
Local
Experts blame mafia-style groups for the increase in squatters
F. TORRES/I. LILLO
...their head are sometimes advised by mafia groups who find and even break into the property for them. Government introduces new measures that will make it easier for property owners to evict squatters quickly José María Páez, a judge in Malaga, ... says these mafia groups often cheat people who are in real need of somewhere to live, by telling them a property belongs to a bank or has been abandoned when in fact it is owned by a private individual. He also says there are manuals on the internet ... and founder of the Recupro (Recuperación Profesional de Propiedades) company, which helps people to get their homes back from squatters. The mafias look out for empty properties, find people to move in to them, electricians and plumbers to carry out