Benidorm Corporation will urge the General Courts to reform the Law to penalize ‘the trile’

The Municipal Corporation of Benidorm will vote on Monday in full a motion to “urge the General Courts” to reform the Law so that the practice of “illegal activities” such as “the trile” “does not enjoy the impunity with which the Current legislation. " The motion has been agreed today on a Board of Spokesmen convened by the mayor, Toni Pérez; and its objective is that 'the trile' is classified as a crime in the Criminal Code in order to provide the Bodies and Security Forces with “agile procedures” and “effective legal measures” that allow “to eradicate this fraudulent activity from our public roads” . An activity that "damages the image of the city of Benidorm and Tourism in general."

Therefore, "it becomes essential and urgent a typification of the activity to indicate a higher level legal figure", through which to articulate "effective measures" against 'the trile' that “move the population, both resident and tourist , the greatest perception and feeling of real security during your stay in Benidorm ”.

As the motion indicates, since the early 1970s, 'el trile' “has been affecting and damaging the image of the safe city that is Benidorm without the effective formula to eradicate the activity being found to date”, a Although "all city governments have tried to orchestrate strategies to eliminate the painful image of the 'trileros' acting on public roads."

For this, among other actions, campaigns have been launched in the last three decades and diptychs have been published warning of this trap game, informative talks have been held with tour operators and clients, and efforts have been made to harass the promoters through police presence and intervention. of the fake game.

However, "it has not been enough to tackle a problem" sanctioned in the Game Law of the Valencian Community and in the Municipal Ordinance number 2.

More recently, "from the Department of Citizen Security, the Headquarters of the Local Police and the Police Station of the National Police Force" have sought "new legal figures to address the problem." Thus, attempts have been made to link the repetition of the practice of ‘the trile’ to a crime of Disobedience to an Agent of the Authority, although the initial convictions in the first instance have been dismissed by higher judicial instances.

That is why this motion gains strength, prominence and maximum interest in the security and tourism image of Benidorm and other equally affected destinations.