Pope Leo concludes Spain trip in Tenerife after highlighting migrant crisis in Canary Islands
Pope Leo XIV was due to fly back to Rome on Friday after concluding a week-long visit to Spain with a final stop in Tenerife,...
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Police bust Alicante counterfeit document workshop linked to migrant smuggling networks
Spanish police have dismantled a sophisticated counterfeit document workshop in Alicante that investigators say was supplying forged identity papers to criminal networks across Europe, seizing...
Pope Leo calls for respect for migrants, end to rearmament in historic speech to Spanish parliament
Pope Leo XIV used the first papal address ever delivered to Spain’s parliament on Monday to warn that the world is facing a ‘profound spiritual...
Irish crime gang figure arrested in Canary Islands joint operation
A senior figure in one of Ireland’s most dangerous criminal networks has been arrested in the Canary Islands following a coordinated international police operation involving...
12 arrested in Spain over €4.75m scheme exploiting vulnerable Ukrainian women
An international police operation targeting a sophisticated money-laundering network has led to the arrest of 12 suspects in Spain who are accused of exploiting vulnerable...
Spanish police bust sex trafficking ring in Mallorca, freeing 15 Chinese women
The Spanish National Police have freed 15 victims of sexual exploitation who were recruited by a criminal organisation through adverts on social media. According to...
Migrant bodies found in sea off Balearic Islands with hands and feet tied
Spain’s Guardia Civil police have opened an investigation following the discovery of several dead migrants in the Mediterranean Sea over the past month, and who...
Spanish police dismantle lucrative Chinese-Arab money laundering ring
Spanish police said on Wednesday that they had dismantled a Chinese-Arab criminal network accused of laundering $21 million in profits from drug and people trafficking,...
Spain seeks to strengthen its ban on surrogacy
Spain’s Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo (main image), has said that her department and the Ministry of Justice are working on a reform aimed at...
Guardia Civil smash migrant trafficking ring blamed for death of two Britons
Spain’s Guardia Civil police have dismantled a human trafficking network held responsible for the deaths of two British men in a motorway pile-up, after their...
