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The 2022 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit will take place in Madrid, Spain from June 29-30. OSAC is not aware of any credible, specific threats to the NATO Summit, or to any of the locations or establishm...

Demonstrations in several cities across Catalonia and Valencia turned violent on February 16 in protest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel’s arrest and prison sentence for glorifying terrorism and insulting the Spanish monarc...

Conspiracy theories and disinformation have been prominent throughout Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to conspiracies and disinformation about the virus itself, other misinformation campaigns prominently...

Over the last few months, protests have taken place in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, and elsewhere, primarily focused on anti-COVID-19 restrictions, anti-racism and Black Lives Mat...

As of August 17, Spain has the worst COVID-19 infection rate in Western Europe. Nightclubs and social gatherings are now outbreak epicenters, along with hospitals, healthcare centers, and food-processing plants. The Mini...

This report provides a thorough security assessment for COP25, the climate change summit, taking place in Madrid, Spain. The report covers crime, terrorism, civil unrest, as well as other pertinent information regarding...

OSAC is conducting a benchmarking survey regarding the ongoing protest activity in the province of Catalonia, including Barcelona. OSAC invites members of the U.S. private sector with operations in/or travel to Spain to...

In early October, Spain’s Supreme Court is likely to announce its verdict in the trial against 12 Catalan pro-independence leaders who spearheaded an unconstitutional October 2017 referendum to secede from Spain. There i...

Residents of most industrialized western countries are used to freedom of speech at some level, usually restricted only when it has the potential to harm others. But some locations – including some of the more popular co...

China’s broadened system of criminal justice is at odds with both the EU and the UN, yet six EU member states currently have extradition treaties with China. Countries who depend on economic ties with China may find them...

As the one-year anniversary of major protest activity and a disputed independence referendum approach, OSAC constituents with operations in or travel to the Catalonia region of Spain (which includes Barcelona) may encoun...

Arran Països Catalans, known as ARRAN, is a youth action group that has been responsible for orchestrating multiple protests against the tourism industry in the Catalonia region of Spain. ARRAN leaders have stated that t...

Calls for independence among Catalonian political leaders and their followers continue to prompt largely non-violent demonstrations. While most protest activity has taken place in the Catalan region of Spain, legal decis...

On October 10, Catalan President Carles Puigdemont made an ambiguous speech in front of the Catalan legislature, during which he signed a declaration of independence from Spain, but also announced the temporary suspensio...

On September 6, the parliament of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia voted to approve a bill on the referendum and implementation of an independent state, which was immediately signed by Catalan President Carl...

This report examines two major security issues currently faced by Morocco, and explores potential effects on the U.S. private sector operating there.

Arran, a leftist youth organization active in the Spanish part of the so-called Catalan Countries (Països Catalans), which include Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands, has been receiving media attention after c...

In August, there were at least four counterterror arrests made in Europe in or with links to Spain, including the arrest of a former Spanish resident who attempted to carry out a mass-casualty attack on an Amsterdam-Pari...

Spain’s King Juan Carlos announced on June 2 that he would abdicate the throne this month to his son, Crown Prince Felipe. The announcement triggered a nationwide anti-monarchy movement that has called for a referendum t...

Most geopolitical discussions of left-wing terrorism are usually reserved for reminiscing about decades past. In this context, the threat of Turkish left-wing terrorism that resurfaced in 2012 was met with skepticism. Ho...