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Policía Nacional has detained another of the fugitives on "THE MOST WANTED" list in San Juan de Alicante. González Ghersi had been a fugitive from Spanish justice since February 2021 when he was sentenced to prison for sexual abuse.
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- Málaga
Guardia Civil, within the framework of the so-called "Terral" operation, has arrested two brothers in Malaga who, through the use of multiple false identities, were dedicated to acquiring firearms abroad to subsequently introduce them illegally in Spain and manipulate them in a clandestine workshop at home.
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- Marbella
Agents of the National Police, together with the Belgian Federal Police and EUROPOL, have detained the head of a criminal network that allegedly laundered money from drug trafficking through a business network dedicated to the sale of luxury cars located in Marbella.
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Guardia Civil and Policía Nacional have, with the support of Europol’s European Financial and Economic Crime Centre, dismantled a drugs trafficking network which allegedly relied on corrupt law enforcement and customs officers to ship hundreds of millions of euros’ worth of cocaine and hashish into Spain via the Strait of Gibraltar.
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An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries has resulted in the takedown of FluBot, of one of the fastest-spreading Android mobile malware.
With cases spreading across Europe and Australia, international police cooperation was central in taking down the FluBot criminal infrastructure.
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In just 48 hours from the publication of the list of the most wanted and thanks to the information provided by a citizen in which he located his place of residence.
Among the most wanted, fugitives with different criminal profiles have been included, some of them in search and capture for more than 15 years.
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- San Pedro de Alcántara
A suspected drug trafficker has been arrested just a day after he was named as one of the UK’s Most Wanted. He had an International Arrest Warrant for Extradition issued by the UK authorities for trafficking heroin and crack and for belonging to a criminal group based in Liverpool.
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- London
A new appeal has been launched to trace and bring to justice 12 of the UK’s most wanted fugitives believed to be hiding in Spain.
The offenders, all men, are wanted for crimes including murder, large scale drugs trafficking and supplying firearms and ammunition.
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- Sweden / Spain
Severe felony judgments have been stated by the courts in Sweden for drug-trafficking from Spain to Sweden.
The cooperation between the Swedish and Spanish authorities led to many searches being carried out. The office of the husband of the mayor of Marbella was one of the properties being search, where the family of the mayor has got several companies registered.
Research has shown that the husband of the mayor and their two sons have become permanent residents in Sweden several years ago, despite the fact that they still continue having business activities in Spain. The companies they have set up in Sweden are mainly holding assets, e.g. properties in Spain. By being permanent residents in Sweden inheritance and gifts can be passed on without any taxation.
- Big hit against drug-traffickers in the province of Málaga
- Theft of electricity
- Europe’s most wanted criminals do not escape their past
- Dismantling of a gang trafficking hashish to Costa del Sol
- Jihadist detained in Málaga
- Members of Hell's Angels detained in Marbella
- Europe's largest cocaine distribution network dismantled
- Detention of pedophiles
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