Overview
- - The Spanish, Catalan, and Barcelona governments reported Friday that the year-old plan lifted convictions by about 40% and cut delays in cases against repeat offenders.
- - Faster timelines followed added court capacity and streamlined procedures, with arrest-to-trial dropping from 18 to 13 months for quick trials and immediate minor cases falling from about 8.8 months to roughly 2 to 2.7 months.
- - Early 2026 figures show about 9,000 fewer crimes, including an estimated 40% drop in offenses tied to multireoffending on public transport and a 37% fall on highways.
- - Police ran Kanpai saturation operations that identified 32,000 people, made 680 arrests tied to about 61,000 prior records, and recovered 2,000 stolen phones.
- - Officials also cited structural fixes such as reinforced criminal courts, an extra minor‑offense court, and city‑police access to criminal records, alongside a national hiring drive of 500 judges and 200 prosecutors with new posts planned for Catalonia.