Agents of the National Police, in a joint operation with the National Police of France and Colombia, have released four victims of human trafficking in France who had been recruited in Colombia to work as “webcamers” but who were sexually exploited in Spain and France. In addition, ten members of the criminal network have been arrested.

As reported by the National Police, the organization was made up of citizens of Colombia and France, who recruited women in Medellín with job offers in France as “webcamers” with the promise of a high salary.. The members of the organization asked them for photographs or videos in their underwear that they then sent to the leaders of the network in Europe.. Subsequently, they published these images on web pages that offered sexual services and managed the advertisements and appointments through these pages..

Once captured, they were transferred from Colombia to Madrid or Barcelona and from here to Marseille, Nice or Montpellier (France).. Those involved forced the women to prostitute themselves to pay a debt imposed for transfer tickets, travel and maintenance. The victims were subjected to a regime of slavery by which they were forced to have sexual relations without any type of benefit, suffering continuous ill-treatment.

Police investigation

The investigation culminated in the release of four victims of sexual exploitation in Marseille, Nice and Montpellier (France) and the arrest of ten people for the crimes of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation, related to prostitution and belonging to a criminal organization. in France. In addition, an entry and search has also been made in this country and a firearm has been seized.

This operation is part of the National Police Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation. The National Police has the telephone line 900 10 50 90 and the email address trata@policia.es to facilitate citizen collaboration and anonymous and confidential reporting of this type of crime, the call not being reflected on the telephone bill.

• Stay hydrated, serve risk groups or eat light dishes, advice from the OCU in the face of the heat wave
• The Canal Sur meteorologist goes viral when reporting the heat wave: “We will end up becoming extinct”

Since Monday we are experiencing a new wave of extreme heat in a large part of the Peninsula, and on this Tuesday the temperatures have continued to rise: except on the western Cantabrian, Galicia and Mediterranean coasts, which are being affected , they are exceeding 34-36 degrees in most of the peninsular areas. The day is being especially hot in the areas of the center and the southwest quadrant of the peninsula, with temperatures between 40 and 42 degrees, and even more so in the center of the Guadalquivir valley, with 44 degrees..

The Aemet (State Meteorological Agency) has been warning of this weather event for days, caused by the union of “a very hot and dry African continental air mass” with “the high insolation characteristic of this time of year”, and constantly updating its forecasts. Before the start of this heat wave, they predicted that it would last until Thursday, but now they have updated their forecast to warn that it will “probably” last a day longer than expected: they now set Friday, August 11 as the “last day of this episode”.

⚠️ Special notice for #HeatWave: update.
🔴High temperatures will probably continue until Friday, 11.
🔴 On Wednesday, the heat will be the most adverse factor, but we will also have to pay attention to dry storms and a possible gale in the Cantabrian Sea
👇 pic.twitter.com/YK22MXW4GP

– AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) August 8, 2023

In addition, they explain that “the uncertainty of the atmospheric evolution is not as high as the previous days”, and the data already indicates more clearly that the heat wave will last, in effect, until that date.

Wednesday, the hottest day

As explained by Aemet, it is expected that this Wednesday will take place “the hottest day” of this heat wave, and that 44 degrees will be reached in different areas of Andalusia. In fact, they believe that it will be one of the hottest days since records have been recorded in Spain.. As if that were not enough, they warn that in the second half of the day “dry storms are likely to occur in large areas of the interior of the peninsula”, which will cause “strong gusts of wind and sudden drops in temperature”.

As of Thursday, “temperatures will continue to be high, but milder,” although the extreme heat and high temperatures will persist until Friday, the day they expect to be the last of the heat wave.. Therefore, it is most likely that on Saturday the weather will return to normal parameters for what is expected at this time of August.

In the Canary Islands, where the effects of the African air mass will not begin to be felt until Wednesday, there is still quite a bit of uncertainty, and Aemet still cannot confirm whether there can be talk of a heat wave on the islands. Of course, he foresees that Friday and Saturday will be “the hottest days of the episode” in the archipelago.

The resident population in Spain increased by 135,186 people in the second quarter of 2023 and raises the country's population as of July 1, 2023 to 48,345,223 inhabitants, the maximum value in the historical series, thanks to the increase in people born in the foreign.

