16 people have been arrested by Spain’s National Police for using cryptocurrency to buy access to a child pornography website on the dark web.

38 nations have participated in this global investigation, which is being directed by Germany and coordinated by Europol. As a result, 1,393 people have been identified, and 79 people have been arrested. Some of the individuals who were arrested also mistreated children. According to a statement from the National Police, the investigation is still ongoing.

Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Jaen, Las Palmas, La Rioja, Madrid, Malaga, Murcia, Orense, Seville, Tarragona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Valencia, and Zaragoza are among the Spanish cities where arrests have been made.

By hiding users’ identities and functioning as a social network, the dark web—particularly the platform under investigation within the TOR network—made it possible to buy and share illegal content.

With 91,000 videos and almost two million members, it was expanding at a rate of three videos every hour. While full films had to be paid for with cryptocurrency, initial access was free. Additionally, there were rewards for rating already-existing content or creating original stuff.

Despite the anonymity of cryptocurrency, German authorities were able to identify the buyers by cracking into the server and tracking down the payments. One person in Spain uploaded a video, and 17 others had bought content.

The National Police claim that people who purchase the content have a higher level of criminal dedication and sophisticated search techniques for illicit materials.

One of those detained in Spain was a student of computer technology who served as a distributor and had access to other platforms of a similar nature.

A detained individual in Alicante was also discovered to be a drug trafficker in possession of 700 ecstasy pills and €42,000 in cash. Several people who were arrested in Barcelona and Madrid had evidence of payment and child pornography. A suspect in Malaga confessed to the crime. A dentist in Murcia used a USB flash drive to save files.

Devices holding illegal material and proof of purchase were discovered in Almería, Orense, Seville, Tarragona, Tenerife, and Zaragoza, leading to additional arrests. One suspect had left Valencia for Paris. Another suspect in Jaén was looked into but not taken into custody. 39 minors were granted protection, and almost 3,000 electronic devices were seized globally.

Europol’s largest anti-child sexual exploitation operation was called Operation Stream. Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States were among the thirty-eight participating nations. One of the world’s biggest networks for disseminating paedophile content was severely damaged by this operation.

An extension of Avenida José Carreras the “winding road,” was dangerous and totally unconstitutional for urban planning, but it had a purpose. It linked the northeast of the city centre, the sports city, Víctimas del Terrorismo Avenue, the avenues of the Valencian Parliament, and La Mancha with the CV-905, one of the main entrance routes to Torrevieja with a daily traffic flow of 35,000 vehicles.

Since construction of the La Hoya residential complex started more than a year ago, this mode of transportation—which was intended to help people escape traffic bottlenecks in the Habaneras and Carrefour shopping areas—has been closed to the public. In addition, one of the Valencian Community’s primary markets is held in the same location on Fridays.

With two lanes in each direction, the road is one of the biggest in the entire complex, and the Torrevieja City Council has now announced that it will be ready for traffic by Easter 2025.

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Torrevieja Mayor Eduardo Dolón (PP) declared that the new Avenida José Carreras would be by Easter. The avenue has apparently been completed for several months. Videos of its completed appearance, complete with all necessary amenities and moving cars, have already been made public. It is now functioning at a high capacity for traffic. It’s not like the old road.

It contains two additional roundabouts and is more than a kilometre long. Additionally, the developer has been adamant about delivering it to the City Council for commissioning. He clarified, however, that months of verification work had been carried out by municipal technologists to include all of the standards outlined in the development plan, which must also include previously unincorporated speed-reduction and signage measures.

“This is a partial approval to resolve the opening of traffic during this Easter period, when the city expects record occupancy,” the mayor, who is also the Councillor for Urban Planning, said. It is not, however, conclusive. Additionally, before a bridge can be constructed across the N-332 to accommodate the capacity of these additional roads, it must wait for the development of new phases—1.8 million square meters and up to 7,400 homes—which have a four-year deadline to finish the basic infrastructure.

Only one lane is permitted in each direction of traffic under the existing configuration. By Easter, a new roundabout on the CV-905 will also be completed, albeit it won’t yet service the residential neighbourhood.

According to Emergency 112, a fire that began in a garage in Alcorcón (Madrid) yesterday, Wednesday 2nd April, has claimed the lives of two firefighters, injured fourteen others, including one who is critically ill, and poisoned a neighbour.

The event took place at a garage on Calle Lilos, south of Alcorcón, at approximately 4:00 p.m. Around that time, a neighbour lost control of his car and crashed after entering the garage of your building. The car began to burn straight away, and the neighbours claim that an explosion ignited the fire. One firefighter had died from a cardiorespiratory arrest and that another couldn’t be found, but his lifeless body was later discovered.

Javier Prats, a spokeswoman for 112 Community of Madrid, told the media that an inebriated neighbour was also taken to the Getafe University Hospital’s Burns Unit, where one of the injured firefighters remains in critical condition. Due to light smoke inhalation, another 14 people who were hurt were treated on the spot.

What started the fire in his car and then two others as he entered the garage? The building’s residents said that they fled the property after hearing a tremendous sound, ‘like if a car had arrived’ in the garage and would have collided with another one, followed by an explosion.

The intense smoke and heat that had accumulated inside the parking lot made it extremely difficult for the intervention teams to work when they first arrived. Firefighters examined the affected properties and the area where the fire happened after putting it out. Furthermore, the garage where the flames originated was ventilated.

The two firefighters’ deaths were “deeply” grieved by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the president of the Community of Madrid. “We send our warmest regards to his family and friends.” On her Twitter profile, she wrote, “These two brave servants. May they rest in peace.”