|Friday, October 22, 2021

News from Spain

Gang cloned credit cards in bid to scam five million euros

Spanish police have broken up a crime ring which cloned credit cards in a bid to with draw up to five million euros from bank cash machines in a scam linked to the 9/11 attacks in New York.

Palma’s eight-hour ban on selling alcohol for street drinking

Mallorca’s capital of Palma is to ban the sale of alcohol for drinking in the street between midnight and 8am in a further bid to crackdown on drunken ...Full Article

Unemployment still at lowest level in nine years

The number of recorded unemployed at the State Public Employment Services fell in the last 12 months by 212,323. This represents a year-on-year decrease of 6.12%. In ...Full Article

Spain’s tourism sector continues to create new jobs

Almost 100,000 new jobs were created in the tourism sector during the third quarter when compared with the same period of 2017.

“False romance” scam catches victims across Europe

Spain’s National Police have dismantled an organisation which defrauded 2.1 million euros through a “false romance” scam.

Four million euro scam involved tampering with car mileage

The Civil Guard has arrested 103 people for manipulating the mileage of second-hand vehicles Operation Countdown, started in 2014 in Zaragoza, has resulted in a total of ...Full Article

New method of filing robbery complaints to avoid false reports

VeriPol, a computer application that detects false complaints filed in cases of robberies with violence and intimidation or snatches, has been launched by National Police.