The Spanish Space Agency will be located in Seville, according to information published in the local media. Likewise, it was announced that the country’s Artificial Intelligence Agency will stand out in A Coruña.

With this measure, the Spanish government seeks to expand its decentralization plan for public bodies, despite criticism from regional authorities.

The Minister for Territorial Policy and Government spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez, was in charge of publicizing the selection of the city of Seville as the headquarters of the future Spanish Space Agency.

According to Rodríguez, what they are looking for is greater social and territorial cohesion, according to what he told the dpa agency. He noted that Seville meets the ideal conditions to be the headquarters of the Spanish Space Agency, since “it has special international and national connections”, also highlighting its “research environment and the aerospace area”.

About the Artificial Intelligence Agency, it will be located in A Coruña, and its responsibilities include: “supervising the development of a respectful ecosystem and guaranteeing the use of this technology and will serve to strengthen the research, business and social ecosystem related to this ambit”.

M.Pino

With information from dpa and international media

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Agents of the National Police, in a joint operation with the Civil Guard, have arrested in Seville seven residents accused of belonging to a criminal group of drug traffickers who laundered their profits through cryptocurrencies.

As reported by the Police in a statement, they are accused as alleged perpetrators of a crime of belonging to a criminal organization, against public health, illegal possession of weapons of war and money laundering.

Regarding the operation, it began at the beginning of last year when investigators became aware of a large-scale drug trafficking network that supplied cocaine to other drug traffickers in the city of Seville.

The operation, called Grande-Tragadera, has involved the dismantling of a drug trafficking network that used, in turn, a network of companies dedicated to the sale of vehicles, workshops and other companies to launder the money obtained from said traffic. In addition, the income was used for the investment of capital in cryptocurrencies.

The National Police and the Civil Guard have carried out the operation in three different phases, in which more than 20 high-end vehicles, two motorcycles, more than 200,000 euros in cash and approximately 20 kilograms of cocaine were seized. On the other hand, car companies have been sealed and fiat and cryptocurrency accounts have been blocked.

The detainees have gone to judicial disposition of the Court of Instruction No. 1 of Alcalá de Guadaíra, ruling admission to prison for the carrier of the organization and the other detainees released with charges. The investigation is still open to locate the whereabouts of the leader of the criminal network.

Source: dpa

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