Police swoop on 'boiler room' gangs

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NOTE: IMAGE PIXELATED AT THE REQUEST OF THE POLICEOfficers from City of London Police and their Spanish counterparts from the Policia Nacional raid a business property in Barcelona, Spain, to execute a warrant in a joint operation as they target a boiler room investment fraud operation. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday February 25, 2014. See PA story POLICE Fraud. Photo credit should read: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Criminal kingpins who robbed British victims of millions of pounds in savings to spend on their playboy lifestyles have been targeted in an unprecedented international crackdown.

Officers from City of London Police joined Spanish counterparts from the Policia Nacional in a series of dramatic raids in Barcelona, Madrid, Marbella and London this week, in one of the biggest anti-fraud operations ever staged.

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