Costa home invaders the new threat to expat security

Spanish Home invaders know that they won't have to overcome alarm systems when the home is occupied or be worried about video cameras and silent alarms. Unlike robbing a retail store, home invaders expect privacy once inside your home and won’t have to deal with the police suddenly driving up or customers walking in. Once the offenders take control of a residence they can force the occupants to open safes, locate hidden valuables, supply keys to the family car, and PIN numbers to their ATM cards. Home invaders will try to increase their escape time by disabling the phones and sometimes will leave their victims bound or incapacitated. It is not unheard of for robbers to load up the victim’s car with valuables and drive away without anyone in the neighborhood taking notice.The most common point of attack is through the front door or garage. Sometimes the home invader will simply kick open the door and confront everyone inside. More common is when the home invaders knock on the door first or ring the bell. The home invader hopes that the occupant will simply open the door, without question, in response to their knock. Unfortunately, many people do just that.

Home invaders will sometimes use a ruse or impersonation to get you to open the door. They have been known to pretend to be delivering a package, flowers or lie about an accident like hitting your parked car. Once the door is opened for them, the home invaders will use an explosive amount of force and threats to gain control of the home and produce fear in the victims. Once the occupants are under control the robbers will begin to collect your valuables.
Some home robbers have been known to spend hours ransacking a residence while the homeowners are bound nearby watching in terror. Some robbers have been known to eat meals, watch TV, or even take a nap. A major fear is that the robbers might commit more violence like sexual assault or even murder. Some robbers have kidnapped and forced a victim to withdraw cash from their ATM machine or take them to their small business to rob it as well.

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secret mass graves

The Spanish government and judges might be instructed to cooperate in the investigation of scores of secret mass graves dating from the civil war (1936-39) and its aftermath. They may be forced to begin opening such graves and to identify the corpses lying within.
The graves are dotted all over Spain and their existence has been known to Spanish people for over 60 years. They are reported to contain the remains of more than 30,000 republican soldiers, militants and other opponents of Franco’s fascist dictatorship. The victims were either captured or detained during the civil war and executed later, or were summarily executed by falangists or Francoist troops in the days and months immediately after the war. Their bodies were flung into hurriedly dug graves by the roadside, at the bottom of cliffs or in the middle of fields. Some were grabbed; others were persuaded to give themselves up after being assured that nothing would happen to them if they did so.
According to campaigners, among the scores of uncovered mass graves are some containing more than one thousand corpses near Oviedo and Gijon in the north, Teruel in the east and Seville in the south. The biggest grave near Merida is believed to contain more than 3,500 bodies.

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Puente Romano and the Marbella Club

The judge investigating the Hidalgo money laundering case in Marbella, Manuel Martin Hernandez-Carrillo, interrogated three people connected with the hotel group that owns the Puente Romano and the Marbella Club last week. One of them is said to be the director of one of the hotels. The director of the Marbella Club, Juan Carlos Luna, said he had never been ordered to appear before the judge and that he and the hotel had nothing to do with the case. A local newspaper said it had not been possible to contact the director of Puente Romano. The case had been conducted in absolute secrecy until September, when the court began to release some details of the involvement of the Cruz Conde lawyers’ practice, which also has connections with the Malaya case of urban development-related corruption in Marbella town hall.

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30.000 dwellings

30.000 dwellings in the municipality which either have been built or are in the process of being built with illegally issued building licences. Basically, these were given in spite of the fact that they violated the 1986 Town Planning Regulation in force at present. The violations range from constructing houses on land not designated for building, for example in green belts or on land set aside for public facilities, to granting licenses in spite of the fact that buildings did not meet regulations or building codes, for example, building more homes or square metres on a plot than regulations allowed. Many of these dwellings have been completed and have been purchased by bona fide owners who have registered their title in the land registry and inhabit them. Now they have found out that they are illegal despite the fact that their solicitors had checked that the Land Registry showed the developer had a clean title and the latter had obtained a presumed legal building licence. Furthermore, in some instances the property even has a license known as the “First Occupation Licence” which is granted by the Town Hall and allows people to occupy their dwelling. Now some of these buildings are in danger of being demolished as result of court orders that declare their building licences null and void.

