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Albanian man jailed in UK for migrant smuggling after extradition from Spain
Albanian man imprisoned in the UK for migrant smuggling after extradition from Spain.
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Spanish tragedy: 90-year-old woman starves to death while son, 63, found dead of natural causes
A 90-year-old British woman and her son have been found dead at their home in Spain.
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FC Granges-Paccot mourns the tragic death of Jakov Jelkic after disappearance in Spain
Jakov Jelkic went missing in Spain after partying with team-mates and his club FC Granges-Paccot have heartbreakingly announced that he has died after being found in port waters
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"I never consented": Jenni Hermoso testified in court about Rubiales’ kiss
Spanish football star Jenni Hermoso has told a court she ’never’ agreed to a kiss from former soccer chief Luis Rubiales after finding herself at the centre of a sexual misconduct storm.
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Spain’s ambassador to Belgium dismissed ‘for dozing off during foreign minister’s speech’
A Spanish ambassador has been dismissed after dozing off during an extended speech delivered by his superior, according to Spanish media.
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Sky ECC distributor arrested in Amsterdam amid investigation into organized crime links
Authorities confiscated real estate and cryptocurrency from the suspects.
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Europol-led crackdown exposes Chinese human trafficking ring, rescuing 33 victims
A Europol-coordinated crackdown exposes a sophisticated smuggling ring luring victims with false job promises, only to trap them in debt bondage and sexual exploitation.
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Spain to ban Britons from purchasing second homes in the country
Spain has proposed banning non-EU residents - including Britons - from buying properties in the country.
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Murder investigation in Spain after body of missing Belfast man found
Family ‘heartbroken’ after discovery of body of John George, 37, who went missing in Alicante area in December
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Body of missing Belfast man John George found in Spain
John George, also known as John Hardy, was reported missing on December 18 after failing to catch a flight home from Spain where he had gone to visit friends three weeks earlier
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Billionaire founder of the Mango fashion chain dies in freak holiday accident
Isak Andic, founder of high street chain Mango, has died in a freak hiking accident near Barcelona, the brand says.
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Cypriot-Spanish business of wanted Russian businessman Boris Usherovich
The wanted Russian businessman Boris Usherovich, who is suspected of laundering billions from contracts for the «Russian Railways», is actively developing a business in the trade of elite real estate in Cyprus and Spain.
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A real estate deal with a royal raises questions about drug trafficker Raffaele Imperiale’s business in Dubai
Imperiale, who lived freely in Dubai for years despite being wanted for drug trafficking in Italy and Spain, was a shareholder in a real estate company that constructed luxury villas in the Emirati city-state.
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Two Brits killed in Spain pile-up as car ’collides with drug traffickers’ speedboat’
Two British men have died and a third has been critically injured in an accident on a Spanish road where a speedboat fell off a trailer and into the path of their car
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Spanish police arrest former fraud chief after discovering €20 million hidden in his home’s walls
Investigation into country’s largest cocaine bust reveals cash in home of former head of anti-money laundering
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Police in Spain seize record cocaine haul in banana shipment; woman arrested, two suspects remain at large
Spanish police said Wednesday that they had seized 13 tons of cocaine -- the country’s largest-ever haul of the drug -- and made one arrest.
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Crowds hurled mud and shouted at the King of Spain during his visit after deadly floods claimed over 200 lives
Furious survivors of Spain’s floods threw mud and shouted insults at King Felipe VI when he visited one of the hardest-hit towns on Sunday.
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Floods in Spain have claimed the lives of over 200 people after devastating several towns
Residents are reeling after catastrophic flash floods devastated the Valencia region in Spain, killing more than 200 people.
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Spanish shipbuilder Navantia enters exclusive talks to acquire Harland & Wolff
Deal to rescue owner of four UK shipyards, including Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, could save up to 1,000 jobs
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Mexico’s rejection of King Felipe reignites the colonialism dispute with Spain
President-elect refuses to invite Spanish king to her inauguration after lack of apology for crimes of conquest
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’Gang of burglars’ linked to 22 Ibiza raids, including Nick Grimshaw’s home, have been arrested
A suspected gang of burglars have been arrested over a spate of burglaries in Ibiza - including on the home of radio DJ Nick Grimshaw
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Thai court sentences son of Spanish TV star Rodolfo Sancho to life in prison for murder
The son of famed Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho has been found guilty of murdering a Colombian plastic surgeon at a Thai holiday resort before dismembering the body, a senior police officer told CNN.
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Spain and Colombia dismantle cocaine lab, 28 arrested
A joint Spanish and Colombian operation has dismantled a cocaine processing lab, resulting in dozens of arrests and the seizure of thousands of litres of chemical precursors, Europol said Monday in an official statement.
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Maria Branyas Morera, the world’s oldest person, dies at 117.
Supercentenarian who died in her sleep had lived through two world wars and Spain’s civil war
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The horrific nature of the Turkish criminal underworld leaks as the murders unfold
An escalation in violence involving major Turkish gangs has spilled over into European cities, where suspected mafia figures have been shot in broad daylight.