D Wednesday, October 28, 2009 METRO SPANISH TOURISM OFFICE 1, Westmoreland Street DUBLIN 2 Information number: 081 846 2960 Office inquiries: 01 635 0200 Fax: 01 635 0205 dublin@tourspain.es ParadorofSantoEstevoParadorofSantoEstevoParadorofPlasencia www.spain.infowww.spain.infowww.spain.infowww.spain.infowww.spain.info The Spanish Paradores - where history and legend await your arrival. The historic setting and excellent service at each Parador make this a truly magical experience. Paradores: 00 34 91 516 66 66 Keytel International: 095 23511 www.parador.es Serious crime increases, with kidnappings up 86%By con dohertyTHE number of kidnappings committed this year has increased by 86 per cent compared with 2008, the latest Central Statistics Office figures show. Human trafficking offences rose from four to 15, in the third quarter of the year compared with the same period last year, with the number of child abduction cases rising from three to 11. Violent burglaries soared in recent months with 95 homeowners targeted by criminals from July to Sep- tember, an increase of 51 per cent or 32 cases, while there were 39 kidnapping and related offences re- corded, compared with 21 in the third quarter of 2008. There were more murders, rapes, sexual as- saults on minors, robberies, cultivation of drugs, ar- son attacks and explosive finds detected in the last year compared with the previous year. Fine Gaels justice spokesperson Charlie Flanagan said the Government needs to take urgent action on home defence and rural policing, saying the 51 per cent increase in aggravated burglary was worrying in the extreme. Mr Flanagan added that the 30million cut in Garda overtime are clearly visible in the latest crime statistics. Between July and September there were: 12 people murdered; 20 cases of defilement of a mi- nor; 196 robberies; 7,047 burglaries, up from 5,555; 818 arson attacks, a 50 per cent rise; 11 youngsters abducted and 13 people imprisoned. Elsewhere firearms offences, dangerous or negli- gent acts and public order offences were down. Justice Minister DermotAhern said he has request- ed the Attorney General to ask the Law Reform Commission to look at mandatory sentencing for those attacking the most vulnerable in society. THE sudden death of Bruce Springsteens cousin caused him to cancel a performance with the E Street Band two hours before they were due on stage on Monday night. Lenny Sullivan, Springsteens cousin who was also the bands assistant road manager, died unexpectedly aged 34 before the band were to play the Sprint Center arena in Kansas City as part of their Working On A Dream tour. Mr Sullivan was found dead at the citys Intercontinental Hotel. His death is not being treated as suspicious. Blog The Music Mix has reported that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform as planned at the first of two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concerts in New York tomorrow. Boss show pulled after cousin dies Bruce: Show is cancelled PROSECUTORS spoke to empty chairs at a tribunal in The Hague yesterday as former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic boycotted his trial for a second day. He is charged with a genocidal campaign during the 1992-95 Bosnian war that killed 100,000 people. Judge O- Gon Kwon warned Karadzic to appear in court or risk being tried in absentia. Karadzic is a no show for second day of trial index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html