Malaga car thefts second highest in Spain according to report

MALAGA has the second-highest rate of car theft in the country.

A recent report has revealed that 10% of car thefts in Spain occur in the province, second only to Madrid.

The capital sees an overwhelming 52% of the country’s car thefts.

The report by Techno Security found that the most stolen car in 2016 was the Seat Ibiza.

As cars move towards computer security systems, the report says there are more ways to steal them through hacking software.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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