Guardia Civil officers of Las Palmas have arrested two people, a man and a woman, for an alleged sex crime in Gran Canaria.

Those arrested are Spanish and residents of Gran Canaria. The arrest was carried out as part of Operation ’Falcon’, carried out by the Judicial Police of the Guardia Civil de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, as reported in a press release.

The investigation began after learning of the existence of a man, a resident of Arucas, who supposedly offered different amounts of money to third parties in return for paedophile material, specifically photographs of naked children.

Once grounds were established for suspecting that sex crimes were being committed, agents were able to discover the modus operandi of the man, who would contact women engaged in prostitution to offer money in exchange for pictures of girls aged between 9 and 12 years.

It was also found that he offered more money if they could provide him with young girls for him to photograph for himself.

After verifying the facts, on October 31, 2012, Guardia Civil officers were able to intervene in a meeting between the accused man and a woman engaged in prostitution in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, who in exchange for a large sum of money, was going to introduce him to a minor so he could photograph her.

The two detainees were brought before the First Magistrate’s Court of Arucas, which decreed the imprisonment of both.

The 2013 Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, whose theme is the Grand Masquerade Ball, will be broadcast to more than 200 countries through the international channel Spanish Radio and Television (RTVE).

The public broadcaster will bring the capital’s carnival to the Canary Islands, Spain and the world, says the City Council following the initialling of the agreement between both parties.

The agreement signed on Tuesday morning includes live national and regional broadcast of the Gala Queen and the Drag Queen Gala, as well as recorded coverage of these events and the Grand Parade, by the international channel.  The three stages and final of the murgas contest and the Grand Parade will be broadcast live regionally.

In addition, TVE’s website will feature a link for watching the galas live, and a second link with highlights that will be available for a month after the event.  Viewers will also be able to follow both shows on their smartphone via the free Carnival Las Palmas de Gran Canaria App.

The government councillor for Education, Culture and Sports, Maria Isabel Garcia Bolta, and the director of RTVE in Canary, Carlos Taboada, have signed this agreement that ends the live national broadcast on TVE 2 with the Carnival Queen Contest and the Drag Queen Gala. In the Canary Islands viewers can watch both live broadcasts on TVE 1.

The Murgas contest will hit screens on TVE 2 in The Canaries.  The agreement allows the television network to broadcast live, regionally, the three stages and the final of the competition.

NATIONAL PROGRAMMES FROM THE STAGE OF CARNIVAL

TVE has committed to broadcasting three national programs from the stage of the Carnival: TVE 1’s La Mañana, Corazón + Gente, and coverage of the carnival acts, which includes providing updates to the information services group RTVE, direct connections from the stage of the Carnival for the network’s varous channels, and a promotional campaign for all acts of Carnival before and during the celebration.

Radio Nacional de España will broadcast the main events of the Grand Carnival Masquerade Ball live to the entire archipelago, whilst Radio 5-Todo Noticias will be broadcasting, on the Gala Queen, Drag Queen Gala and Murgas Contest Final.

UP TO DATE CARNAVAL INFORMATION

RNE will keep its Canarian listeners up to date with all Carnival happenings through both Radio 1 and Radio 5-Todo Noticias, Canarias Mediodia and the special program Carnival Vivo, which will be broadcast live on Radio 5 daily from 21.00 to 22.00 hours.

The carnival atmosphere will be broadcast  to every corner of the world via shortwave radio by Radio Exterior de España.