witchhunt against British or foreign drivers photos of foreign-plated vehicles are sent by coded Wi-Fi to the laptop of the nearest police patrol car

Pictures and details of Spanish cars caught speeding on the cameras are sent instantaneously to a traffic control centre near Madrid which sends out fines by post.
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The ingenious scheme gives officers the opportunity to chase down offenders who live outside of Spain - and immobilise their vehicle unless they pay fines of up to £500 there and then.
The devices have been fitted on existing speed cameras in four locations where holidaymakers account for up to half of the speeding drivers.
Two of the cameras are on motorways in the provinces of Alicante and Murcia, both popular with British tourists.
Thousands of expats in these areas who live in Spain but drive UK-plated cars not registered on the national police computer also face new controls under the system.
The extension of the system to other areas favopured by the British like the Costa del Sol has not been ruled out.
A spokesman for the Direccion General de Trafico, Spain's equivalent of the DVLA, said: 'Up to half the speeding motorists in some of the areas where this new system is operating drive foreign-plated vehicles.
'Excess speed is a contributing factor in a third of all fatal accidents so lives may be saved with these new measures.
'This is not a witchhunt against British or foreign drivers. Nor are we targeting specific nationalities.'
'Negotiations are taking place at EU level to try to introduce a system whereby people who drink-drive or speed are punished wherever in Europe they commit their offence.
'But at the moment, except in rare circumstances, non-residents caught speeding on fixed speed cameras never receive their fines because we've nowhere to send them.
'It's a problem across the EU, not just in Spain.'
Tailgating motorists and those whose cars have cracked or broken number plates are also identified through the newly-adopted scheme.
Fines range from 100 euros (£83) to 600 euros (£500).
Civil Guard traffic officer Ricardo Laoz said: 'If non-resident offenders can't pay the fine, we immobilise their car until the fine is paid although that doesn't preclude an appeal.'
Colleague Samuel Santana added: 'Foreigners pay without any problem once they've seen the photo that's been taken and realise it's them.'


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Gassed in their beds by Riviera robbers: Terrifying ordeal of the British tourists falling victim to Mediterranean gang crimewave | Mail Online

Gassed in their beds by Riviera robbers: Terrifying ordeal of the British tourists falling victim to Mediterranean gang crimewave | Mail Online: "waiting outside for the gas to take effect, they creep back in and can take their time to ransack the rooms and steal cash, jewellery, credit cards, cameras and laptops. The thieves wear masks to stop them succumbing themselves. One victim, Lisa Smythe, was staying with her two sons in a four-bedroom house in Valbonne when they fell victim to an £80,000 robbery. The family were gassed through the letter box, but when one of the sons woke up to find masked men in his room they injected him with something to knock him out. Mrs Smythe, 38, woke up feeling groggy and struggled to wake her sons. Her eight-year-old, Robbie, had a needle mark on his arm, and he had to be tested for HIV. Jewellery, cash and computers worth £50,000 had been stolen, as well as a £30,000 Mercedes CLK Cabriolet. Mrs Smythe said: 'It was a horrific and incredibly scary experience. 'I felt sick, I knew we'd been gassed and robbed immediately as there's been a spate of these sort of burglaries in the area and seeing a needle mark in my son's arm was the worst moment of my life."

Nigel Andrews Ex-hotelier hunted in suspected £1m fraud - Press & Journal

Ex-hotelier hunted in suspected £1m fraud - Press & Journal: "businessman who fled Scotland after his north-east nightclub collapsed with huge debts is now at the centre of a European probe over claims that he has run off with almost £1million of investors’ cash.
About 20 people are believed to have paid huge sums to former Aberdeenshire hotelier Nigel Andrews as deposits for apartments that he was promising to build in Turkey.
However, they now fear he has vanished with their money without laying a single brick – and have called civil lawyers and the police to investigate.
The 51-year-old left Scotland in 2003 after the Aberdeen nightclub he set up with his brother, Lionel, and a business partner closed down just five months after opening.
The Vaults, in Carnegie Brae, shut owing about £700,000 to creditors – and both Andrews brothers disappeared to Spain."

AFP: Spain extradites alleged 'Pink Panther' member to Japan

AFP: Spain extradites alleged 'Pink Panther' member to Japan: "Spanish authorities have extradited a Montenegrin alleged member of the 'Pink Panther' gang of international jewel thieves to Japan over a 2007 robbery in Tokyo, local media reported on Saturday.
Rifat Hadziahmetovic, 42, had been taken into custody over other charges in Spain, Kyodo News and the Asahi Shimbun daily said, quoting sources.
The suspect and another 'Pink Panther' member allegedly stole a diamond tiara worth 200 million yen (2.3 million dollars) and other gems from a jewellery store in Tokyo's upmarket Ginza district on June 14, 2007."

Jewellery thief Marezban Jimmi Amalsed arrested at Malaga airport | Olive Press Newspaper

Jewellery thief Marezban Jimmi Amalsed arrested at Malaga airport | Olive Press Newspaper: "Marezban Jimmi Amalsed, 50, has been hunted by police since 2006, after the theft of a 70,000 euro diamond necklace from a jewellery store in Avenida Ricardo Soriano in Marbella.
Amalsad, who lives in the UK, was also wanted in connection with the 2008 robbery of another jewellers in Marbella, when he allegedly stole a gold and diamond bracelet worth more than 30,000 euros.
Police say the man is linked to several other jewellery thefts within the Marbella area."

Darren O'Flaherty is accused of shooting Irishman John O'Neill on Wednesday.

The 35-year-old, from Kirkby, is already wanted by North Yorkshire Police.

They want to speak to him over the kidnap of a lorry driver, who was held at knifepoint, back in 2006.

Mr O'Flaherty was charged with robbery and kidnap but breached his bail in 2008.

He is alleged to have held up a lorry driver at knifepoint for several hours at the Londonderry lorry park in North Yorkshire with several other men.

The victim was then driven to Liverpool where electrical goods in the lorry were offloaded at a warehouse.

The lorry and its driver were then driven to Skelmersdale, Lancashire, where the driver was released and his vehicle set on fire.

North Yorkshire Police confirmed that the Spanish authorities had been in touch with them and they were working together to trace Mr O'Flaherty.

A spokesman said: "Mr O'Flaherty is still wanted over the 2006 kidnapping and robbery, for which he was charged in 2008.

"We have been contacted by Spanish police investigating a murder this week on the Costa del Sol as he is a suspect in that murder."

The spokesman said he could not give more information out about the murder or the murder victim.