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Crime still finds a way around the lockdown
FERNANDO TORRES
The lockdown in Spain, and the resulting obligation to stay at home is considerably modifying the pattern of criminal behaviour across the country. Predictably, one of the areas that has changed most as a result of the state of alert is traffic: ... lockdown is proving to be an opportunity for some types of criminal gangs, namely drugs traffickers. Rather than scouting out isolated locations, on Tuesday at 11am, a dozen people were spotted loading fuel onto a small boat in La Duquesa port in Manilva. ... of the pandemic have registered markedly increased sales - something reflected in the amount of money stored in their safes. Reduced opportunity Overall, however, according to Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, José Becerra, opportunity,
