Madrid, Jan 31 (EFE) .- The volume of fraud discovered in Spain by the Security Forces of the State and by the Inspectorate of Labour and Social Security exceeded 257 million euros in operations carried out in 2014, according to data provided by the Ministry of Employment.
In particular, police and civil guard arrested and charged during 2014-4631 people in 46,304 investigations in the field of social security fraud, representing an increase of 7.4% compared to 2013.
In addition, the result of joint work of the Forces of State Security and Inspection of Labour and Social Security 9,822 violations were detected, which means an increase of 16.8% compared to 2013.
The investigations in which the greatest number of Social Security fraud were detected located in Madrid, Valencia and Catalonia.
Over the past year, 1,576 illegal workers in Spain and 60 victims of human trafficking for labor exploitation were found.
The jobs aflorados in 2014 by the inspection activities were 9,170, representing an increase of 25% compared to 2013.
The Forces of State Security involved 69 vehicles, 35 properties and 11 companies in various operations against fraud made in 2014 that uncovered the existence of 2,843 fictitious companies.
All these data were analyzed this week by Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz, Employment and Safety Social, Fatima Banez, under the collaboration agreement signed in April 2013 in the fight against social security fraud and illegal employment in Spain.
This agreement seeks to respond to the need . to intensify the persecution of crime and fraud relating to labor and social rights of workers and enterprises
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