National Police in Spain have made 29 arrests in the breaking up of a Serbian gang of thieves responsible for over 100 frauds and burglaries.

National Police in Spain have made 29 arrests in the breaking up of a Serbian gang of thieves responsible for over 100 frauds and burglaries. The gang would often use the ‘Rip Deal’ con, in which they pretended to be foreign businessmen interested in a currency exchange where they would hand over fake cash.The 29 arrested acted in four different groups right across Spain, Portugal, Italy and France. A jeweller arrested among the group is thought to have passed on the stolen property.The investigation is being carried out by the judge in Instruction...

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maniac who beheaded grandmother Jennifer Mills-Westley in a Tenerife shop was already wanted by police, it emerged today.

A warrant was issued for the arrest of Deyan Deyanov, 28, three days before he struck in the resort of Los Cristianos on Friday.Magistrate Nelson Diaz Friaz ordered police to detain the Bulgarian so he could be examined by a psychiatrist.Diaz Friaz was investigating Deyanov over an attack on a security guard, who was smashed in the face with a rock. He had been released on bail and was supposed to check in regularly with the court while he was waiting...

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Toni Muldoon who faces more than four years in jail over the racket which fleeced cash from people with unwanted Costa del Sol properties.

Police are hunting Edinburghborn Richard Bain after he failed to appear in court in Malaga on fraud charges on May 9.Bain, 46, is linked to Toni Muldoon who faces more than four years in jail over the racket which fleeced cash from people with unwanted Costa del Sol properties.Bain was previously arrested in the UK on charges of theft and fraud under the name Richard Thompson.He is alleged to have conned timeshare victims in Spain by offering legal assistance to recoup their losses but then disappeared with their cash.Lawyer Antonio Flores, who...

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The regional infrastructure council has started the administrative procedure that will allow it to expropriate land needed to accommodate the future high-speed coastal rail link between Alicante and Valencia.

The regional infrastructure council has started the administrative procedure that will allow it to expropriate land needed to accommodate the future high-speed coastal rail link between Alicante and Valencia.No mention has been made of what the process will cost or how much will be paid in compensation to people who may lose some or all of their property.The rail link will also connect with Benidorm and El Altet Aiport as well as with the AVE high speed rail line between Alicante and Madrid.A spokesman for the infrastructure council said that the...

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alleged fraud case against former travel agent Peter Newberry will go to trial in Benidorm on October 5, 2011.

alleged fraud case against former travel agent Peter Newberry will go to trial in Benidorm on October 5, 2011.Lawyers acting on behalf of those affected by the alleged fraud have issued a list if names of the people who are to be called as witnesses in the case and who may be entitled to compensation.Mr Newberry disappeared from his travel agents in Calle Moncada, Dénia in December 2001, leaving hundreds of expats without the Christmas holidays they had booked and paid for.In some cases clients had handed over hundreds of thousands of pesetas in...

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SIXTY-FIVE per cent of the current staff at the Guadalpin Marbella and Guadalpin Banus hotels has agreed to a redundancy plan proposed by union UGT.

SIXTY-FIVE per cent of the current staff at the Guadalpin Marbella and Guadalpin Banus hotels has agreed to a redundancy plan proposed by union UGT. Both hotels, run by a branch of promoter Aifos, are in bankruptcy proceedings. The plan has been sent to the Malaga Mercantile Court for approval and has been backed by almost all the 200 employees, except eight at the Guadalpin Marbella and 12 at the Guadalpin Banus.The staff have not been paid since December last year, nor have they received their bonus from July 2010.The two hotels are...

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