arrested three Italian members of the ‘Ndrangheta’ Calabrian Mafia in Almería

Three Italian Mafia members arrested in Marbella and Almería: "National Police from Cádiz have arrested three Italian members of the ‘Ndrangheta’ Calabrian Mafia in Almería and close to Marbella, in connection with a robbery of a branch of the Cajasol savings bank in Cádiz last November and another in the Torremolinos Post Office on January 17.

The arrested men have been named as 36 year old R.P., 34 year old A.M., and 30 year old M.S.

The police statement says the men arrested have a long police record for illegal association, extortion and drug trafficking among other charges. They are thought to have been protected by other members of the Calabrian Mafia in Spain, who supplied them with safe houses before and after the robberies. The police say the group acted with grand professionalism."

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Mataró businessman arrested after abandoning injured employee at hospital

Mataró businessman arrested after abandoning injured employee at hospital: "The Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, have arrested a businessman from Mataró after he left an injured employee at the doors of a local hospital, asking him to keep quiet about where he worked.

The injured man from Ecuador was working without a contract and lost his hand in an accident at the nautical workshop where he worked. His boss told him to say that he had injured himself while out fishing and to say that he had been brought to the hospital by a man he had met in the street.

Staff at the hospital were suspicious of the patient’s explanations and alerted the police, who arrested the businessman a week later. Telecinco reports that the company’s foreman was also taken into custody."

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Three Mayors arrested in new corruption scandal in Spain

Three Mayors arrested in new corruption scandal in Spain: "Three Mayors are among eight people arrested on the Costa da Morte in Galicia on Monday in a new swoop against corruption in Spain.

Agents from the U.D.E.F., Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit, spent Monday morning searching the Town Halls in the towns of Cee, Fisterra, and Mazaricos, three towns to see the arrests of their Mayors. They face charges of influence peddling, perversion of the course of justice, and bribery.

Codenamed ‘Operación Orquesta’, three local industrialists have also been arrested.

The operation, which Police have been working on for more than a year, remains open and further detentions in forthcoming hours have not been ruled out."

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Two Almería men arrested for causing 27 traffic accidents

Two Almería men arrested for causing 27 traffic accidents: "After months of investigation involving more than 50 officers, two men from Huércal Overa have finally been arrested for deliberately causing no fewer than 27 accidents on roads in Almería and Murcia.

Their method was to either place large rocks on the carriageway or to cover over in black sacking the pointed bollards at road divisions which are known as ‘gorros de obispo’ – ‘bishops hats’.

They always acted late at night at weekends or bank holidays, often on the A-7 motorway between Vera in Almería and Lorca in Murcia. Another of their preferred roads was the A-92N between Vélez Rubio and Chirivel.

The Civil Guard released news of their arrest last week and say they did what they did just for enjoyment. No-one was injured in any of the accidents they caused.

The two men are also being charged with arson for setting 52 rubbish containers and 9 cars on fire between May and August last year."

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TV Choice: Embarrassing Bodies, Alpha Dog & Tool Academy - Film and Cinema - Entertainment - getbracknell - Bracknell Forest Standard

TV Choice: Embarrassing Bodies, Alpha Dog & Tool Academy - Film and Cinema - Entertainment - getbracknell - Bracknell Forest Standard: "This week the docs head out to Fuengirola on the Costa Del Sol in Spain to meet some classy British holidaymakers who need urgent chlamydia tests."

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The sad plight of the mentally ill sleeping on the streets of Spain

The sad plight of the mentally ill sleeping on the streets of Spain: "featured a British resident of San Roque, Mary Finlay, who is organising feeding trips to these unfortunates once a week – I will return to her work later in this article.
I start with the disclosure that at least two of the people on the town's streets are also mentally ill.

Their case has been highlighted by the Plataforma Los Parados – the action group speaking for the ten thousand plus jobless in the border town. They have written to the Andalucía Ombudsman over the men’s plight.

They say that because of the economic crisis, people with mental health problems have no roofs over their heads. Hence, they are sleeping outside in the winter cold and rain. One of these persons is 43-year-old Juan Medina López, who has been abandoned since before Christmas and is receiving no psychiatric help or social assistance. Nor can he and others like him be attended to at other municipal centres.

They told the Ombudsman that between Monday and Friday the men are invited for a meal and a shower at the Centro CEA, but at night they are left to their own devices. Incredibly, unless they are attended to by an Andalucía health service professional, they cannot be given a bed in any of the refuges for the “sin techos” – and no such person has been near them."

