Costa del Sol

Map of Andalusia
Basic data
Country :	Spain
in the provinces :	Cádiz , Málaga
Length:	approx. 300 km

The Costa del Sol ( Spanish "sun coast") is a coast in southern Spain ( Andalusia ). It borders in the west on the Campo de Gibraltar (Mediterranean coast of the province of Cádiz) and in the east on the Costa Tropical (province of Granada). Outside of Spain, the entire Mediterranean coast of Andalusia is sometimes referred to as the Costa del Sol, but this is incorrect. The Costa del Sol is limited to the Mediterranean coast of the province of Málaga, from Manilva (near Estepona ) to Maro (near Nerja ).

climate

The subtropical climate ensures pleasant temperatures all year round and the coast is also protected from north winds by mountain ranges.

tourism

Since the 1960s, the Costa del Sol has developed into a popular international tourist destination thanks to the climate and the more than 320 days of sunshine per year . Today a large number of hotel complexes and extensive sports facilities characterize the tourist offer. About 60 golf courses were created in the region. The centers of tourism are to the west of Málaga the coast from Torremolinos / Benalmádena via Marbella to San Pedro de Alcántara and in the east of Málaga the coast between Torre del Mar and Nerja .

crime

The Camorra -expert Roberto Saviano saw in 2006, the company on the Costa del Sol largely under the control of Camorristi. In addition to illegal prostitution and drug trafficking , money laundering is mainly carried out there via the construction industry. The Camorristi call the Costa del Sol costa nostra ('our coast'). Saviano attributed the ignorance of Spanish politicians to the Camorra to "a tacit agreement according to which the criminals from Naples are allowed to do their business as long as they do not provoke military action." In the area of serious crime, in addition to the Camorra, there were also organizations from Russia and the former Yugoslavia on the Costa del Sol. In view of this situation, the special police force Grupo de Respuesta Especial para el Crimen Organizado (Greco) was created in 2004 . Marbella, Fuengirola and Torremolinos were among the cities with the highest crime rates in Spain in 2005.

Web links

Commons : Costa del Sol - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Golf on the Costa del Sol. Jahr-Verlag, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-86132-237-4 .
↑ España está invadida por el dinero de la Camorra. In: El País . November 12, 2006, (“Spain will be invaded with the money of the Camorra”), interview with Saviano. Quote: “El clan de los Casalesi, en concreto, invirtió mucho en la Costa del Sol y en Andalucía, donde varios hoteles y complejos turísticos se construyeron con dinero y cemento de la Camorra.” (Translation: “In concrete terms, the clan of Casalesi has invested a lot on the Costa del Sol and in Andalusia, where various hotels and resorts have been built with the money and cement of the Camorra. ")
^ ^A ^b Stefanie Müller: Costa Nostra: How Spain cleans its sunny coast, which is contaminated by drug money and mafia. In: Handelsblatt .com. May 18, 2005, accessed March 11, 2010 .
^ Adriano Farano, translated by Laura Wilfinger: Roberto Saviano: "For the Camorra, Spain is already cosa nostra". Interview with Roberto Saviano. In: cafebabel.com. October 16, 2007, accessed March 14, 2019 .
↑ Gert-Joachim Glaessner, Astrid Lorenz: Europeanization of internal security: a comparative study using the example of organized crime and terrorism . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften , 2005, ISBN 3-531-14518-5 , pp. 148 . ; see. Universidad de Sevilla (ed.): La criminalidad organizada ante la Justicia (= Derecho Series . Volume 63 ). 1996, ISBN 84-472-0352-2 .
↑ Fernando J. Pérez: Los policías más discretos de la Costa del Sol . In: El País . Grupo Prisa, March 5, 2006.
^ Stephanie Oesch: Is organized crime a threat to the Swiss financial center? vdf Hochschulverlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7281-3283-3 , p. 47 .
^ Hubert Kahl: Marbella: Costa del Mafia. In: stern.de. March 16, 2005, accessed March 11, 2010 .

[1] Golf on the Costa del Sol. Jahr-Verlag, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-86132-237-4 .

[2] España está invadida por el dinero de la Camorra. In: El País . November 12, 2006, (“Spain will be invaded with the money of the Camorra”), interview with Saviano. Quote: “El clan de los Casalesi, en concreto, invirtió mucho en la Costa del Sol y en Andalucía, donde varios hoteles y complejos turísticos se construyeron con dinero y cemento de la Camorra.” (Translation: “In concrete terms, the clan of Casalesi has invested a lot on the Costa del Sol and in Andalusia, where various hotels and resorts have been built with the money and cement of the Camorra. ")

[handelsblatt-3] A ^b Stefanie Müller: Costa Nostra: How Spain cleans its sunny coast, which is contaminated by drug money and mafia. In: Handelsblatt .com. May 18, 2005, accessed March 11, 2010 .

[4] Adriano Farano, translated by Laura Wilfinger: Roberto Saviano: "For the Camorra, Spain is already cosa nostra". Interview with Roberto Saviano. In: cafebabel.com. October 16, 2007, accessed March 14, 2019 .

[5] Gert-Joachim Glaessner, Astrid Lorenz: Europeanization of internal security: a comparative study using the example of organized crime and terrorism . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften , 2005, ISBN 3-531-14518-5 , pp. 148 . ; see. Universidad de Sevilla (ed.): La criminalidad organizada ante la Justicia (= Derecho Series . Volume 63 ). 1996, ISBN 84-472-0352-2 .

[6] Fernando J. Pérez: Los policías más discretos de la Costa del Sol . In: El País . Grupo Prisa, March 5, 2006.

[7] Stephanie Oesch: Is organized crime a threat to the Swiss financial center? vdf Hochschulverlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7281-3283-3 , p. 47 .

[8] Hubert Kahl: Marbella: Costa del Mafia. In: stern.de. March 16, 2005, accessed March 11, 2010 .