AN international gang of prostitutes has been arrested in a police raid for drugging their male punters at a beach resort popular with British holidaymakers. A Brazilian brothel madam has been busted along with four hookers from Ghana and Romania on suspicion of rinsing their comatose clients’ credit cards of thousands of euros. Cops in the S'Aigo Dolca area of Majorca say so far they have identified eight victims. In some cases other items such as mobile phones have been stolen and the information on them accessed. Detectives are continuing to attempt to identify further potential victims. The prostitute gangs' basic strategy is age old - spike drinks of single male customers, leaving them unconscious and easy targets to steal from. Often the men have very little memory afterwards of what they had been up to and therefore less likely to complain about the huge bills that they had apparently run up at the bar. Also, many failed to even notice the huge bills that they had … [Read more...] about Majorca hooker gang arrested for spiking Brit holidaymakers’ drinks and stealing thousands from their credit cards
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Dublin-based gang arrested over credit card scam
Dublin-based gang arrested over credit card scam Independent.ie Five men are to appear in court in the coming days after gardaí smashed a credit card scam. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dublinbased-gang-arrested-over-credit-card-scam-37121790.html https://www.independent.ie/incoming/article37004395.ece/a3793/AUTOCROP/h342/visa.jpg Email Five men are to appear in court in the coming days after gardaí smashed a credit card scam. The Dublin-based gang had travelled to Co Donegal to carry out the fraud in Letterkenny. The five were arrested after eagle-eyed shop owners discovered cards being used to purchase goods were stolen. Gardaí were alerted and stopped a car containing thousands of euro of stolen goods. The five men are all foreign nationals but were based in Dublin. Gardaí in Donegal posted a message on their Facebook page displaying several bags containing stolen merchandise that was recovered. A message on Facebook read: "All packed, didn't … [Read more...] about Dublin-based gang arrested over credit card scam
Spain ‘New Wolfpack’ gang arrested by police after underage girl ‘sexually assaulted in Canary Islands holiday resort’
A GANG of four men and a boy have been arrested by police in Spain for the alleged sexual assault of an underage girl in the Canary Islands, it has been reported. The gang reportedly call themselves the 'New Wolfpack' after a previous gang attack on a young woman in Pamplona in 2016. The five men in the previous case were cleared of rape, but were given jail terms for sexual abuse and were released on bail last Friday. The decision to release them led to widespread protests across Spain, according to the BBC. The 'New Wolfpack' suspects are being held at a police station in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, but police have given few details about incident, alleged to have happened on the south side of the island on Saturday. According to Spanish newspaper El Diario, the group dubbed themselves "la nueva manada" (the new wolfpack) while in detention, linking the alleged assault to the earlier case at the bull-running festival in Pamplona in July 2016. HOLIDAY MELTDOWN How Europe could be hit … [Read more...] about Spain ‘New Wolfpack’ gang arrested by police after underage girl ‘sexually assaulted in Canary Islands holiday resort’
Gang arrested after kidnapping immigrants and holding families to ransom in Andalucia
FIVE people have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping immigrants in Algeciras. The Guardia Civil detained four Moroccans and one Spaniard as part of an operation launched last August. It came after reports a gang was imprisoning immigrants before demanding money from their families in exchange for their return. The gang would focus on what they observed to be likely targets among incoming immigrants and would promise to help them reunite with their families in Spain, but instead transported them to a house in La Bajadilla de Algeciras. The immigrants were locked in rooms, stripped of all their personal belongings, and then interrogated in order to determine how much money could be asked from their relatives for their safe return. The gang would then contact the relatives by telephone and ask them to pay a ransom of anything between €500 and €2,000, depending on the family’s financial circumstances. The men of the gang were largely responsible for the initial … [Read more...] about Gang arrested after kidnapping immigrants and holding families to ransom in Andalucia
Pictured: Criminal who is ‘prime target’ of Hutch gang arrested after being assaulted in Dublin city centre
Exclusive pictures obtained by Independent.ie show the man being wrestled to the ground by gardai on Sean McDermott Street at 1.45pm on Saturday afternoon. It is understood he was assaulted by another man and gardai were then called to the scene. His face was covered in blood and he could be heard shouting abuse at gardai while he was being restrained. A garda spokesman told Independent.ie: "A man in his 30s was arrested for a public order incident at 13.45pm on Sean McDermott St. He was taken to Store St Garda Station." The man has been branded a "rat" by Hutch members as they suspect he was involved in the murder of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch's older brother Eddie two years ago. He was arrested over the feud murder of Eddie Hutch (58), who had no involvement in crime, back in February, but was released without charge. The criminal is a former associate of the Hutch gang but has since become involved with the Kinahan cartel. Gardai still believe that Eddie was murdered simply … [Read more...] about Pictured: Criminal who is ‘prime target’ of Hutch gang arrested after being assaulted in Dublin city centre