La red, asentada en Italia, Nigeria y Argelia, captaba a las jóvenes en su país de origen con falsas promesas de trabajo y una vez aceptaban, las sometían a rituales de “yuyu-vudú”
 Las mujeres contraían una deuda con la organización en torno a 30.000 euros que tenían que saldar ejerciendo la prostitución en varias provincias españolas
 El dispositivo que ha concluido con la liberación de nueve víctimas, se realizó de forma simultánea en Murcia, Valencia, Bilbao, Alicante y en Madrid, donde se llevaron a cabo 12 registros

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An Alicante court has officially ratified the decision to give an Orihuela woman custody of her five-year-old granddaughter, who was left orphaned after her father murdered her mother two years ago. Maruja Cuenca, 63, had been caring for Mari Carmen since the child’s mother, Maruja’s daughter, was killed by her violent husband, but Orihuela Social

A maritime coastguard boat has rescued nine people from a boat off the coast of the Alicante province on Saturday morning, transferring them to Torrevieja to be dealt with. Those rescued are said to have originated in Ghana and were heading to Spain to start a new life. The Salvamento Maritimo crew delivered the rescued

An 18-year-old Crevillente woman died in a car accident on the AP-7 in the Elche area last Friday evening. She was travelling in a van towards Alicante with two relatives when the vehicle hit the central reservation. She got out of car, but was then run over by a vehicle as she walked into the carriageway.

Los ahora detenidos habrían obtenido un botín aproximado de 30.000 euros tras asaltar 36 centros educativos de las provincias de Alicante, Valencia, Castellón, Albacete, Pontevedra y A Coruña

Over four thousand packets of illegally produced cigarettes have been seized by the Guardia Civil in Alicante in two operations. A 44-year-old Algerian arrived by ferry from North Africa and told customs officials that he had nothing to declare in a nervous manner, after he wanted to pass the various checkpoints quickly. Nine hundred and

One year after signing an agreement with the British Embassy, the Red Cross has taken fresh steps to get English speaking charities to work more closely with their local groups and to encourage more English speakers to volunteer. The British Consulate, along with Pedro Dominguez, newly hired by the Red Cross as European residents’ coordinator,

A Benidorm taxi driver has had his acquittal on rape charges confirmed by the Supreme Court after he was found not guilty earlier this year after being accused of a raping a British woman in Benidorm on Halloween night in 2008. DNA evidence helped to track the alleged offender down and led to his eventual

A flight from Alicante to Cardiff today declared an emergency while in the air because of a technical issue. 137 passengers were on board the scheduled flight. Vueling explained that the problem was detected before landing. A Vueling spokesman said “A technical issue was detected before landing and following all safety procedures the Captain requested […]

A man aged in his forties has been arrested by the National Police for allegedly strangling his 89-year-old aunt, with the body lying at their home on Alicante’s Calle Pintor Aparicio for a week. The nephew turned himself into the National Police in Alicante on Monday, with neighbours saying that he had lived with his

A National Police officer has been taken into custody and had bail refused by an Alicante police court, after being accused of crimes of sexual abuse and assault involving under age teenage boys. Extensive investigations by the National Police led to the arrest of the 32-year-old agent, with indecent images of children found on his

Three people involved in an Alicante scrap metal dealership have gone on trial, after being accused of receiving stolen goods. The National Police arrested the trio back in 2013, though the actual thieves have not been brought to justice in a case which is part of crackdown on dealers trying to peddle items that they know have been