level ▁among ▁the ▁Kirch ner ▁network . ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁German ▁amb assador ▁Wolf ▁R olf ▁Sch um acher ▁also ▁expressed ▁concern ▁with ▁the ▁Crist ina ▁Kirch ner ▁administration ' s ▁attitude ▁towards ▁cor ruption . ▁ ▁A ▁great ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁Wik ile aks ▁c ables ▁indicate ▁that ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Emb ass y ▁in ▁Argentina ▁has ▁been ▁act ively ▁involved ▁in ▁anti - cor ruption ▁efforts ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁Argent in