Ring specialising in jewellery theft operating in France, Spain and Portugal dismantled
A joint operation led to the arrest of nine people in southern France and five in Belgium.

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A joint operation led to the arrest of nine people in southern France and five in Belgium.

A 28-year-old Portuguese national sought by British authorities for a murder committed in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, over three years ago, has been ‘localised and detained’, in the western region of The post Suspect in Irish homicide run to ground by PJ appeared first on Portugal Resident.

The case involves a criminal organisation made up of individuals of various nationalities, Portuguese and from Eastern European countries, which operated in northern Portugal.

The dismantled organisation had a trafficking route “that extended from Galicia, Portugal, Huelva, Cádiz, Málaga, Almería, Girona and Ceuta”, also passing through Morocco and the Canary Islands.

'Operation Sombra Negra' ran for more than a year, coordinated by the Spanish National Police. The dismantled organisation had a structure that also extended into Portugal.

The organisation had an operational structure that ran through Portugal.

Suspected of facilitating the entry of illegal immigrants into Spain via freight lorries, he could face up to 20 years' imprisonment.

A 39-year-old man is alleged to have abused a 14-year-old girl in the United Kingdom. The PSP also detained a forger and a trafficker.