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paid money to Judge Francisco Javier de Urquía

The Andalucian High Court of Justice, TSJA, has said that ‘there is absolutely no doubt’ that Juan Antonio Roca, the ex municipal real estate assessor in Marbella Town Hall, paid money to Judge Francisco Javier de Urquía. The instruction judge in the Andalucian High Court, Miguel Pasqau, has thus ordered that the case proceed to a full hearing on the charges of perversion of the course of justice and bribery.
Charged are the judge, Francisco Javier de Urquía, who has now been removed from Court number two in Marbella, Juan Antonio Roca, and a man described as a friend of the two and named as Arnau Fabrice Albouhair.
Meanwhile, Ecologistas en Acción have denounced what they claim is the administrative perversion of the course of justice in Marbella Town Hall. They claim that the town hall’s decision not to revise the building licences of some 1,000 properties granted permission between July 1991 and March 2006 by the Jesús Gil administration amounts to that, as the permissions were granted illegally

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Ken Macintyre, 64, was with a friend when they were attacked

Ken Macintyre, 64, was with a friend when they were attacked and robbed near Domino bar in the Spanish holiday resort in the early hours of Saturday morning.
A spokesperson for the Foreign Office confirmed: "A man was attacked in an old part of the resort of Benidorm. However, we do not believe that the mugging caused the man's death. We believe that a subsequent incident caused the death of one of the men."
Spanish police said that Mr Macintyre and his friend were both "well-known visitors" to Benidorm.

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The brains of the operation Malaya, Juan Antonio Roca

The brains of the operation Malaya, Juan Antonio Roca, the public prosecutor requested a sentence of 10 years in prison for money laundering, false documents, illegal possession of weapons, trafficking of influences and crimes against regional planning.The Judge said...
Óscar Pérez, the judge now in charge of the Malaya corruption investigation in Marbella, has decided to treat an order for French wines and champagne placed by the man at the centre of the corruption, Juan Antonio Roca, as separate from the main case. The prosecution service argues that the ex Municipal Real Estate assessor planned to pass the cost – more than 850,000 €, onto Marbella Town Hall, although Roca himself has denied the accusation. The investigation will determine if there is any evidence of fraud.
The Management Committee which ran the Town Hall after the Malaya case broke last year until a new local government was formed after the municipal election earlier this year, passed the invoice onto the Anti Corruption prosecutor in July 2006. It was made out to the Town Hall, for the attention of Roca, and included 350 bottles of ‘Petrus 1979,’ at 2,000 € each, and 50 bottles of ‘Dom Perignon,’ at 300 € a bottle.

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"We rented a private plane to eat cus-cus in

"We spend four million pesetas in a birthday"
"We rented a private plane to eat cus-cus in
Marruecos ” Morocco "
"The least we always had at home were one hundred million pesetas"
"Julian Munoz has properties in Madrid Barcelona and Seville, and nothing is in your name, just in case."

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Isabel PANTOJA MARTIN, born on 07 August 1956 in Seville (Seville), the son of John and Mary, owner of the National Identity Document number 28515553

Brief summary: Isabel PANTOJA MARTIN, born on 07 August 1956 in Seville (Seville), the son of John and Mary, owner of the National Identity Document number 28515553-S.
En Málaga, siendo las 00:05 horas, del día 3 de Mayo de 2007 y en cumplimiento de lo dispuesto en el artículo 520 de la Ley de Enjuiciamiento Criminal (L.O. 14/83), se procede a poner en conocimiento del epigrafiado que ha sido detenido por su participacíon en un presunto delito de BLANQUEO DE CAPITALES , así como de los derechos que le asisten, consistentes, fundamentalmente. In Malaga, with 00:05 hours of the day on May 3, 2007 and pursuant to the provisions of Article 520 of the Criminal Procedures Act (LO 14/83), is to draw the attention of epigrafiado has been arrested for his participacíon in an alleged crime of MONEY LAUNDERING, as well as the rights, consistent, basically.

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Judge Torres just locate in Switzerland a chest Security 2 million Swiss francs

Judge Torres just locate in Switzerland a chest Security 2 million Swiss francs (1.2 million euros) was in the name of one of the presumed front of Rock. Francisco Antonio Soriano Pastor, abogado de Roca encarcelado e imputado por el caso Malaya, al salir de Alhaurín viajó hasta Andorra donde supuestamente intentó vaciar varias cuentas corrientes con dinero de Roca. Francisco Antonio Soriano Shepherd, a lawyer from Rock imprisoned and accused by the Malaysian case, to leave Alhaurín traveled to Andorra where allegedly tried to empty several accounts with money from Roca. Fue el pasado mes de Agosto, cinco meses después de las primeras detenciones. It was last August, five months after the first arrests. El juez Torres esta convencido que estaba rescatando fondos para Roca. The judge is convinced that Torres was rescuing funds for Rock. Dispone de cuentas en Isla de Man, Suiza, Islas Caimán, o las Islas Vírgenes. There are accounts in the Isle of Man, Switzerland, Cayman Islands, or the Virgin Islands.

