Overview

• The Internal Affairs Unit arrested eight individuals, including Lebanese businessman Mohamed Jamil Derbah and three National Police officers, in southern Tenerife.
• Those detained face charges of belonging to a criminal organization, bribery, drug trafficking, money laundering, and revealing state secrets.
• Derbah, considered the leader of the network, has been placed in pre-trial detention without bail, while other suspects, including retired officers Francisco Moar and David Izquierdo, were released with judicial conditions.
• The investigation, initiated a year ago, uncovered corrupt police officers aiding Derbah’s operations in controlling lucrative tourism and real estate markets in southern Tenerife.
• The secrecy order on the case has been lifted, and further arrests are possible as judicial proceedings continue under the oversight of the Juzgado de Instrucción nº3 de Arona.