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Spanish police on Monday said they had arrested three "extremely dangerous" suspected mafia members wanted in Italy for crimes including attempted murder, weapons trafficking and money laundering.
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In Italy and Spain, there has been a redeployment of carabinieri and military troops, respectively. [64] The pandemic has also impacted the criminal justice system. [65] In the United Kingdom, as part of contingency plans, murder investigations may be limited due to the additional workload the pandemic has created.
The Galician mafia are drug smuggling groups in the Spanish region of Galicia. Due to the activities of these clans, Galicia is often cited as being the main European entry point for Colombian cocaine .
All eight individuals received prison terms of more than 17 years, while four of those found guilty were also convicted on organized crime charges on Thursday linked to the Albanian mafia.
Organized crime groups preying on vulnerable companies are taking home $3.5 billion a year, a research institute warned.
In 2020, Spain had a homicide rate of 0.64 per 100,000 population, making it the 6th lowest among 30 European countries [2] and lower than the European Union average of 0.9. There were a total of 298 homicides in Spain in 2020. [5] [1] Many terrorist attacks have occurred in Spain, the most deadly of which was the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
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