Madrid - Three Britons were among those arrested with a man who is said to have helped finance Middle East terror groups with profits from ripping off tourists in Canary Island timeshare scams.
Spain's leading investigative judge impounded two 747 jetliners belonging to the alleged leader of the crime ring broken up by the arrest of 18 people. National Court judge Baltasar Garzon said the two planes parked at Madrid's international airport belonged to a company run by Mohamed Jamil Derbah and an unidentified Russian.