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The Spanish police believe they could have prevented some murders if there was an EU-wide sex offenders register. (Photo: EUobserver)

EU-wide sex offenders list mooted

Spain is set to propose an EU-wide register of sex-offenders, including rapists, paedophiles and other violent sex criminals.

The move has been prompted by a recent case in which two women were killed and three others were raped by a man already convicted for sex crimes in the UK.

The 38 year-old man, known as the "Holloway strangler", had previously served ten years in a British prison for strangling and raping several girls and women in the UK.

Upon his release, he chan...

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The Spanish police believe they could have prevented some murders if there was an EU-wide sex offenders register. (Photo: EUobserver)

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