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Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Express Yourself :: Brits in Costa del Sol: Blood on the beaches: "34 British fugitives arrested in Spain since the launch of Operation Captura four years ago, 17 have been detained, the majority on the Costa del Sol. “There’s no denying the area does have its share of crooks who are on the run,” says British businessman Mark Saunders who runs a hotel supplies firm. “You know them at best by their first names and you avoid the places they drink.

It’s a shame because it’s just a few who are tarnishing a beautiful area and giving it a bad name while most expats and tourists are good, honest people. They’ve always been a problem but the level and amount of violence in recent weeks has shocked people. The recession knocked us sideways last year so we could definitely do with things improving.”"