According to provisional data from the Continuous Population Statistics (ECP), published on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the estimated population growth in annual terms is 573,661 people..

The population born outside of Spain was 8,457,886 people, greater than that of foreign nationality, due to the Spanish nationalization processes.

Thus, the number of foreigners increased by 100,394 people during the second quarter, up to a total of 6,335,419 as of July 1, 2023, while the population of Spanish nationality increased by 34,792 people.

Colombians and Moroccans, those who arrived the most in 2023

The main nationalities of immigrants during the second quarter of 2023 were Colombian (with 37,700 arrivals in Spain), Moroccan (21,500) and Spanish (19,900).

For their part, the most numerous emigrant nationalities were Moroccan (with 6,700 departures), Romanian (5,700) and Spanish (5,500)..

The Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Madrid experienced an increase

During the second quarter of 2023, the INE estimates that the population grew in all the autonomous communities, as well as in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.

The greatest increases in relative terms occurred in the Balearic Islands (0.58%), Catalonia (0.51%), Madrid (0.45%) and the Valencian Community (0.44%).

On the other hand, the smallest increase was registered in Extremadura (0.01%), Asturias (0.03%), Ceuta (0.06%) and Castilla y León (0.08%)..

The Ministry of Ecological Transition has submitted to public information the project for the construction of an Individualized Temporary Warehouse (ATI) at the Vandellós II Nuclear Power Plant to store the waste generated by the plant's activity, as published today by the BOE.

According to the capacity of the current spent fuel pool at the Tarragona plant, it will be full at the end of cycle 28, in April 2027, so they have to build another storage facility that prevents saturation and ensures the continuity of the central.

The Ascó-Vandellós II Nuclear Association (ANAV) has initiated these procedures to assess the environmental impact of the construction project of this ATI.

The Congress of Deputies voted, in 2004, to build a Centralized Temporary Warehouse in Villar de Cañas (Cuenca) for the waste generated by the seven Spanish nuclear power plants, but this solution has finally been ruled out and they will build an ATI for each reactor, and later they will have to move the waste to a deep geological storage in 2073.

A young man remains with a reserved prognosis in the Intensive Care Unit of the Dénia Hospital (Alicante) after being gored last night by a bull in the chest and knee during the 'bous al carrer' (bulls in the street) of the town Alicante from Calpe.

The injured man, who was cornered against the barrier, was transferred to the aforementioned hospital, where he was operated on, and is currently admitted to the ICU, municipal and health sources have told EFE.

Calpe celebrates its patron saint festivities in honor of the Virgen de las Nieves from July 29 to August 13. Within the framework of these acts, the traditional 'bous al carrer' take place with afternoon and evening sessions, which are the popular bullfighting festivities that are held in the streets of many regions of the Levant.

The Mossos d'Esquadra have prevented three sisters residing in the province of Lleida, two of them minors, from being victims of a forced marriage and female genital mutilation, in a case in which they have questioned the parents, but in the that at the moment there are no detainees.

As the newspaper Segre has advanced and police sources have confirmed to EFE, last June the Mossos were alerted to the imminent risk of the three sisters given the possibility that they would travel with their family to their country of origin, in the Sahel, and that there subjected to cutting and forced to marry against their will.

The Mossos, who were alerted by the educational environment and the reference clinic of the three girls, residents of a town in the Lleida region of La Segarra, applied the protocol provided for this type of case, in which the passport is usually withheld from those affected to prevent them from traveling.

Staying hydrated, serving risk groups or eating light dishes are some of the advice offered by the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) on the occasion of the third heat wave that the country is suffering, with daytime temperatures that will reach 38º and 40º. in much of the Peninsula.

For this reason, among other tips, it recommends the elderly, children and chronically ill not to go outside during the hours of maximum heat, that is, between 12:00 and 17:00 in those areas where temperatures exceed 35 degrees (ºC)..

Likewise, it suggests wearing a cap or hat outside or looking for shade as well as hydrating regularly; opt for a light diet, prioritizing fruit and cold soups, such as gazpacho; o Avoid alcoholic beverages, as they promote dehydration.

In addition, he advises lowering the blinds at home as soon as the sun hits full; put the fan or air conditioning at any time; and leave food and medication in a cool, dry place.

