Costa del Sol
Eight British Criminals arrested on the Costa del Sol
By h.b.
May 16, 2008 - 7:46 AM

The closer collaboration between the British and the Spanish police has led to the arrest of eight British fugitives of justice on the Costa del Sol over the past 18 months.

The number was given yesterday in a press conference by the International Deputy Director of the British Agency for Serious Organised Crime, SOCA, Rob Wainwright, who said that the level of cooperation between the two police forces had now resulted in ‘the most productive moment in generations’.

SOCA, the London Metropolitan and the Spanish National Police, joined forces in the new scheme in 2006, and those arrested were generally living a life of luxury on the Costa del Sol.
Among those now detained are Paul Bures, wanted for sexual crimes, John Seton, who is accused of murder, and James Hurley, who killed a policeman when escaping custody in 1994.

Rob Wainwright said that the so-called ‘Operación Captura’ showed how important collaboration between countries is in catching criminals in this globalised world. He also had words of praise for European Arrest Warrents, which have speeded up procedures between EU countries considerably.