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New Failures in Spain’s Domestic-Violence Bracelets Prompt Retender Plan After Basque Alert Miss

The Equality Ministry says it will withdraw the devices after prosecutors flagged multiple breakdowns.

Overview

  • Ertzaintza reported that a recently released prisoner reached his victim’s building in Euskadi without triggering the protective alert, which only activated as he left the area.
  • A woman in Zamora describes repeated recent malfunctions and missing location logs since the device change in December 2024, hindering proof of restraining-order breaches in court.
  • Mossos d'Esquadra say they reviewed 127 active telematic control measures in Catalonia during the data migration and increased safeguards, stating no victim was left unprotected.
  • Contract records show the ministry sought bespoke hardware but the awarded deal delivered modified off-the-shelf units sourced via China through Vodafone and Securitas for about 4,800 users, a setup prosecutors now criticize for multiple failures.
  • A former Cometa technician alleges he warned authorities about poor geolocation, easy bracelet removal and multi-day migration lapses, sharing an Equality Ministry reply from January denying awareness of such problems.