Euro Weekly News | Harsher new laws to tackle pick-pockets: "SPAIN - UNTIL now, repeat offenders who committed ‘petty’ crimes such as pick pocketing would only have to pay a fine, even if they committed hundreds every year. However, a change in the Penal Code which is to be approved within the next few days could see them facing prison time. Of the more than 150 changes planned for the Penal Code, this one is aimed at those that tend to steal goods and money worth less than 400 euros and who never see a day in prison. They could now faces sentences of up to six months in prison, or between three and twelve months for those belonging to a gang. They will serve the sentences on weekends and holidays at the prison closest to their home. The idea behind this is that the already overflowing prisons should not take in any more inmates. They will use cells which are vacated by those who have prison leave on the same days.
There will also be a system by which judges can check whether the delinquent is a repeat offender independently of where in Spain he or she has committed crimes before."
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