ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a description and analysis of organised crime in Spain. Focusing on the main cooperation mechanisms at national and international levels that are most commonly used by Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and Judicial Authorities. The authors have produced and analysed a large amount of data collected from Spanish LEAs’ official press offices. This serves as the basis for demonstrating the infiltration of organised crime organisations in Spain; as well as the existing international connections between criminal organisations involved in cases that the authors have focused on and their branches and affiliates in other countries around the globe.