It also advocates turning on the air conditioning in the car or rolling down the windows and not leaving anyone waiting inside with the doors closed (pets included)..

Finally, in case of discomfort, reddish skin, rapid pulse, fever, confusion or dizziness, ask to call 112 or go to an emergency center.

Agents of the National Police have arrested a 35-year-old man in Gandia (Valencia) as the alleged perpetrator of two crimes of robbery with violence and intimidation since he allegedly approached two elderly women, aged 83 and 89, when they were passing through the street and after yanking their bags hard and throwing them to the ground, he ran away with his belongings.

Both had to be assisted by the health services as a result of the injuries suffered in the fall, as reported by the Police in a statement.. The now arrested allegedly also injured a witness to the events who tried to retain him.

The investigations began when the police learned that several violent robberies had been committed against elderly people in Gandia.

One of these events took place on July 28 when an 89-year-old woman was approached while walking down the street, in broad daylight, by a man who gave her a strong tug on the wallet she was carrying in her hand, snatching it away and throwing the woman against the sidewalk. The victim was injured and had to be treated by the health services.

After several investigations, the police found out that a week later, another 83-year-old woman, who was using a cane to walk, had also been approached from behind in the same way and dragged “brutally” to the ground by a man who he ran away with his bag.

The old woman was also injured and the attacker, in his escape, also injured a passerby who tried to hold him back. The man was able to get free and injured the person who was trying to restrain him on the wrist with a multi-tool. Both victims had to be assisted by the health services.

modus operandi

In the course of the investigation, the agents, with the collaboration of the Gandia Local Police, found out the identity of the suspect and found that in both cases it was the same person..

The suspect's modus operandi consisted of following at a short distance, in broad daylight, the elderly and people with mobility problems and, when he reached their height, he pushed them hard, snatched their belongings and made them fall to the ground. ground before running away.

After locating the suspect, the agents arrested him last Friday as the alleged perpetrator of two crimes of robbery with violence and intimidation and seized a mobile phone that would have been stolen. The arrested man, with a police record for similar events, has gone to court and has entered prison.

The National Police have arrested a 92-year-old man in Valle Guerra, Tenerife, for the violent death of his 91-year-old partner.

According to police sources consulted, the victim showed signs of a violent death. The case is being investigated as an alleged sexist crime.

If this case and the one that occurred this morning in Pozoblanco (Córdoba) are confirmed, 35 women would be the fatalities of gender violence so far this year, 1,219 since 2003.

The murdered woman, who had not filed previous complaints for mistreatment against her partner, had a daughter and two minor sons, which brings the number of minors orphaned by gender violence to 36 in 2023 and 413 since 2013..

‼️ We confirm the murder of a 27-year-old woman in the province of Almería on August 7 for alleged #Gender Violence.

🔴 The number of women killed by gender violence in Spain rises to 33 in 2023 and 1,217 since 2003. #NotOneLess #WeWantAlive

— Government Delegation. against Gender Violence (@DelGobVG) August 8, 2023

The victim, of Moroccan origin, was allegedly slit yesterday by her husband, also Moroccan, who had a police record and has been arrested, according to sources close to the investigation..

The 112 Emergency service has told EFE that around 5:45 p.m. on Monday several witnesses alerted to the attack of a man on a woman in a house on Calle Galera de Almería, the place where members of the Local Police traveled. and National, as well as the health services, which could only certify the death of the victim.

This is the first fatality of gender violence in August, after last July 9 women were murdered by their partners or ex-partners, a situation that led Equality to convene a crisis committee to analyze these crimes.

The Civil Guard is also investigating whether the death this Tuesday of a couple by firearms in Pozoblanco (Córdoba) is also a sexist murder, since in the past there were complaints of abuse, although since 2018 they were not active.

Victims of sexist violence and those around them can ask for help from different active resources every day of the week and 24 hours a day: telephone 016, email 016-online@igualdad.gob.es and the WhatsApp channel. at number 600 000 016.

In an emergency situation you can call 112 or the emergency numbers of the National Police (091) and the Civil Guard (062) and, if it is not possible to make that call, in case of danger there is also the option of activating the ALERTCOPS application, which sends an alert signal to the Police with geolocation.