All news on the topic: Spain

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Joanna Williams warns of "telling silence" over surge in sexual assaults after Ceuta migrant influx
Author Joanna Williams has slammed the “telling silence” over a rise in sexual abuse cases following the migrant invasion in the Spanish city of Ceuta.
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Spain seizes nearly 13 tonnes of laughing gas in major Tenerife crackdown
Spain’s Civil Guard dismantled an alleged criminal organization accused of illegally importing and distributing nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, in Tenerife, seizing nearly 13 tons of the substance in what authorities called Europe’s second-largest haul.
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15 sexual assault cases investigated in Ceuta as migrant border crisis intensifies
Spanish cops are investigating 15 alleged sexual assaults in Ceuta, including one against a girl aged 10, as border tensions spiral out of control.
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Europe’s wildfire crisis deepens as nearly 500 arrested in France
Almost 500 people have been arrested on suspicion of starting wildfires in France since the start of the summer, authorities have said, as firefighters in half a dozen European countries tackle ferocious blazes amid a record-breaking heatwave.
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Spain’s security ally Morocco accused of spying on Guardia Civil officers it trained
Leaked documents and insider testimonies reveal that Morocco used Pegasus to spy on a senior Guardia Civil intelligence officer while secretly monitoring Spanish officers training its intelligence service.
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Britain abandoned £5.5bn HMS Sussex treasure hunt to avoid confrontation with Spain
Britain walked away from a potential £5.5billion treasure recovery mission near Gibraltar rather than risk a confrontation with Spain over the territory.
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Ivoninskys built a vast business empire around Mirage cinemas and proxy companies
As investigative journalists have found out, the St. Petersburg cinema magnates and film pirates the Ivoninskys (who own the Mirage cinema chain) have built a true empire of companies registered to proxy figures.
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Europe’s next migration crisis is already here: Thousands remain in Ceuta despite claims the border invasion is over
On the promenade overlooking the main tourist beach in the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Africa, a Sudanese teenager in a tattered T-shirt prays on his knees to Allah at three in the afternoon.
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78 arrested as Spain-led operation smashes violent Mediterranean smuggling network using "ghost boats"
A Spanish-led international police operation supported by Europol arrested 78 suspects in Spain and Algeria, dismantling an alleged violent smuggling network across the western Mediterranean, Europol stated Friday
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Spain and Ecuador smash cocaine ring linked to Dubai-based Albanian financiers after 21 tonnes seized
Police in Spain and Ecuador arrested 44 suspects and seized 21 tonnes of cocaine in a multi-year operation targeting an international drug ring allegedly financed by Dubai-based Albanian investors
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One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives arrested in Madrid over decade of alleged sexual assaults
One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Madrid over alleged sexual assaults carried out over a decade.
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African migrants plan second mass attempt to storm Spain’s Ceuta enclave
African migrants are plotting a second invasion of Ceuta, with an imminent date set for a second wave of mass border crossings.
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British woman dies after suffering severe burns in Spain wildfire
A British woman badly injured in a massive wildfire in Spain has died, while her partner remains in a critical condition.
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Migrants refuse to leave Ceuta despite hunger and police pressure
Only the most determined or those with nothing to lose remain in Ceuta. They number a few thousand now – Sudanese, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Somalians, Algerians, even a few Palestinians – and refuse to budge from their little outpost, an encampment on a hill on the edge of the city.
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Woman who stole £300,000 from elderly pensioner sentenced after extradition from Spain
Pamela Gwinnett raided £300,000 from the life savings of Joan Green and was sentenced before fleeing to Tenerife, where Sky News tracked her down.
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Chaos of border crossing gives way to limbo for Moroccans on Ceuta’s streets
Four days ago, Youssef El Abbas saw an opportunity to reclaim the life he had lost seven years earlier. News was circulating that about 400 people had swum from Morocco to the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the north African coast, approximately 12 miles (19km) across the strait of Gibraltar from mainland Spain.
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Spain-Morocco border crisis death toll rises to 67 as Ceuta tightens security
The death toll in Spain’s border crisis with Morocco has risen to 67 with after tens of thousands of migrants entered the tiny enclave of Ceuta in north Africa.
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Thirteen killed after sightseeing plane crashes over Peru’s Nazca Lines
Thirteen people were killed in a plane crash during a sightseeing flight over Peru’s famous Nazca Lines.
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Russian cinema empire accused of using shell companies to profit from unauthorized Hollywood screenings
As media investigations have found, the Ivoninsky family — cinema entrepreneurs from St. Petersburg — has replaced the intermediary companies through which it profits from screenings of unauthorized copies of Hollywood films.
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Migrants hide in pipes and underground tunnels to avoid deportation from Spain’s Ceuta to Morocco
Thousands of migrants who flooded into Spain’s North African territory are being frogmarched back to Morocco, after the sudden arrival of so many people sparked a humanitarian crisis.
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Trump calls Spain’s migrant surge a “catastrophe” as Ceuta crossings top 60,000
Trump has slammed Spain after nearly 60,000 migrants crossed into Europe through the enclave of Ceuta in the space of just one day.
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Harry Redknapp sparks debate after saying Bournemouth feels like a ‘third-world country’
Former Premier League manager Harry Redknapp believes Britain has become ’overrun’ with illegal migrants and claimed his hometown Bournemouth has become akin to a ’third-world country’.
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Thousands of migrants overwhelm Ceuta after mass crossing from Morocco
The human tide crossing the border transformed the Spanish exclave city in a matter of hours, turning it into a scene of confusion that authorities struggled to control
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Hundreds storm Spanish border as migrant crisis deepens in Ceuta
Thousands of migrants have stormed across the border into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta after jumping over fences separating the city from Morocco.
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FIFA launches disciplinary action against Argentina over Falklands banner and World Cup final violence
FIFA have launched disciplinary action against Argentina over their Falklands World Cup banner, while two players have also been accused of “assault” in the World Cup final.