extortionists uncovered

Gang of extortionists was uncovered by National Police thanks to an investigation which began at the beginning of the year after an elderly woman in Cadiz reported that a group of people were physically and verbally abusing her and demanding that she pay them 100,000 euros.
The investigation led to the arrest of four people, three of them residents of Malaga, and all with extensive criminal records.
The suspects, who are aged between 39 and 61, now face charges of allegedly forming an illegal association, extortion and threatening behaviour as well as resisting arrest.
According to the police headquarters in Cadiz, the group was an organised and complex gang which had analysed and studied information gathered on the victim as they had realised she was vulnerable. One officer was injured during the arrest.