Overview
- Spanish National Police detained a 66-year-old man of Chilean origin and Swedish nationality in a town in the Granada metropolitan area.
- Officers tracked his routine breakfasts at the same café and set up a targeted operation that led to the arrest.
- He was convicted in 2022 by Norway's Borgating Court of Appeal for sexual abuse and fraud and is wanted to serve a prison sentence.
- Europol provided information used to confirm his identity and the validity of the active European arrest request.
- After the arrest he was transferred to Madrid and placed before Investigative Court No. 1 of the Audiencia Nacional, and police say he has no criminal record in Spain.