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 Spanish police have arrested 54 alleged paedophiles who filmed and shared footage of young girls in public toilets. One of the accused is a physiotherapist who reportedly put a hidden camera in his practice's lavatory. https://www.thelocal.es/20141008/54-paedophiles-arrested-in-hidden-cam Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:41:00 +0200 54-paedophiles-arrested-in-hidden-cam Spanish police have released a video of the arrest of the alleged paedophile who kidnapped and raped several children in Madrid over the summer. They described the bodybuilder and martial arts expert as a “dangerous predator”. https://www.thelocal.es/20140925/video-police-arrest-spains-most-wanted-paedophile Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:45:00 +0200 video-police-arrest-spains-most-wanted-paedophile A leading Spanish psychologist has admitted to telling serial rapists and paedophiles he treats that taking their own lives would be an "ethical escape". https://www.thelocal.es/20140818/paedophiles-should-commit-suicide-official Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:40:00 +0200 paedophiles-should-commit-suicide-official Spain is planning to set up a register of registered sex offenders as part of new legislation designed to protect the country's children, but the details need ironing out, experts say. https://www.thelocal.es/20140428/spain-to-set-up-uk-style-paedophile-register Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:10:00 +0200 spain-to-set-up-uk-style-paedophile-register A Spanish burglar who anonymously handed in stolen video tapes which led to the arrest of a paedophile football coach has turned himself in, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140123/spains-good-thief-gives-himself-up Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:08:00 +0100 spains-good-thief-gives-himself-up Spanish police said on Thursday they had arrested a suspected paedophile football coach after a thief tipped them off to incriminating videotapes stolen from the man's home. https://www.thelocal.es/20131219/cops-nab-paedophile-after-tip-off-from-thief Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:43:00 +0100 cops-nab-paedophile-after-tip-off-from-thief Police in Spain arrested a man with one of the biggest collections of child pornography ever seized there, with more than 800,000 images of violent abuse including bestiality, authorities said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131205/spain-arrests-man-with-vast-child-porn-haul Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:41:00 +0100 spain-arrests-man-with-vast-child-porn-haul A judge remanded in custody on Tuesday a convicted child rapist who was arrested in Spain after a controversial pardon by Morocco's king was revoked in the face of angry protests. https://www.thelocal.es/20130807/spain-detains-paedophile-pardoned-by-morocco Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:21:00 +0200 spain-detains-paedophile-pardoned-by-morocco Spanish police detained 25 suspects and charged another 16 for possessing and distributing videos over the internet that showed young children and infants being sexually abused which were likely filmed in countries with a thriving sex tourism, police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130430/spanish-police-bust-child-pornography-ring Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:55:00 +0200 spanish-police-bust-child-pornography-ring Former-actor-turned-politician Toni Cantó has put his foot in it by saying the ruling Popular Party’s stringent language laws should be illegal in the same way that paedophilia is. https://www.thelocal.es/20130417/mp-compares-linguistic-fascism-to-paedophilia Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:03:00 +0200 mp-compares-linguistic-fascism-to-paedophilia A man who tried to sexually harass 300 girls over the internet by pretending to be a minor has been temporarily released from custody after police failed to present his computer hard drive in time. https://www.thelocal.es/20130402/police-nab-web-paedophile-with-300-victims Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:47:00 +0200 police-nab-web-paedophile-with-300-victims