When he got out of the taxi in front of his villa: Police finally caught the most wanted pensioner from Austria. The Austrian lived there with his wife in a luxury villa in the city's posh district.

He is said to have stolen more than nine million euros. Spain's Mediterranean coast is apparently a haven for criminals. In 2023, Spanish police arrested more than 200 internationally wanted fugitives from justice and criminals from Barcelona to the Costa Blanca to Costa del Sol within less than a year.