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He offered his services as a babysitter, sexually abused children—including infants entrusted to his care—recorded the sexual assaults, and distributed the videos online. Álvaro Iglesias Gómez, known as Nanysex, was arrested in Murcia in 2005 and sentenced to 58 years in prison three years later for five counts of sexual abuse

In Spain's major cities, a lack of free parking spaces on the streets is common. This is due to the high number of vehicles, as well as the creation of regulated parking spaces or parking spaces reserved for residents.

In November 2022, a scrap dealer, while rummaging through trash, discovered a man's torso in a suitcase in a container. This incident occurred in the Eixample district of Barcelona. On Monday, the defendant, who pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering his landlord, accepted a ten-year prison sentence for the murder, taking into account the mitigating circumstance of mental alteration

An investigation by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), of which RTVE is a member, has revealed that an official Israeli government agency conducted a digital advertising campaign to boost votes for its representative in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest final.

72% of arrests and investigations for squatting are concentrated in Catalonia. In 2024, state security forces arrested a total of 8,039 people for trespassing or breach of property, ten times more than in the nearest municipality, Madrid, where only 847 cases were registered in the same year.

The Guardia Civil's investigation into alleged mail-in vote buying in favor of the PSOE in the local elections of May 26, 2019, has taken a new turn. According to a summary available, the Seville Judicial Police are also investigating a possible diversion of European funds used to cover up irregular practices favoring the PSOE in the Seville town of Albaida del Aljarafe.

The migration phenomenon in Spain is the result of a combination of factors that have made the country one of the main destinations for migrants in recent years.

Zaragoza will become the global epicenter in the fight against tuberculosis this Tuesday through Thursday, as the annual meeting of the ERA4TB (European Accelerator of Tuberculosis Regimes) consortium takes place.

Spain increased its public debt by €52 billion in the first quarter of the year, bringing the total debt to over €1.677 trillion. This represents an increase of 3.3% compared to the previous year.

Lighting a cigarette on the beach is a widespread practice. However, in recent years, more and more sandy beaches in the province of Alicante have joined the "Smoke-Free Beaches" network promoted by the Generalitat.