Vacant apartments held for ransom in Spain
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Barcelona
A WALL of bricks and cement covers the window of a brand new apartment on the ground floor of a quaint building in Barceloneta, a trendy seaside neighbourhood in Barcelona.
The goal? To prevent the vacant flat from being taken over by organised gangs who break into empty homes, hand them over to others for a fee who then proceed to hold the owners to ransom - a phenomenon that has homeowners and authorities concerned.
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