Tag: Venezuela
Human trafficking and sex exploitation gang brought down in Spain’s Murcia region
ONE of the biggest-ever police operations against human trafficking in the Murcia region has produced 22 arrests.
19 women were freed by the Policia Nacional.
They...
Spy chief extradition from Spain to United States paused due to Human Rights court appeal
SPAIN'S National Court has suspended the extradition of former Venezuelan spy chief, General Hugo Carvajal, to the United States on drug-trafficking charges.
The delay comes...
Ex-Venezuelan spy chief accused of massive cocaine trafficking is arrested after hiding in a Madrid flat in Spain
A former Venezuelan spy chief has been arrested in a Madrid flat after disappearing in defiance of a Spanish extradition order.
General Hugo Carvajal is...
Corrupt Costa Blanca official demanded €20 bung from Venezuelan teenager to speed up Spanish citizenship application
A 54-year-old Civil Registry worker at San Vicente del Raspeig demanded a €20 payment from a Venezuelan woman who wanted to become a Spanish...
White House threatens Spanish oil giant Repsol with ‘devastating sanctions’ if it doesn’t stop drilling in Venezuela
THE White House has threatened Repsol with ‘devastating sanctions’ unless it withdraws from Venezuela.
Along with Italy's ENI and India's Reliance, the Spanish oil giant...
Police arrest Spanish ‘gang’ after British CEOs hacked in €10 million email scam
The scam affected firms from 12 countries, including Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Chile, Belgium, Venezuela, Bulgaria, Norway and the US
Venezuela regime flouting US sanctions thanks to Bank of Spain
VENEZUELA'S President Nicolas Maduro is flouting US sanctions thanks to the Bank of Spain.
According to Bloomberg, the failing state's central bank is increasingly relying...
REVEALED: These countries made the most asylum applications to Spain so far this year
Andalucia had the third most asylum applications so far this year after Madrid with 20,395 and Catalunya with 6,059
Spain urges Venezuela to avoid bloodshed amidst coup reports
SPAIN's government has called for no bloodshed after Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said his plan to oust President Maduro had begun 'final phase.'...
Journalist faces jail over plot to smear Spain’s left wing political leader Pablo Iglesias
Alberto Pozas admitted to a judge in Madrid that he had handled a pen-drive, which was full of personal information on Iglesias
Maldonado’s Mijas is like nowhere else says Bill Anderson as just five are running the town council
The amount of money being wasted in Mijas is like nowhere else, writes Bill Anderson
GREEN LIGHT: Spain and UK support new Venezuela leader as political crisis continues
It comes after the under-fire Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro failed to meet an eight-day deadline to call new general elections
Spain condemns arrest of journalists in Venezuela after Pedro Sanchez called President Maduro a ‘tyrant’
According to the UN 3 million Venezuelans have fled the country since 2014, while inflation has reached 1,300,000% since Maduro’s election
Venezuela expels Spanish ambassador for ‘continuous aggression’ against the socialist state
Jesus Silva, had been ambassador to Caracas since March 2017 before the Venezuelan government declared him ‘persona non grata’.
WATCH: Brits arrested after €13 million cash, 18 cars and 3.7 tonnes of coke seized in HUGE anti-drug operation...
GUARDIA Civil have arrested 40 suspects in an anti-drug and money laundering operation covering Girona, Pontevedra, Madrid, Melilla, Malaga and Morocco.
Footage released shows cops...
Podemos think tank accused of taking €7 million from Hugo Chavez
Pablo Iglesias part of group funded by Venezuelan leader, says ABC
Podemos co-founder publishes personal finances to disprove Venezuela claims
Juan Carlos Monedero has revealed how much he earned for consultancy work in Latin America
Venezuelan woman arrested in Madrid for smuggling cocaine in fake breasts
1.7kg of cocaine were found by Spanish border control
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