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☆ A billionaire drug kingpin escaped justice by paying a bond set at just $53K and then running away
  + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA billionaire drug baron was arrested in Spain on money laundering charges but was released after paying a $53,000 bond, according to reports. AdvertisementThis followed a five-year investigation that police say showed the suspects had established a criminal organization involved in large-scale drug trafficking, including the smuggling of significant amounts of cocaine. Related storiesPolitico referred to Bouyakhrichan as a billionaire who possesses bank accounts and properties around the world. AdvertisementThe judge then imposed a €50,000 bond, roughly $53,000, took away Bouyakhrichan's passport, and ordered him to report to the authorities every fifteen days.
Persons: —, Felix Bolaños, Karim Bouyakhrichan, Bouyakhrichan, Vincent Veenman Organizations: Service, Business, Spain's National Police, BBC, Cadena SER Locations: Spain, Dutch, Moroccan, Netherlands, Belgium, South America, Europe, The Hague, Spanish
☆ A Spanish man accused of teaching North Korea how to evade US sanctions using crypto says his passport was confiscated more than 7 years ago
  + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A Spanish man accused of teaching North Korea to use crypto rejected the accusations. Alejandro Cao de Benós said his passport was confiscated 7 years ago, preventing foreign trips. AdvertisementA Spanish man pushed back against accusations that he was teaching North Koreans how to evade US sanctions using cryptocurrencies. In a strongly worded statement , Alejandro Cao de Benós said his passport was confiscated seven and a half years ago by Spanish authorities, making any foreign trips, and therefore his presence in North Korea, impossible. During the conference, Griffiths and co-conspirator Christopher Emms provided advice and instructions on how North Korea "could use blockchain and cryptocurrencies to evade US sanctions," the indictment read.
Persons: Alejandro Cao de Benós, —, Cao, Benós, Virgil Griffiths, Cao de Benós, Griffiths, Pyongyang's, Christopher Emms, Griffith, Virgil Giffin, Virgil Griffith Organizations: Service, North, Spanish, Business, Interpol, Spain's National Police, Cryptocurrency, Trump -, Economic, Public Affairs, FBI, BI, Korean Friendship Association Locations: North Korea, Spain, Spanish, Totana, Murcia, Madrid, Korea, Día
☆ A Spanish man faces 20 years in prison for teaching North Korea how to evade US sanctions using cryptocurrencies
  + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A Spanish man faces 20 years in prison for teaching North Korea cryptocurrency, according to police. Alejandro Cao de Benós is wanted by the FBI for helping North Korea evade US sanctions. He was arrested at a Madrid train station last week, Spanish police said. AdvertisementA Spanish man is facing 20 years in prison in the US for teaching North Koreans how to evade US sanctions using cryptocurrencies, according to Spain's National Police . And hackers with ties to North Korea stole $630 million in crypto last year, their biggest haul ever, Reuters reported in February, citing a confidential UN report.
Persons: Alejandro Cao de Benós, —, National Police didn't, Cao de Benós, Virgil Griffiths, Griffith, Cao de, Virgil Griffin Organizations: North Korea cryptocurrency, FBI, Service, North, Spain's National Police, Interpol, National Police, Korean Friendship Association, Trump -, Economic, Public Affairs, Street, Reuters, UN Locations: North Korea, Madrid, Barcelona, Spanish, blockchain, Pyongyang, United States, Korea, North
☆ Nightclub fire kills at least 13 in Murcia in Spain
  + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Firefighters work to control flames inside a nightclub in Murcia, Spain, October 1, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a handout video. The emergency services gave the death toll, which has risen steadily throughout the day, as 13. Earlier, Murcia's Mayor Jose Ballesta told reporters seven bodies had been found in the same area of the first floor, where the fire broke out. A spokesperson for the Teatre nightclub, Maria Dolores Albellan, told reporters the fire originated in the neighbouring club, La Fonda, before spreading to the two adjoining clubs. Footage released by Murcia's fire service showed firefighters working to control flames inside the nightclub.
Persons: Diego Seral, Jose Ballesta, Maria Dolores Albellan, La Fonda, Ballesta, Jessica Jones, Hugh Lawson, Alison Williams Organizations: Murcia Firefighters, REUTERS, Rights, Spain's National Police, Fonda, Murcia's, Thomson Locations: Murcia, Spain, Rights MADRID, Atalayas, Murcia's
☆ Fake naked pictures of young girls created with AI spark fury in a small Spanish town
  + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A small town in southern Spain has been rocked by fake naked pictures created by an AP app. AI-generated naked images of local girls have been circulating in Almendralejo, Extremadura. The photos were processed by an AI application that created new, fake images showing the girls naked, per the report. AdvertisementAdvertisementMore than 20 girls aged 11 to 17 have been identified as victims in the town, in the western Spanish region of Extremadura. María Blanco Rayo, the mother of a 14-year-old, told BBC News the images were having a significant impact on some of the girls.
Persons: El País, Euronews, Miriam Al Adib, They'd, María Blanco Rayo, Al Adib Organizations: Service, BBC Locations: Spain, Almendralejo, Extremadura, Wall, Silicon, Spanish
☆ Spain church machete attack suspect was 25-year-old Moroccan, police confirm
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/2] People observe a moment of silence a day after a 25-year-old Moroccan suspect attacked two churches, in Algeciras, Spain January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Marcelo del PozoMADRID, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The suspect in a machete attack on two churches in southern Spain in which one clergyman was killed and another seriously injured is a 25-year-old Moroccan man who was due to be deported from the country, police said on Thursday. A police source denied local media reports that the suspect had been under surveillance by security operatives in the days or months before the attack. The man was not in Spain legally and his deportation process began in June last year and was ongoing, the source added. According to a High Court ruling, the perpetrators were linked to Al Qaeda and the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group.
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