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WHO’S LOOKING AT YOU KID? Spanish police dog star of photo competition
A PICTURE of a police dog from Valencia, Spain, looking lovingly at his handler has scooped top spot in a Europol photo competition.
Professional and...
Fraudsters pocketed €4 million by selling fake citizenship exam diplomas across Spain
POLICE say a Barcelona-based gang netted €4 million by selling fake diplomas to Spanish citizenship applicants.
The criminal organisation was broken up in simultaneous arrests...
43 arrests as fake Euro notes were sold from Andalucia in Spain via social media
AN online business selling counterfeit Euro notes has been smashed by the Policia Nacional in association with Europol.
The two operation ring-leaders have been arrested...
‘Most-wanted’ European fugitive is arrested on popular expat urbanisation in Murcia area of Spain
A Latvian man, branded as one of Europe's 'most wanted fugitives' has been arrested on a Torre Pacheco urbanisation in the Murcia region.
The ENFAST(European...
Migrants crammed into lorries operated by trafficking gang in Spain who ‘made millions’ for journeys to European Union countries
THE Policia Nacional have smashed a migrant trafficking gang based in Spain that charged up to €20,000 per person to gain access to a...
Massive money laundering fraud worth €45 million is busted in Valencia area of Spain
A four-year investigation has led to the arrest of five members of a Valencia area family gang for laundering over €45 million.
They were detained...
WATCH: ‘Biggest cocaine distribution gang in Europe’ broken up in Spanish led international operation taking in Malaga and Valencia
SPANISH police have been at the heart of a massive international operation that has busted what they describe as the biggest cocaine distribution network...
Marijuana gang rented six Costa Blanca homes in Spain to grow and export the drug to the UK
THE leader of a Costa Blanca-based marijuana gang has been arrested after a year-long probe to bring down his operation.
The crew invested over €100,000...
Police arrest marijuana growers and dealers on Spain’s Costa Blanca linked to Polish football hooliganism
LUXURY villas, cars and boats worth €5 million were seized on the Costa Blanca in police raids against a Polish gang that grew and...
EU-funded task force seizes counterfeit items of clothing and luxury goods worth €16.5m in Spain
FAKE GOODS including clothing, footwear and luxury goods have been seized in an cross-country operation in Spain and Portugal.
The haul, worth some €16.5 million,...
Bank-robbing gang steal €1.3 million from 33 branches in Spain and even replace front-door locks
A robbery gang that looted 33 banks across Spain and stole nearly €1.3 million have been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
The crooks used a...
Enough tobacco to make 11 million cigarettes seized as smuggling gang arrested in raids throughout Spain and Portugal
A CRIMINAL gang exporting illegal tobacco and cigarettes from Spain to Portugal has been thwarted by Europol and a cross-border team of customs and...
Largest OCG cash seizure in Spanish history as €16 million confiscated with 1.6 tonnes of cocaine
AN ORGANISED Crime Gang has had cash amounts totalling €16.5 million seized as Spain’s Guardia Civil delivered Operation Jumita.
The largest cash seizure in Spain’s...
EU-funded law agency helps smash complex Spanish VAT fraud scheme that netted €26 million
EUROPOL, the EU’s international law enforcement agency, worked with authorities across five countries to arrest 22 suspects belonging to an organised crime group which...
EUROPOL call for public help in finding child abusers with release of carefully-cropped images
FRESH LEADS are needed in historic child abuse cases that EUROPOL are investigating.
The EU Law Enforcement Agency have published images in a hope that...
Combined police operation sees gang of 65 Chinese drug smugglers arrested across Spain
ONE OF the largest Chinese drug trafficking gangs has been taken down by a combined police operation over three countries.
A total of 65 people...
31 people arrested at Spanish-French border for travelling with false PCRs
SPANISH Policia Nacional have arrested 31 Romanian citizens on the Spanish-French border in the town of La Junquera, in Girona province, for travelling with...
Cryptocrooks: Spanish police bust tax haven Bitcoin fraudsters
A RECENT huge rise in the value of cryptocurrencies has seen a parallel rise in scammers.
Spanish police have moved in on a ring of...
Gang illegally exported tonnes of toxic waste from Spain to Africa
SPANISH police have arrested 34 people who were smuggling toxic waste from the Canary Islands to Africa.
Amongst the 2.5 tonnes of material were electrical...
WATCH: Andalusian prostitution and human trafficking ring broken up by international task force
COMBINED FORCES smashed a human trafficking ring operating in Andalusia, last week.
Europol and Policia Nacional broke up the gang of seven that were sexually...
WATCH: Colombian Cocaine Caravans caught in Canary Islands, cartel arrested
AN INTERNATIONAL gang of drug traffickers were busted in a large-scale dawn raid in the Canary Islands.
Holiday caravans were used to transport cocaine around...
WATCH: ‘Dangerous’ drugs smugglers with Costa Blanca links caught with tonne of cocaine and €550,000 in cash
TEN ‘dangerous criminals’ have busted an international drug smuggling operation involving the Policia Nacional, Europol, the DEA and Colombian Police.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=queKyJgT2kQ&feature=youtu.be
The group had been in...
Alicante link to ‘one of Europe’s biggest counterfeiting gangs’
EUROPOL and Policia Nacional have arrested 11 people involved in a huge fake money scam operating across Europe.
Five of the arrests were in Spain,...
Costa Blanca city linked with multi-national cash counterfeiting operation – 11 arrested
EUROPOL and Policia Nacional have arrested 11 people involved in a huge fake money scam operating across Europe.
Five of the arrests were in Spain,...
WATCH: Gang of child-abducting Costa Almeria drug traffickers get arrested by Spanish police and Europol in joint swoop
A MULTINATIONAL group of drug-smugglers that used children to transport their contraband has been dismantled after the Spanish Policía Nacional, the French Police Nationale...
Europol help police in Spain dismantle cryptocurrency money laundering ring
It comes as bitcoin worth €37 million was stolen by hackers from one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges
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Gala, born in Ciudad Real in October 1930,...
