ABSTRACT
Described as one of the five criminal hubs in Europe by the 2011 Europol Organised Crime Threat Assessment (OCTA) Report, Spain remains the main south-west entry point for the importation into Europe of cocaine, hashish and illegal immigrants. Despite significant law enforcement operations and a crucial increase in government resources and infrastructures, such as anti-organised crime units within law enforcement bodies, an anti-organised crime Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of the Interior’s Intelligence Centre against Organised Crime (CICO, in Spanish), organized crime activities remain significant.