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Police operations against organized crime in Spain

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Police operations against organized crime in Spain and DE

Law enforcement agencies in Spain and Germany continue to conduct widespread operations targeting organized crime, drug trafficking, and various forms of theft and fraud. Recent Spanish operations have dismantled a actions include the dismantling of an Albanian criminal network in Valencia that used postal services to ship over 172 kilograms of drugs transported cocaine from the Costa del Sol to 45 countries. Other domestic activities include Catalonia using luxury vehicles and shell companies, resulting in 15 arrests and the seizure of 1,124 kilograms 2.7 tons of hashish from a high-speed boat in Marbella, cocaine. In Granada, the dismantling of a Guardia Civil dismantled sophisticated underground marijuana plantation in Elche, and plantations using buried maritime containers, leading to 37 arrests. In Andalusia, the arrest judicial landscape is under significant pressure. Lorenzo del Río, President of two cocaine traffickers in Cádiz. In response to the escalating threat, Spain’s Chief Anti-Drug Prosecutor, Rosa Ana Morán, High Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA), has characterized warned that drug trafficking in Andalusia as is becoming a “structural” problem. Morán warned that current efforts are hindered by insufficient resources “nearly structural cancer” in regions like Cádiz, Seville, and called for Huelva. He has endorsed the creation of specialized courts for organized crime to improve conviction rates. The Association of Civil Guards (AUGC) noted that the landscape has become increasingly violent, with criminal groups using war weapons like AK-47 rifles and rocket launchers against law enforcement. Consequently, regional authorities in Andalusia have requested manage the reinstatement increasing complexity of the OCON-Sur specialized anti-drug unit. Transnational efforts remain active, cases involving both narcotics and money laundering. This judicial strain coincides with a power vacuum along the Colombian Navy and Air Force seizing 3.5 tons of cocaine in Guadalquivir river following the Gulf imprisonment of Urabá. In Spain, the Ministry prominent hashish traffickers, triggering internal struggles among local clans. Furthermore, allegations of the Interior continues to allocate significant resources toward technological intelligence to combat systemic corruption have surfaced; former police inspector Óscar Sánchez Gil claimed the surge in Drug and Organized Crime Unit (UDYCO) has misled judges regarding investigation origins. Despite these challenges, cocaine trafficking, which saw seizures in Andalusia have surged, with over 21,000 kilograms seized intercepted in the first eight months of 2026. Law enforcement also remains engaged in combating violent crime, including maritime pursuits in the Guadalquivir estuary and the dismantling of synthetic drug networks in Marbella involving weapons and stolen vehicles.

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