Guardia Civil smash illegal tobacco ring exploiting Ukrainians fleeing war
Spain’s Guardia Civil said on Sunday that they had dismantled a gang that were operating three illegal tobacco factories employing Ukrainians who fled to escape...
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Police in Spain dismantle Europe’s most active gang printing counterfeit money
Spanish police said on Thursday that they had smashed Europe’s most active and largest gang printing counterfeit money, which made over €8 million in fake cash...
32 arrests in series of actions against Italian mafia in Spain
32 suspects linked to the Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia have been arrested in Spain for their alleged involvement in large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering. The ‘Ndrangheta...
‘One of Europe’s biggest money launderers’ arrested in Andalusia
Spain’s Guardia Civil working with Europol have arrested ‘one of Europe’s biggest money launderers’ after a raid in Malaga, Andalusia, saying that the British-Irish suspect...
Spain carried out 107 arrests in major marijuana raids during summer
Over 100 people were arrested when police in Spain busted an illegal drug ring during the summer, Europol and the Spanish police announced on Wednesday....
Spanish Police and US Secret Service close down mass credit card fraud
Police in Spain working with the US Secret Service have closed down a criminal network that had the potential to defraud more than 12 million...
‘Influencer’ among six detained on allegations of ‘trading courses fraud’
Six men aged between 20-34, including the ‘YouTuber’ and influencer Gonzalo Sapiña, were detained in an investigation into alleged fraud surrounding trading courses, as part...
Terrorist mastermind helped by Spanish intelligence to become imam, say reports
Spain’s Intelligence Service (CNI) helped the mastermind of the 2017 Barcelona terror attacks to become an imam in Ripoll, where the subsequent cell was based,...
Tennis match-fixing gang dismantled in Spain
Spain’s Guardia Civil have dismantled a gang that allegedly fixed professional tennis competitions, detaining 15 people and probing 68 others including tennis players, one of...
