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Why do drug traffickers use Benidorm as their destination?

Despite its benefits and drawbacks, tourism is the lifeblood of Benidorm. The metropolis of towers is brought down to earth by the crime statistics, which contrast with the thriving visitor and occupancy numbers year after year.
In addition to being a popular vacation spot and second home for many of foreigners, Benidorm has become a hub for prostitution, bachelor parties, intoxicated tourism, and partying. Drugs are an integral part of the city’s nightlife.
With 3.4% fewer crimes in 2024 than in 2023, the city’s crime statistics improved. With a 6.2% increase, drug trafficking is still the country’s worst unresolved problem, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
One drug trafficking crime occurs for every 437 residents in Benidorm, the municipality most impacted by the province as a whole. This is a concerning statistic that is significantly higher than the territory’s average.
The city has turned into a haven for drug traffickers, who always find a market for their narcotics in strategic locations where neon lights are a common sight for shoppers.
The municipality with the highest frequency of this offence relative to its population is Benidorm, which leads the pack with 2.29 instances per 1,000 residents.
Because drug traffickers constantly find a market for their narcotics at strategic spots where neon lights are a familiar sight for shoppers, the city has become a haven for them.
With 2.29 cases per 1,000 inhabitants, Benidorm is the municipality with the highest prevalence of this infraction in relation to its population.
In order to recruit new customers and set up meetings with buyers at the locations where the drug and money transactions occurred, the criminal organisation exploited its positive relationships with staff members of hospitality facilities.
The user turns to the drugs if they don’t end up on the streets. Authorities battling the distribution of illicit narcotics also face difficulties because of drug dens.
The police actions to remove these drug stores tucked up among lodgings for tourists serve as evidence of this. In one of the most recent operations, two drug apartments where cocaine was being trafficked were shut down in September 2024. The three individuals involved were arrested, and nearly two and a half kilogrammes of drugs and 21,000 euros were seized, even though they attempted to dispose of 10,000 euros and some of the drug by throwing it off the balcony.
Its enormous floating population is essential to understanding drug trafficking since it skews various statistics about its 75,000 registered citizens.
According to the town’s analysis of tourist flows, which focusses on 2023, the average monthly number of visitors to Benidorm is over 252,000, and in August, that number climbs to over 2.1 million, which is twice the yearly average.
“We can also know that on the busiest day of the summer, which in 2023 was August 12th, the city could reach a peak of just over 365,000 people, including residents and floating population,” the report states.
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Nearly 900 vacation rentals have had their licenses revoked by Generalitat Valenciana, with Alicante being the most severely hit

The first 886 vacation rentals that lacked the necessary registration have been removed by the Generalitat Valenciana’s Tourism Registry. As part of an updating process that includes the 101,200 residences registered until December 2024, 800 of these homes are owned by the province of Alicante.
The primary cause of these properties’ removal from the Register, according to sources from the Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Trade, and Tourism, is that they do not have an NIF or NIE, which has caused the system to remove them. The remaining properties—roughly 26,000 in total—that lack a cadastral reference will be added to the process.
Properties that have been deregistered yet still rent out to tourists may be subject to penalties from the appropriate authorities.
A third of the 803 deregistered residences in the province of Alicante are in Benidorm, 55 are in Castellón, and 28 are in Valencia, according to the data presented. According to Marián Cano, the regional minister for tourism, this procedure is a part of the first stage of a comprehensive evaluation that will look at over 34,000 vacation houses overall.
The significance of Valencia’s Tourism Registry for lodging for visitors
A vital instrument for the tourism industry, the Tourism Registry offers vital data that enables the administration to perform a number of tasks required to guarantee the industry’s proper operation.
What does unsubscribing from the register mean?
It is crucial to remember that any apartments that are deregistered with the Generalitat Valenciana are no longer able to serve as lodging for tourists. They risk penalties for failing to comply with existing regulations if they keep operating without a registration.
Updating crucial information
The essential need for current information on lodging for tourists has been recognised by the General Directorate of Tourism. Electronic communications and the completion of administrative procedures are complicated by the absence of crucial information, such as the owners’ tax identification number, phone number, and email address.
The information in the Tourism Registry must be kept current and adhere to the standards set by the relevant authorities in order to prevent issues and guarantee appropriate administration.
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A 72-year-old man dies in an accident between a car and a truck

According to health sources, a 72-year-old man lost his life in a car-truck collision on the road to Guardamar del Segura in the municipality of Benejúzar on Wednesday.
After learning of the accident at around ten in the morning, the Emergency Information and Coordination Centre (CICU) sent an ambulance from the Emergency Medical Assistance Service (SAMU) and another from Basic Life Support (SVB) to the scene to administer medical attention.
This 72-year-old man’s death has only been confirmed by the SAMU medical team as a result of the accident that occurred yesterday.
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According to a study, nine out of 10 items that make claims about protein are unhealthy

Nine out of 10 products with protein claims are unhealthy, according to a study conducted by Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche.
In an analysis of the nutritional values of over 4,300 processed products of twelve different types, conducted by researcher Marta Beltrá and Ana Belén Ropero, professor of Nutrition and Food Science at the UMH, it was discovered that 13% of the products contained statements about protein, and that more than half of them had been enriched to increase the content of this nutrient. Furthermore, study showed that, despite animal protein’s more complete amino acid profile, vegetable protein was used more frequently in these products.
According to the study’s findings, 91% of goods with protein claims like “high protein” or “+ protein” are unhealthy. Three factors contribute to this: over half are heavy in fat or salt, one in four are high in saturated fats or free sugars (the “bad”), and one in five have sweeteners.
Additionally, only two-thirds of the items were fortified, despite the fact that the study indicates that foods with protein claims contain more than those without. As a result, the authors of the investigation draw the conclusion that a product with a nutritional claim about its protein content does not necessarily have a higher protein content than alternatives that do not.
However, the UMH in Elche study found that eating extra protein has two choices. One option is to choose goods with higher protein content, and the other is to consume more naturally high-protein foods like legumes and fish. Selecting the second option has the benefit of having more other nutrients, such vitamins and minerals, in these foods.
According to the study, there are some benefits to eating goods with protein claims, though, as when they are enriched, they can be a fun way for physically active people to meet their daily protein goals without consuming more calories.
Additionally, they can lower the prevalence of anorexia in these demographic groups by assisting older adults, particularly those residing in nursing homes, in increasing their protein intake.
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