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15 arrested in Benidorm for money laundering and for making fake documents

In Benidorm, the National Police have broke up a criminal group that was involved in forgery, money laundering, and damage to property crimes. As a result of this action, fifteen people have been arrested and a lot of cash, electronics, and fake documents have been taken away.
Several crimes were reported to the National Police station in the Hortaleza area of Madrid, which led to the start of the operation. As soon as agents took their first steps, they were able to identify the ringleader. A SIM card that had been linked to 140 stolen cell phones was also found to be being used. On that card, texts that looked like SMS were sent about strange transfers made to a bank account in Germany.
A Pakistani man was in charge of the organisation. He set the rules for the group, made sure that fake papers and expensive cell phones were released, and made sure that foreigners, mostly Pakistanis, got their visas.
While the investigation was going on, it was found that the group’s boss used a “call centre” service to get into stolen cell phones and maybe get bank passwords. There were 784 contacts with this service over the course of one and a half months.
A number of phone shops in Benidorm were also used by the network to store and sell stolen phones. In one of them, police caught a person who had several cell phones on him, including one that had been reported stolen.
So that they wouldn’t be caught when the cops checked out businesses, the people involved kept and processed the devices in their homes. Members of the organisation also did jobs to counter-surveillance in the area around the building.
At the end of the operation, six searches were done in Benidorm, in two homes and four businesses. In total, fifteen people were arrested, thirteen men and two women from Spain, Pakistan, and Russia. They were aged 19 to 61. There were arrest records for six of the people being held for different crimes, and one of them was in Spain illegally.
During the raid, police seized 437 cell phones from different price ranges, three laptops, two hard drives, 34 pen drives, 25 passports, 16 ID cards from different countries, 9,100 euros, and 580 pounds in cash.
The Benidorm Court of First Instance heard three of the people who were being held. The investigation is still going on, and the goal is to find any possible helpers and find out if there are any links to other crimes that are similar.
What do crime groups do with them? With the help of social engineering, they use them to pull off large-scale scams. They get away with their crimes by pretending to be banks, phone companies, or other legal businesses. They make people think there is a problem with their bank account, credit card, or cell phone. They trick people into giving them private information like passwords or security codes by telling them lies. They can use the information they got to get into bank accounts, open stolen phones, or commit financial fraud.
Why do they use a “call centre”? Because they can call a lot of people at once, this service lets them commit crimes on a large scale. You can trust these services because they are well organised and use scripts to make them look professional and believable. Finally, they use fake phone numbers to keep from being caught, which gives them a lot of privacy.
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Hospitality and recreation establishments in Elche receive 36 infringement reports from local police

The Elche Local Police conducted an operation that involved inspecting thirteen hospitality and leisure outlets in various neighbourhoods, resulting in one arrest and 36 violations. The data was made public on Friday, 28th March, mainly as a reminder of the work that is being done. Councilman Juan de Dios Navarro gave the police top for their efforts.
According to local police inspector José Antonio Corrales, the majority of the infractions included drug usage and possession, including four for cocaine possession and seven for hashish, as well as improper company documentation. Additionally, there were two reports for disturbing the peace or disrespecting law enforcement, four for not following the minimum hygienic standards for food storage, one serious infraction for conducting the activity after hours and behind closed doors, and seven for irregularities found on the property, including improper documentation.
Additionally, officers found six infractions for permitting smoking in unapproved indoor locations, three for type “B” slot machine identification guide deficiencies, and one major infraction for emergency escape and door flaws. Additionally, a report was made about the selling of illegal tobacco at a pub, where 20 packets were confiscated and one individual was detained on court order and imprisoned.
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Visitor to Catral cemetery locked inside

As nightfall approached on one of these soggy spring days in March, a young man decided it would be a good idea to visit a cousin or acquaintance’s grave and take a walk through the cemetery. Because the cemetery still closes its (automatic) gates at six o’clock at this time of year, but without the winter gloom that may discourage anyone from going.
However, the door was locked when he attempted to exit. The visitor didn’t seem to want to spend any more time among the cemeteries, despite the cemetery’s reputation as a particularly tranquil spot. Unaware of the placard bearing the mobile phone number for anyone needing help, he dashed out the gate. It was all on camera.
JoaquÃn Lucas, the mayor of Catral, maintains that this occurrence is unrelated to the privatisation of the cemetery works and feels that management by an outside company is an efficient approach to provide this service in a municipal office. He went on to say that the young man who who was locked in is from the nearby municipality of Dolores rather than Catral.
The local police took to social media and atacked the man’s “reckless” behaviour. He has been named in connection with “criminal proceedings for a crime against another’s property.” Nonetheless, the business will be liable for any damages brought on by the damaged door anchors.
In addition to clarifying that the business employs two workers—a gravedigger and a labourer who maintains the communal areas and restrooms—the Councillor for Services, Daniel Escudero, reaffirmed that the automatic door is an option offered by the company itself.
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Five arrested in Alicante and Murcia for shoplifting

Five individuals involved in grocery theft have been taken into custody by the Guardia Civil. In the regions of Alicante and Murcia, the thieves were stealing in a number of locations for a well-known supermarket company. The things that were stolen are worth over 8,000 euros in total.
The investigation started after the retail chain representative filed a complaint. The pattern was consistent across all cases: three or four people went into the store, and one of them loaded up a cart with expensive things like canned goods, extra virgin olive oil, sausages, or alcoholic drinks. The last one hurried out of the grocery without paying, and another diverted the attention of the staff.
It was discovered that the same people were responsible for the crimes in multiple towns in Alicante and Murcia after examining the security footage from the impacted businesses. Since the suspects did not live in the residences where they were registered and lacked a stable address, it was very difficult to find them.
Shortly after committing another theft at a store in a suburban neighbourhood of Rojales (Alicante), officers caught two of the suspects off guard and took them into custody. Many of the stolen goods were found at that time and brought back to the impacted business.
The other three were later taken into custody in the cities of Almoradà (Alicante) and Guardamar del Segura. The majority of the pilfered items were sold on. Additionally, the two cars that were utilised in the crimes were taken.
Eleven thefts have been resolved as a consequence of the investigation conducted by the Novelda Civil Guard’s investigation section. The cities of Novelda, Torrevieja, AlmoradÃ, Catral, and Rojales in Alicante as well as the municipalities of San Javier, Jumilla, San Pedro del Pinatar, Cartagena, Archena, and Caravaca de la Cruz in Murcia were the sites of these crimes.
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