
Rapist of 14-Year-Old Avoids Prison in Spain After Plea Deal
Prosecutors had sought nine years behind bars, but a plea agreement reduced the sentence to a suspended term and 60 days of community service.

Prosecutors had sought nine years behind bars, but a plea agreement reduced the sentence to a suspended term and 60 days of community service.

Arrivals have jumped 66% this year, with smugglers exploiting weaker controls in Algeria and triggering a crisis that Madrid is struggling to contain.

Smugglers are cashing in as Spain’s holiday isles become the latest back door into Europe

Fears grow of an “uncontrollable” surge in arrivals due to a lack of deportations.

According to the Diario de Mallorca, social workers attest that in approximately the last four years, prostitution among their charges has changed from a rare incident to an almost normalized phenomenon. In some centres, all the girls have engaged in prostitution.