Police

Spain

PANDEMIC

Spanish police seize 300,000 antigen tests of suspicious origin

The Nomad Today 12/30/21

Police agents carried out a raid operation in five warehouses in Madrid

World

RUSSIA

Despite criticism, Russia expands police powers by law

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/8/21

The regulations extend the discretionary powers to search homes and break into cars

Spain

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Police arrest La Diabla, one of the most wanted fugitives in Spain

The Nomad Today 12/4/21

Spanish authorities accuse Leudis Isaac Corro Camacho, who is transgendered, of human trafficking, money-laundering and forming a criminal organization

Spain

CRIME

Police arrest 8 for blackmailing men who contacted prostitutes online

The Nomad Today 11/17/21

The person making the threats claimed to be from Albania or some other Eastern European country

Spain

CRIME

Spanish Police arrest 43 for trading fake banknotes online

The Nomad Today 11/12/21

Police officers learned of a profile on a social network where counterfeit 20 and 50 euro banknotes were sold

Spain

CRIME

Police dismantle organization that sold fake asylum documents

The Nomad Today 11/9/21

In the last 4 years the group produced more than 700 forged asylum documents, for which it obtained a profit of more than 200,000 euros

World

UPDATE

French police officer survives stabbing attack in Cannes

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/8/21

The suspected attacker, an Algerian citizen, was shot by the police

Spain

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Police investigate whether Palma plane deviation organized on Facebook

The Nomad Today 11/8/21

"Follow this plan: all the boys from Brooklyn to book a plane to Turkey that flies over Spain," reads a text posted by the administrator

Spain

POLICE

Man arrested in Seville for producing child pornography

The Nomad Today 11/6/21

The police identified three underage girls, including his own daughter, as victims

World

DRUG TRAFFICKING

Colombian police seize more than 2 tons of cocaine destined for Europe

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/31/21

The drug was found inside a container destined for the Dutch port of Rotterdam

World

CRIME

French authorities open probe after woman decapitated

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/17/21

Officers found the slain woman's body and evidence of a struggle at her apartment

World

ISRAEL

Israeli police shoot down Palestinian attacker armed with knife

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/30/21

The woman was from near Hebron in the southern West Bank, the statement said

World

VIOLENCE

More than 100 dead in prison clashes in Ecuador

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/30/21

President Guillermo Lasso imposed a state of emergency on the prison system

Spain

EUROPOL

Blow struck against Mafia money laundering gang on Tenerife

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/21/21

The millions came mainly from online scams run by the Mafia in countries such as Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania and Spain

Finland

CRIME

Finland police create special task force to fight online banking fraud

The Nomad Today 9/17/21

The total criminal damages in Finland amount to about seven million euros, the police say

World

PRISON BREAK

Man turns himself in 29 years after escaping Australian prison

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/15/21

The man was originally convicted of two counts of cultivating a prohibited plant

Finland

ROAD SAFETY

1,140 drivers caught speeding on August 26 will receive fines

The Nomad Today 8/27/21

On average, 4% of the vehicles driving past the automatic camera surveillance vehicles exceeded the speed limit

Finland

ROAD SAFETY

Police sanction dozens of drivers for violating crosswalk rules

The Nomad Today 8/27/21

The main reason was that drivers failed to give pedestrians unhindered passage

Finland

ROAD SAFETY

Police to conduct 24-hour speed control marathon on Thursday 26

The Nomad Today 8/25/21

During the last control period, the police imposed a total of 1,345 traffic penalty fees and 509 fines for speeding, and 90 drivers were temporarily disqualified from driving

World

INVESTIGATION

Child skeleton found during home renovations in Sweden

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/23/21

Police are investigating for murder