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Britons arrested in mysterious kidnapping | Costa del Sol | News | The Largest English Language Newspapers in Spain

 Britons arrested in mysterious kidnapping | Costa del Sol | News | The Largest English Language Newspapers in Spain: "THREE Britons were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a Moroccan man from a Malaga Shopping Centre at gunpoint. A woman reported that her friend had been kidnapped by two men and a woman. The victim was apparently taken to a house in Benahavis where they demanded €104,000.

However, he managed to escape and alert the police. The house where he had been held was found and the three people arrested.


Police have not ruled out the possibility that the kidnappers may have got the wrong person."

French mafia weapons found on the Costa del Sol

French mafia weapons found on the Costa del Sol | Olive Press Newspaper | News: "POLICE have found an arsenal of weapons in a rented garage in Fuengirola.
A man has been arrested for holding guns, ammunition and stolen vehicles which were parked in the garage of his rented home on the Costa del Sol.
The five pistols and two machine guns allegedly belong to the Marseilles mafia.The suspect, a 45 year-old French national, is also wanted in France for drug-trafficking."

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Three Britons arrested after Costa del Sol kidnapping attempt

Three Britons arrested after Costa del Sol kidnapping attempt: "Three Britons, two men and a woman, have been arrested in Benahavis on the Costa del Sol, in connection with the kidnap of a man and the demand of a 104,000 € ransom for his release.

Agents from the UDYCO Drugs and Organised Crime Unit of the National Police in Marbella say that the man was kidnapped last Saturday whilst shopping in a commercial centre in Málaga.

Two unknown men bundled him into a vehicle at gunpoint and took him to a shed next to a house in Benahavis, demanding 104,000 € for his release.

The police made their arrests later the same day, but news has only now been given to the press. As well as the pistol, a large amount of documentation was taken for study."

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Crime & Investigation Network is to launch in Spain on February 1

C21Media:: "Pay-TV network Crime & Investigation Network is to launch in Spain on February 1, adding 1.5 million homes to its footprint.

The channel will be carried by the ONO and Imagenio platforms, and is operated by The History Channel Iberia, a joint venture of A&E Television Networks and Chello Multicanal. The JV already operates Canal de Historia and Bio in Spain."

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Latest Shootings on the Costas

costadelsol.st - News - Costa del Sol: "Man Shot In Drive By Shooting In Valez-Malaga
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This latest shooting happened just four days after a British man was shot in the face in Mijas Costa

According to reports in the press a man was shot in the abdomen during a drive by shooting in Valez-Malaga

It is understood that the shooting happened last Saturday afternoon in the municipal market on the Carretera de Loja

It is reported that the 29 year old Moroccan national was taken to the Axarquia County Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery"

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Two years in prison for man who left his ex blind in an argument

Two years in prison for man who left his ex blind in an argument: "man from Madrid has been sentenced to two years in prison after his ex girlfriend lost the little sight that remained in her eye when he hit out at her during an argument over her snoring.

45 year old María Paz R.P. had already lost her right eye in a previous accident which had left her with just 10% vision in the left and was a registered member of the ONCE organisation. EFE reports that she was able to live a relatively normal life with her remaining vision, but her sight has now become so impaired that the court considered her to be blind.

It happened in a hotel room in Benidorm where María Paz and her ex, Ignacio R.B., were on holiday with their 8 year old daughter. The couple had ended their relationship two years previously but had decided to spend some time together with their child. EFE notes that custody of the girl had been granted to the father owing to the mother’s ‘psychiatric problems’.

The argument began when the accused, who the woman had reported for abuse on three occasions in the past, was woken up by the woman’s snoring and punched her in her left eye"

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Alicante withdraws controversial measures against beggars

Alicante withdraws controversial measures against beggars: "Alicante City Hall has decided to withdraw from a new bylaw on security measures for the public way penalties for those found begging on the streets.

The controversial measure, which included instructions to the police to confiscate any money a beggar may receive in charity from the public, led the police union to write to City Hall with a letter of complaint. Another from the UGT union’s section for the local police argued that this particular aspect of the bylaw was ‘clearly unconstitutional’, as there is no national law in Spain against begging."

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Gang of thieves rob Cartagena business

Gang of thieves rob Cartagena business: "gang of thieves broke through the walls of two companies in an industrial estate in Cartagena, and managed to take 9,000 € from one of them.

The Guardia Civil, who are investigating the case, think it was a group of seven professionals who work in a coordinated way, and who have a full arsenal of tools to carry out their burglaries, even including frequency inhibitors to stop radio signals, and by cutting local telephone lines. They also were able to leave alarms and security cameras useless."