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Judah Binstock has returned to Marbella.

Judah Binstock has returned to Marbella. Muñoz. Just after closing the investigation of Malaya and go to Grenada Judge Torres, the multimillionaire Jewish reappeared, owner of the majority of land in the municipality and alleged sponsor of the motion of censure against Julian Munoz.

He did so in a wheelchair and surrounded by his "gorilla" at a gala dinner and without his wife Josie, who dared to speak a few days ago to journalists of "Tomato", accusing journalists of the situation in which located Marbella after Operation Malaya.

Although Binstock has official residence in Buenos Aires and Paris, where he lives and makes their business really is in Marbella. His immense mansion called Villa Magnolia and his company through which conducts all its business Corporation New Marbella.
How is it possible that in Operation Malaya to stop all those who were part of the motion of censure "amañada" Rock to drive Munoz of the mayoral race and is not acknowledged to testify to the alleged sponsor of this motion? Justice is still time to sit on the bench Judah Binstock. . He is now in Spain.

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Judah Binstock connection to corruption in Marbella

An address book with telephone Montaner, Judah Binstock Aki Kuj wing and Raneapino
Among the documents seized Juan Antonio Roca following his arrest in April 2003, shortly before entering custody and work in the summary of the case soqueol, provides a comprehensive phone book, with names of relevant world politics, entertainment and urban businesses. The name "Judah", in allusion to British tycoon of Jewish origin Judah Binstock, is repeated several times. agosto de 2003. The businessman Binstock as he puts his hand that moved the threads of censure against former Mayor Julian Munoz in August 2003. Binstock's relations with the former councilors of tripartite Marbella Isabel Garcia Marcos and Carlos Fernandez, personal friends of the tycoon, are well known and are already spoken former Cabinet chief of the tránsfuga PSOE, Binstock, one of the largest owners of land in Marbella and controversial winner of the casino Sevillian Mairena del Aljarafe has background for various offenses in the UK, and has among its members the lawyer Engelbert Schereiber. This is a practicing lawyer from an office opened in the tax haven of Liechtenstein and accused in the summary by the attacks of 11 September in New York, for his alleged involvement in money laundering for the Al Qaeda terrorist network.

. As regards the former adviser of Public Works of the Board of Andalusia and architect by profession, Jaime Montaner, on the agenda of Rock seized in 2002 appears both a fixed number as a motive. Montaner was the architect who drafted the joint Hotel Senator Marbella, as well as the building of 99 houses sealed by the operator. In just three days, the former adviser got the permission after personally requested his handwriting.. The telephone listing, nine pages extension manuscripts, also appears in t eléfono mobile "A.ki" Kujala, one of the major players involved in the White Whale summary of the case by the alleged money laundering. De hecho, la sociedad Royal Marbella States S.L.. Indeed, the Royal Society SL Marbella States. administrada por Kujala, firmó al menos un convenio con el Consistorio marbellí que le permitió edificar una promoción de viviendas de lujo, anexa al hotel Puente Remano, contraria al Plan General de Ordenación Urbana (PGOU) de 1986. Administered by Kujala, at least signed an agreement with the Consistory Marbella that enabled him to build a promotion of luxury homes, annexed to the hotel Bridge Remano, contrary to the General Urban Plan (PGOU) from 1986. Another recurring phone for Rock in its agenda is the well-known promoter Murcian Olive Thomas, also accused in the summary of the case Malaya. Nombres del mundo del José Asenjo. Names of the bull as the world's clever trianero Emilio Munoz, or farmers or Saturnino Buendía Ignacio Gonzalez Sanchez Dalp also have their place in the address book seized, in addition to the singer's Rancapino or "particular" the former deputy leader and socialist Jose Asenjo.

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MARBELLA TOWN HALL

MARBELLA TOWN HALL has put a reserve of 34,650 euros on the Rolls Royce that Jesus Gil used during his time as mayor. The present mayor of Marbella, Angeles Muñoz, announced last August that the Rolls was to be auctioned as it is no longer in use and is being held by the Local Police.
The decision was made to sell off the vehicle partly because of its value and also because of what it symbolises. The car was valued by a municipal specialist. The Rolls Royce along with the BMW X5 that ex-Mayor Marisol Yague used were sent to auction last year but not sold due to the lack of interest by the public. The Rolls Royce was valued at 45,000 euros and the BMW at 25,514 euros. The Rolls Royce Silver Spur was registered in 1992; it has eight cylinders and 173 horsepower. The luxury vehicle was used on various occasions for official undertakings and gala openings. Gil also enjoyed the use of limousines and horse-drawn carriages during his mayoral tenure.

