Overview

• All major anti-extortion, theft and burglary operations concluded with suspects formally charged and remanded in preventive custody.
• Operación Liberación in the State of Mexico linked six individuals to aggravated extortion and express kidnapping, securing remands through September.
• Spain’s Guardia Civil arrested seven suspects in Operación Pokvar for forceful break-ins and systematic thefts at industrial parks in Riba-roja de Túria and Crevillente.
• Investigators in Palencia charged nine people in Operación Notebai for a “collector of bills” fraud that hit seven businesses across six provinces, while Ertzaintza jailed two alleged home burglars active in Basque, Catalan and Valencian regions.
• Violent and hate-motivated cases—from a shooting after a boat-engine theft chase in Almería to vehicle arson in Roquetas de Mar and an axe attack in Córdoba—have led to further arrests and prompted local authorities to bolster policing and victim support.