article_snippet: Hank Cole, the NCA's head of international operations, said: 'Spain is not a safe haven for British fugitives.
article_snippet: Speaking at Malaga's police headquarters, Inspector Olga Lizana, head of the Spanish National Police Fugitives Unit, said British criminals living in Spain should 'leave Spain' because British criminals living in Spain will be found.
article_snippet: British criminals living in Spain added: 'This is not a good place (for British criminals living in Spain) to come any more.
article_snippet: Warning: Hank Cole, NCA's head of international operations, says Spain is no longer a safe haven for British criminals .
article_snippet: Spain's Costa del Sol - once dubbed 'Costa del Crime' - has been known as a hideaway for British criminals in the past, particularly in the late 1970s and 80s when there were no extradition agreements with UK.
article_snippet: Inspector Lizana said, like most British expatriates, criminals were attracted to Spain by the 'good weather and good food.'
article_snippet: For years, Spain has been an appealing hideaway for British criminals evading capture, with dozens disappearing in what's been dubbed the Costa del Crime.