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Málaga taxi driver sought for running over young boy

Málaga taxi driver sought for running over young boy: "Police in Málaga are seeking a local taxi driver who ran over an 11 year old boy and left him injured on the pavement 200 metres from the hospital after offering to drive him there.

The boy later told his family that the driver had told him to get out of the taxi on route to the hospital, first saying that he didn’t want any problems and later claiming that there was a problem with the vehicle."

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Spain busts Colombian cocaine ring - Colombia news | Colombia Reports

Spain busts Colombian cocaine ring - Colombia news | Colombia Reports: "Spanish police arrested eight people in connection with a drug ring that smuggled cocaine from Colombia to Madrid and then transported it to the Spanish town of Almeria, 255 miles south-east of Madrid.

The police began an operation when they a Spanish citizen arrived in Spain on December 25, 2010, carrying 2.5 kilograms of cocaine inside a suitcase, reports to Radio Santa Fe in Bogota.

During the operation, police used a tracking device to follow the ring's driver from Madrid to Almeria. The driver was arrested by Spanish agents of the Drugs Unit and Organized Crime (UDyCO) with 3 packets of cocaine weighing 1.5 kilograms in total. The arrest led to the arrests of 7 others involved in the trafficking ring and the search of homes in the Spanish town of Roquetas de Mar.

The driver of the car was accompanied by his 13 year old grandson so as not to draw attention from authorities."

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Victims take to the streets

Victims take to the streets | Olive Press Newspaper | News: "Misled Realty Investor Support Group delivered a petition to No 10 Downing Street demanding action against his Spanish based company, MacAnthony Realty International.


It carried over 800 signatures from people who claim they were conned by the MRI sales team and collectively, have lost millions of pounds through bogus property deals.
The march began outside MRI’s notorious law firm, Carter-Ruck near St. Paul’s, and received support from East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson.
Mr Wilson joins members of the group who are seeking changes to the current UK and EU legal system, which has not protected these investors from losing retirement funds and savings to corrupt developers."

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Rent The Happy Hooker's Marbella Hideaway

Rent The Happy Hooker's Marbella Hideaway: "In the 1970s Xaviera Hollander rose to fame as the author of The Happy Hooker but now she's an innkeeper of sorts. She owns a bed and breakfast in Amsterdam and is also the owner of Villa Caprice, a bohemian style Bed & Breakfast in the classic part of Marbella, Spain close to the Golden Mile, the beach and all amenities. The villa has a garden with a lovely lawn, swimming pool with fountains and a sun terrace with 8 loungers. There is a large living room, well-equipped kitchen, a bar and terraces for outside dining. The villa's bedrooms include several suites with king-sized beds as well as multiple rooms with twin beds for kids."

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Freddie Thompson, 30, has been living between Spain, Britain and Holland for most of the past year and reports reaching gardai suggest he is planning to travel even further away

Gangland feud set to heat up as truce fails - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie: "Freddie Thompson, 30, has been living between Spain, Britain and Holland for most of the past year and reports reaching gardai suggest he is planning to travel even further away because of fears that he is being targeted for assassination. It is understood that he has been checking locations in the Far East for a hideaway until he reckons the threats to his life have subsided.

The Crumlin-Drimnagh feud that Thompson had been centrally involved in was thought to have ended in July 2009 with the murder of one of his last remaining major rivals, Anthony Cannon, 26, the 16th man to be killed.

The feud is the subject of a TV3 series, Cocaine Wars, based on the book by journalist Mick McCaffrey, starting tomorrow evening.

Thompson's rivals are said to have regrouped and have recruited young members, including several still in their teens, who are believed to be intent on stamping their mark in the Dublin gang scene.

Thompson is at the top of the young south Dublin gang's list of targets, but he is also under threat from former associates who were behind the main Irish cocaine and heroin importation ring based in Spain. This ring was the target of last year's major operation by Spanish and other European police forces."

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'Facebook Gangster' granted bail

'Facebook Gangster' granted bail: "Known as the 'Facebook Gangster', Hakan Ayik is wanted in Australia for the involvement of importation of heroin worth $AUS50 million from Bangkok to Sydney.
Things turned out different in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, where he was let out on bail after being arrested.
The bodybuilder fled Australia in August, 2010 during his time under investigation in regards to the case of the heroin importation and is subject of an international arrest warrant.
News.com.au states that 175 kg of heroin was imported to the shore in Sydney Port Botany, and Hakan is one of the highest money making drug lords in Australia was involved in the scene."

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