Romanians wanted for one of France's most publicised crimes caught in Barcelona

Two Romanians wanted for 20 years for their involvement in one of France's most publicized murders in the 2000s have been arrested in a spectacular raid in Barcelona. The case involved the death of a young Frenchman who had tried to run away with a Romanian prostitute he had fallen in love with. Romanian pimps caught and killed him, and the murder shocked France.

After two decades of searching, police in Spain managed to catch the two killers, who were hiding under false identities in Barcelona. The case was linked to human trafficking and pimping, and the two Romanians were identified after a complex investigation, reports Digi.24. The wanted men had false Croatian identities and managed to evade justice for two decades by repeatedly changing their identities.

Both Romanian criminals have extensive criminal histories, including convictions in Romania for manslaughter in 1995 and in Belgium for human trafficking and pimping in 2001. Their arrest marks the end of a lengthy investigation and a long period of international searches.