Spanish police dismantle 'Dubai Bank' narco-finance network, arrest 21

Spanish police arrested 21 individuals in an operation targeting the 'Dubai Bank' network, a clandestine financial system funding international drug trafficking. The probe originated from the 2021 intentional sinking of a cocaine-laden vessel and resulted in the capture of a high-value Europol target. The takedown disrupts a key money-laundering and financing channel for narcotics operations, though the full extent of the network's global reach remains unclear.