https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A major Italian mafia fugitive who controlled cocaine routes within Europe has been returned by authorities to Rome from Spain, police said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20210515/spanish-police-return-italian-mafia-fugitive-to-italy-after-three-years-on-the-run Sat, 15 May 2021 12:56:02 +0200 spanish-police-return-italian-mafia-fugitive-to-italy-after-three-years-on-the-run Spanish police said Tuesday they had broken up a violent branch of Italy's Camorra crime group which they believe stole hashish from rival drug traffickers in Spain and then transported it to Rome in motorhomes. https://www.thelocal.es/20190205/spanish-police-strike-blow-to-camorra-crime-network Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:41:10 +0100 spanish-police-strike-blow-to-camorra-crime-network A Spanish restaurant chain cannot trademark a name containing the word "mafia" because it "trivializes" the Italian criminal organization, an EU court ruled on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180315/eu-spanish-restaurant-chain-mafia-trademark Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:18:11 +0100 eu-spanish-restaurant-chain-mafia-trademark The owner of Marbella football club was one of 11 Russians arrested in connection with laundering more than €30 million ($35 million), Spanish police said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170927/police-arrest-11-russians-in-marbella-for-money-laundering Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:51:43 +0200 police-arrest-11-russians-in-marbella-for-money-laundering A Russian gang boss who slept with an axe under his pillow because he feared a murder attempt has been detained in southern Spain, police said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170809/video-russian-gang-boss-who-slept-with-axe-arrested-in-spain Wed, 09 Aug 2017 17:46:54 +0200 video-russian-gang-boss-who-slept-with-axe-arrested-in-spain At least 13 people were detained in Barcelona on Wednesday as part of a Europe-wide operation against members of Italy's Camorra crime syndicate, a Spanish police spokesman said. https://www.thelocal.es/20170705/barcelona-police-swoop-mafia Wed, 05 Jul 2017 12:28:47 +0200 barcelona-police-swoop-mafia EU officials ruled that the branding of a Spanish restaurant chain named 'La Mafia' is "contrary to accepted principles of morality", Italian media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20161021/eu-bans-spanish-mafia-restaurants-after-italian-complaint Fri, 21 Oct 2016 13:33:34 +0200 eu-bans-spanish-mafia-restaurants-after-italian-complaint Police posed as hotel staff to capture the fugitive Salvatore Mariano, who had been on the run since March, and was one of the most-wanted members of the Italian mafia. https://www.thelocal.es/20160823/italian-mafia-boss-found-on-family-holiday-in-benidorm Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:04:20 +0200 italian-mafia-boss-found-on-family-holiday-in-benidorm Police in Spain said Tuesday they had arrested eight people and seized property worth €62 million ($68 million) as part of a probe into a group suspected of laundering Russian mafia money. https://www.thelocal.es/20160628/russian-gangsters-arrested-in-spain-in-money-laundering-probe Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:56:48 +0200 russian-gangsters-arrested-in-spain-in-money-laundering-probe A Spanish court said on Thursday it has thrown out an international arrest warrant issued for a top Russian lawmaker from President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party as part of a probe into an underworld gang. https://www.thelocal.es/20160520/spain-court-annuls-arrest-warrant-for-russian-lawmaker Fri, 20 May 2016 11:35:12 +0200 spain-court-annuls-arrest-warrant-for-russian-lawmaker Spain has issued arrest warrants against several high-ranking Russian officials as part of a probe into a powerful underworld gang, a court order revealed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160506/spain-hunts-russian-officials-close-to-putin-in-mafia-probe Fri, 06 May 2016 10:46:51 +0200 spain-hunts-russian-officials-close-to-putin-in-mafia-probe Spanish police have arrested a suspected member of Italy's Camorra mafia who has been on the run since 2007 in the Mediterranean port of Valencia where he owned a pizzeria. https://www.thelocal.es/20151217/italian-mafia-fugitive-arrested-while-running-a-bar-in-spain Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:51:55 +0100 italian-mafia-fugitive-arrested-while-running-a-bar-in-spain Police have arrested one of Italy's most wanted mafia crime bosses as he went to collect a money transfer on the Costa del Sol. https://www.thelocal.es/20150414/italian-mafia-boss-arrested-in-costa-post-office Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:47:11 +0200 italian-mafia-boss-arrested-in-costa-post-office A request by the Italian government to get the Spanish crime-inspired restaurant chain ‘Mafia’ to change its name has been rejected, Italian media have reported. https://www.thelocal.es/20150219/spain-sticks-by-mafia-restaurant-chain Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:25:00 +0100 spain-sticks-by-mafia-restaurant-chain Russian President Vladmir Putin illegally entered Spain by boat on numerous occasions in the 1990s, avoiding passport controls by coming in via Gibraltar to meet Russian oligarchs, a new book claims. https://www.thelocal.es/20141204/how-putin-snuk-into-spain-illegally-mafia-oligarchs Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:18:00 +0100 how-putin-snuk-into-spain-illegally-mafia-oligarchs Security cameras from a hotel on Spain's holiday island of Ibiza have helped police catch a Camorra gang specializing in luxury watch theft, as footage showed one of the thieves kissing his partner in crime on the lips when he pulled out a Rolex he'd just stolen. https://www.thelocal.es/20140827/mafia-kiss-ibiza-rolex-thieves-hotel-security-camera Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:52:00 +0200 mafia-kiss-ibiza-rolex-thieves-hotel-security-camera Spanish police arrested 26 people thought to be members of Italy's Camorra mafia in raids in Madrid on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140708/police-raid-italian-mafia-accross-spain Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:23:00 +0200 police-raid-italian-mafia-accross-spain A chain of mafia-themed restaurants is winning plenty of fans in Spain but some Italians are less than thrilled about the crime-inspired eateries. https://www.thelocal.es/20140220/spains-mafia-restaurants-spark-italian-outrage Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:41:00 +0100 spains-mafia-restaurants-spark-italian-outrage