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Washington Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
French authorities investigate if Jewish passengers were removed from flight due to religion
PARIS — French authorities are trying to establish whether a group of young French citizens were removed from a plane bound for Paris from Spain this week because they are Jewish. The airline, Vueling, has denied the claims. Several dozen French passengers on Wednesday were kicked off a flight leaving the Spanish city of Valencia for Paris, for what Spanish police and the airline described as unruly behavior.
The Sun
19-07-2025
- The Sun
Hols hotspot airport employee arrested for stealing luxury watch and diamond bracelet worth £18,000 from tourist's bag
AN AIRPORT employee at a holiday hotspot was arrested for stealing a luxury watch and diamond bracelet worth £18,000 from a tourist's bag. Spanish police at Palma airport arrested the staff member after he attempted to rob the unsuspecting tourist who was just about to travel back home. 3 3 The high-end watch and bracelet were taken after the visitor left his bag unattended at the airport. The shocking ordeal unfolded in the capital of the Spanish holiday hotspot island Majorca, Spain. He mistakenly left his bag alone when returning a rental vehicle at one of the booths inside the airport. The backpack contained the luxury jewellery worth tens of thousands of pounds as well as other personal possessions. After realising he had left his bag behind, the backpacker immediately rushed back to pick up his belongings. To his horror, he realised his expensive possessions were missing after checking inside the bag. He rushed to police and filed a report quickly. Son Sant Joan officers launched a probe into the alleged theft. And they discovered that one of the employees of the rental car cleaning company was the alleged thief. They then arrested him and later managed to return the stolen goods to their rightful owner. National Police took the opportunity to remind tourists that they should always be " attentive to the belongings we carry, especially in areas with large crowds or when accessing public transport or picking up or returning a vehicle in the parking lot". They also issued a stark warning to staff members at the airport in Palma, Spain. Cops said staff should always "hand over any belongings we find to the municipal services". If employees failed to do this they would face "criminal and disciplinary liability". They also said staff should always "issue a document justifying said delivery" of each lost and found item. This "makes it easier for the affected person to locate their belongings". In October of last year, a tourist who left his £50,000 Mercedes with airport meet and greet parking said his car disappeared when he came back from holiday. The holidaymaker was duped into giving an international crime gang the keys to his silver C220 AMG Mercedes at Manchester Airport. And in February, a former flight attendant put out a stark warning about in-flight thieves who book tickets just to nick luggage. Barbara Bacilleri, 31, shared sneaky tips for passengers who are keen to protect their luggage from onboard bandits. 3
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Eight arrested after far-right groups and migrants clash in Spanish town
By Leonardo Benassatto TORRE PACHECO, Spain (Reuters) -Spanish police have arrested eight people after three nights of clashes between far-right groups and North African migrants in a town in southeastern Spain, the government said on Monday. In one of Spain's worst such flare-ups of recent times, several dozen youths from far-right groups, some hooded, hurled glass bottles and objects at riot police in Torre Pacheco on Sunday night. Police fired rubber bullets to quell the unrest. The trouble stemmed from an attack last week by unidentified assailants on an elderly man that left him injured and recovering at home. Authorities said two of those arrested were involved in that assault though they were still looking for the main perpetrator. The other six - five Spaniards and one person of North African origin - were arrested for assault, public disorder, hate crimes or damage to property, the Interior Ministry said. Migrants, many of them second-generation, make up about a third of Torre Pacheco's population of about 40,000. The area around the town also hosts large numbers of migrants who work as day labourers in agriculture, one of the pillars of the economy in the Murcia region. Speaking to radio station Cadena Ser, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska attributed the violence to anti-immigration rhetoric from far-right groups and political parties such as Vox, citing organisation and calls on social media. Police intercepted more than 20 vehicles attempting to enter the town, with some occupants carrying sticks and extendable batons, he said. "There are gatherings to resolve the issue (assault) for us. We don't want those," mayor Pedro Angel Roca told national broadcaster TVE. Abdelali, a North African migrant who lives in Torre Pacheco and declined to give his surname, said he was afraid of riding his scooter for fear of being hit by bottles hurled by the rioters. "We want peace. That's what we want, we don't want anything else," he told Reuters on Sunday on a street in Torre Pacheco. In 2000, violent anti-immigration protests broke out in the Almeria town of El Ejido in southern Spain after three Spanish citizens were killed by Moroccan migrants.
CTV News
30-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Cryptocurrency fraud ring busted in Spain after laundering US$540 million, Europol says
This Oct. 10, 2018, file photo shows the sun bouncing off the Europol headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) A cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that investigators said laundered 460 million euros (US$540 million) using a worldwide network of accomplices has been dismantled in Spain, European police body Europol said on Monday. Europol said Spanish police led the operation against the criminal network, and that law enforcement agencies from France, Estonia and the United States were also involved. Five people were arrested as a result of the operation, with three arrested on the Canary Islands and two in Madrid. Europol, headquartered in The Hague, said the network allegedly used associates around the world to raise funds through cash withdrawals, bank transfers and crypto-transfers. Investigators suspect the organization of establishing a corporate and banking network based in Hong Kong, using payment gateways and user accounts in the names of different people and in different exchanges to receive, store and transfer criminal funds. The investigation continues, added Europol. (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, Editing by William Maclean)
Reuters
30-06-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Cryptocurrency fraud ring busted in Spain after laundering $540 million, Europol says
PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - A cryptocurrency investment fraud ring that investigators said laundered 460 million euros ($540 million) using a worldwide network of accomplices has been dismantled in Spain, European police body Europol said on Monday. Europol said Spanish police led the operation against the criminal network, and that law enforcement agencies from France, Estonia and the United States were also involved. Five people were arrested as a result of the operation, with three arrested on the Canary Islands and two in Madrid. Europol, headquartered in The Hague, said the network allegedly used associates around the world to raise funds through cash withdrawals, bank transfers and crypto-transfers. Investigators suspect the organisation of establishing a corporate and banking network based in Hong Kong, using payment gateways and user accounts in the names of different people and in different exchanges to receive, store and transfer criminal funds. The investigation continues, added Europol. ($1 = 0.8527 euros)
