Irish Mafia on the Costa del Sol dismantled in operation “Shovel” | SpanishNews.es

:Europol alleges the fallen crime group is linked to more than twenty crimes committed in different countries, including several on the Costa del Sol. The death of D. Patrick, aged 28, an Irish citizen whom police linked to organized crime, was shot dead in an ambush in a neighborhood of Estepona. The February 2008 killing was considered from the outset a settling of accounts between drug gangs.
Other investigations still pending include the death of Peter M., 39, who was shot dead in a pub in Nueva Andalucia, Marbella in August 2008 and the death of Richard K., 30, which was shot in February 2009 as he came out of a bar in Benalmadena.
500 agents participated in the coordinated deployment in Spain, United Kingdom and Ireland."