Spanish police arrest eight members of terrorist cell in Barcelona

November 30 to December 2, 2010 Counterterrorism police detained eight suspects with links to a banned Pakistani Muslim militant group blamed for the deadly 2008 attack in the Indian city of Mumbai. The Spanish Interior Ministry explained that the working methods of those arrested involved stealing passports and travel documents from tourists visiting Barcelona and

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Passport forgery suspects in Spain found not linked to terror activities

A judge has ruled that 13 members of a group recently detained for alleged passport forgery, do not have any link to Islamic terror networks. Thirteen suspected members of an international crime gang, comprised of 10 Pakistanis, one Nigerian, one Indian, and one Briton, were among those taken into custody. “As of today, there is

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13 arrested in Spain for international crime links

13 persons were arrested by Spanish police on suspicion of links to organized crime and terrorism groups. Police said that the detainees – 11 Pakistanis, one Nigerian, and one Indian, are suspected of belonging to an international crime gang involved in passport forgery, drug trafficking, and people smuggling. The group is also being investigated on

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