Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) can confirm that another successful arrest under Operation Captura has been made – in Tenerife.
Briefly, Captura is a multi-agency campaign which identifies individuals on the run in Spain who are wanted by UK law enforcement agencies for serious crimes committed in the UK. Since the campaign launched in October 2006, there have been 50 appeals; 38 of whom have been arrested. Many of these are now serving lengthy prison sentences for their crimes which range from drug trafficking to sex crimes to murder.
Dave Cording, pictured, Crimestoppers’ Director of Operations said: “It’s interesting to see that the second arrest this week under Operation Captura has been outside of Spain again. Not only is the campaign successful in tracking people down in Spain, but it displaces them as well, but as we can see, no matter where these wanted individuals run to, law enforcement will find them. I hope this further reinforces to fugitives, that you can run, but can’t hide forever. I would urge the public to look again at the most wanted section of our website to see if they recognise any of the wanted individuals and if you have any information contact us anonymously on 0800 555 111 or at crimestoppers-uk.org.”