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Fernando del Valle

Fernando del Valle, the founder of the firm of lawyers in Marbella where he has focused the police investigation linked to the network of money laundering, has been hosting his constitutional right not to testify. El detenido no ha hablado ni ante la Policía, ni ante el juez que decretó el lunes por la noche su ingreso en prisión. The detainee has not spoken either to the Police or to the judge who ruled on Monday evening his detention.

Según fuentes cercanas al caso, Fernando del Valle, ha estado “muy tranquilo y sereno” durante las seis horas que ha permanecido en las dependencias del Juzgado de Instrucción número 5 de Marbella. According to sources close to the case, Fernando Valley, has been "very quiet and calm" during the six hours that has remained on the premises of the magistrate No. 5 in Marbella. El letrado, que desde el lunes por la noche está en prisión incondicional, se ha negado en todo momento a hacer declaraciones. The lawyer, who since Monday night is in prison unconditional, it has consistently refused to make statements.

El juez de Marbella (Málaga) Miguel Ángel Torres decretó en la madrugada del lunes la prisión incondicional para Fernando del Valle Vergara, chileno de 57 años, como presunto "cerebro" de la red de blanqueo de dinero que operaba en la Costa del Sol. The judge in Marbella (Malaga) Miguel Angel Torres ordered in the early hours of Monday unconditional prison for Fernando del Valle Vergara, a Chilean of 57 years, as alleged "mastermind" of the money laundering network operating on the Costa del Sol.

A media mañana del martes, del Valle ha ingresado en la prisión de provincial de Alhaurín de la Torre. At mid-morning on Tuesday, the Valley has entered the provincial prison of Alhaurin de la Torre.

Por el contrario, el juez ha dejado en libertad bajo fianza de 30.000 euros a una secretaria de su bufete, cuya identidad se desconoce. By contrast, the judge has been released on bail of 30,000 euros to a secretary of his law firm, whose identity is unknown.



Nueve de los 49 detenidos ya están en prisión Nine of the 49 detainees were already in jail

Con el ingreso en prisión del abogado Fernando del Valle, el juez Miguel Ángel Torres ha enviado ya a la cárcel a nueve de los 41 detenidos en esta operación, la mayor desarrollada en España contra el blanqueo de dinero. With the detention of lawyer Fernando del Valle, Judge Miguel Angel Torres has already sent to jail for nine of the 41 arrested in this operation, the largest developed in Spain against money laundering. Sin embargo, los arrestados podrían ser diez si se confirma la detención de un ciudadano francés que ha declarado esta madrugada y al que se pudo ver salir de los juzgados en un furgón policial, junto con un marroquí para que se decretó prisión. However, those arrested could be ten if it is confirmed the arrest of a French citizen who has declared this morning and saw that leave courthouse in a police van, along with a Moroccan who was ordered to prison.

El abogado Fernando del Valle, chileno de nacionalidad, de 54 años, se dio de alta en el Colegio de Abogados de Málaga el 10 de enero de 1980 con el número de colegiación 579. The lawyer Fernando del Valle, a Chilean national, 54 years old, was given up for the Bar Association of Malaga on January 10, 1980 with the number of membership 579.

Entre estas actividades ilegales que se podrían haber beneficiado de esta trama constan el tráfico ilícito de drogas, homicidios, tenencia ilícita de armas, prostitución coactiva, secuestros, ajustes de cuentas, estafas internacionales, evasión de impuestos y fraudes bursátiles, entre otras. These illegal activities that could have benefited from this scheme consists illicit drug trafficking, murder, illegal possession of weapons, prostitution coercive kidnappings, the settling of scores, international scam, tax evasion and securities fraud, among others.

Los agentes practicaron 15 detenciones el pasado jueves en ése despacho de letrados, en el corazón financiero de Marbella, mientras otras tres personas fueron arrestadas en la oficina de la misma empresa en el núcleo de población marbellí de San Pedro Alcántara. The players practiced 15 arrests last Thursday of lawyers in this office, in the financial heart of Marbella, while three others were arrested at the office of the same company at the heart of Marbella population of San Pedro Alcantara.

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