PODCAST: Fátima Ofkir - the young Catalan woman serving a life sentence in Oman
Convicted of drug trafficking at 18 years old, Fátima has exhausted appeals but holds out hope for a diplomatic solution
drug use
Two major international drug raids in Barcelona
Police detain one of most wanted criminals and dismantle group with ties to Mexican cartel
Drug that could provide immediate immunity against Covid to go to clinical trial
Catalan company Grífols develops potential supplement to vaccine rollout with first results to be known in spring
Hydroxychloroquine does not prevent Covid infections, Catalan study finds
Researchers advise against use of malaria drug promoted by Donald Trump
Anti-drug raids in Barcelona lead to scores of arrests
51 detained in major police operation against cocaine and heroin trafficking
Operation against drug and weapon traffickers continues with more raids
Catalan police enter homes north of Barcelona a day after some 40 people were arrested
40 arrests in raids against drug and weapons traffickers in North Barcelona
Mossos police strike a blow against one of the "most important" crime organizations in and around the city of Badalona
Barcelona, the capital of cocaine
International study of wastewater in 37 countries puts Catalan city among those with most illicit drug use
'Very serious blow' to drug trafficking explained
54 arrests, and large amounts of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, weapons and money confiscated
Major police operation against drug trafficking network in central Barcelona
More than 500 police officers take part in raids in Raval neighborhood against organization distributing illegal drugs and arrest 54
Dozens arrested in raids of some 40 Barcelona drug dealing flats
Neighbors have been complaining for months about empty apartments being used to sell narcotics
142 arrested in police operation against Armenian mafia
Raids in Catalan and Spanish towns related to such alleged offenses as drug and arms trafficking, tobacco smuggling and money laundering
Catalan researchers isolate and control AIDS virus for the first time
A clinical trial of a vaccine has proved, for the first time ever, that the immune system of those infected with AIDS can be re-educated in order to control the virus for long periods of time and without taking anti-retroviral drugs. In particular, 5 of the 13 patients whom participated in the trial and stopped their treatment achieved control of the virus for 5, 13, 17, 20 and 27 weeks respectively. The research, which is still ongoing, is being developed in different hospitals in Barcelona and Badalona and is directed by the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, a leading centre for research into the eradication of HIV/AIDS and related diseases, and the Fight AIDS Foundation, a non-profit organisation that is dedicated to healthcare, research and education in the field of HIV/AIDS, created by Doctor Bonaventura Clotet in 1992.