Statements taken in Marbella 'Goldfinger' case

Statements taken in Marbella 'Goldfinger' case: "Judge Ricardo Puyol, from Instruction Court One in Marbella, took the statements on Thursday from three lawyers in the ‘Goldfinger’ case where the Scottish actor, Sean Connery and his wife are indicted.The three lawyers, identified with the initials, H.D., L.J.,and C.T., are accused of the misuse of public funds, bribery, fraud, influence peddling and other charges in the case which relates to the...

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British father and son die in Menorca airshow crash

British father and son die in Menorca airshow crash: "Bruce Hook and his son Ian were killed when they lost control of the Beech Baron craftA British father and son have been killed in a light aircraft crash when they were taking part in a race and lost control of the craft which crashed in flames.The tragedy happened at 1250 on Saturday shortly after the pair had taken off from the Real Aeroclub de San Luis-Mahón on Menorca.The father, 63 year old Bruce Hook, was considered to be an expert pilot and ex RAF, and was flying a twin motor Beech Baron. He was accompanied by his 26 year old son, Ian.The fire services were on the scene immediately...

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John Cunningham, 58,arrested in Spain an armed robber and drug dealer.

John Cunningham, 58,arrested in Spain an armed robber and drug dealer. He was convicted in 1986 for the kidnapping of one of the heirs to the Guinness family fortune, Jennifer Guinness.Eleven properties in Spain were searched during the early morning raids, the details of which were disclosed today. Both Cunningham and Kinahan can be held without charge for up to two years under Spanish law.In Dublin, 29 premises were searched and one man in his...

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curtains at Kinahan's mansion were closed yesterday and many of the shutters drawn down.

Yesterday it emerged that Daniel, son of alleged crime boss Christy Kinahan, bought the property last autumn and spent hundreds of thousands of euro renovating it and installing banks of security cameras around the perimeter.Neighbours told how they had grown suspicious at the level of surveillance equipment installed at the four-bedroom, two-storey property on a private beachside estate in Guadalmina, between Marbella and Estepona on the Costa del...

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PROPERTY assets linked to the Christy Kinahan-led international drugs cartel in Brazil alone are worth an estimated €500 million.

PROPERTY assets linked to the Christy Kinahan-led international drugs cartel in Brazil alone are worth an estimated €500 million.That sum is more than treble the value of all cash and assets seized by the Criminals Assets Bureau in Ireland since the bureau’s inception almost 15 years ago. The details that continued to emerge in Spain yesterday reveal that Kinahan is at the head of a mafia-style operation with assets worldwide funded by drug trafficking, money laundering, gun running and even human trafficking.The property portfolio in Brazil is comprised of six leisure complexes and a string of residential properties, with a combined value of...

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Convicted Irish drug dealer held after international operation - The Irish Times - Wed, May 26, 2010

Convicted Irish drug dealer held after international operation - The Irish Times - Wed, May 26, 2010: "Christy Kinahan, a 53-year-old father of three, was the key target in the raids in Spain, Ireland, the UK, Brazil and Belgium that began at 4.30am yesterday.Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy said the arrests showed Irish criminals were mistaken if they believed by relocating to Spain they could evade capture.“This is an extensive and focused investigation...

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'Every Rolls has a story behind it' - Times LIVE

'Every Rolls has a story behind it' - Times LIVE: "lime green Rolls was one of several sales at yesterday's auction of the liquidated assets of a business empire belonging to two controversial Cape Town figures - businessman Mark Lifman and the late Yuri 'The Russian' Ulianitski, who died in a hail of bullets three years ago on his way home from a restaurant. Lifman did not bid on any of the items which included a city 'nightclub' - sold for R7-million - two Sea Point apartments, and the Rolls - but his presence cast an imposing shadow over yesterday's proceedings, where bidding was slow to start. Although Ulianitski and Lifman were business...

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Chris Kinahan '£500m cocaine king' in seized in swoops by 750 armed police

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: '£500m cocaine king' in seized in swoops by 750 armed police: "Chris Kinahan was held on the Costa del Sol as 750 police officers swooped on 32 suspects in Britain, Spain and Ireland. The 53-year-old Briton is alleged to be the head of a criminal net- work responsible for trafficking huge quantities of cocaine into every major UK city. Kinahan is also said to have masterminded, from...

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Sean Connery has been ordered to appear before a Spanish magistrate investigating alleged financial irregularities on the Costa del Sol.

Sean Connery has been ordered to appear before a Spanish magistrate investigating alleged financial irregularities on the Costa del Sol.The James Bond star, 79, and his wife Micheline Roquebrune, are being investigated by a court in the millionaires' playground of Marbella.Five lawyers have also been ordered to appear before the court after police raided their offices on Wednesday in an operation named Goldfinger.Connery and his wife, Michelle, a...

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Antonio Gregorio Díaz Navas was found guilty of illegally granting a building licence for a villa on non-buildable land

Antonio Gregorio Díaz Navas was found guilty of illegally granting a building licence for a villa on non-buildable landPenal court five in Málaga, has sentenced the Partido Popular Mayor of Canillas de Albaida, Antonio Gregorio Díaz Navas, to a seven year ban from pubic office, and a fine of 4,500 €, for town planning crimes. He was found guilty of granting permission to build a villa ‘with a serious disregard for the regulatory norms’, according to the sentence.The licence for the 137 square metre dwelling in the area known as El Mosquín, has also been rescinded, according to Europa Press.In court the Mayor admitted that he gave the licence...

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Valencia Government, headed by Francisco Camps, awarded 85 contracts worth 7.2 million € to nine companies in the Gürtel corruption network,

Valencia Government, headed by Francisco Camps, awarded 85 contracts worth 7.2 million € to nine companies in the Gürtel corruption network, owned by Francisco Correa, between 2004 and 2008.The numbers come from a report from the Judicial Services of the Madrid High Court of Justice, where the summary of the case is being instructed.The contents of the 43 page report were revealed in the Valencia parliament on Thursday by the Socialist spokesman...

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allegations of corruption in Totana, Murcia, will place the regional deputy and ex Mayor of Totana, Juan Morales

ex Mayor of Totana, and current regional deputy is accused of accepting backhandersThe judge instructing the allegations of corruption in Totana, Murcia, will place the regional deputy and ex Mayor of Totana, Juan Morales, on the accused bench for allegedly accepting backhanders from as many as 13 crimes. He faces bribery, fraud, money laundering, document falsification and other charges.He one of 13 accused in the case, a list which includes his...

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ex Mayor of Manilva, Pedro Tirado, speaking to the court in Málaga, has said that the 762,101 € found in rubbish bags in his home, in 500 € and 200€ n

ex Mayor of Manilva, Pedro Tirado, speaking to the court in Málaga, has said that the 762,101 € found in rubbish bags in his home, in 500 € and 200€ notes, was from ‘anonymous party donations’ for his PDEM, The Manilva Democratic Party, which he founded in 2002 after leaving the GIL party.The Anti-corruption prosecutor claims that the money found in March 2005 was a backhander given to the then Mayor, from the owners of La Parrada, an enormous estate...

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