IN THE biggest crackdown so far against fake holiday compensation claims, seven Britons have been arrested following a month-long investigation on Mallorca. Guardia Civil officers raided six homes and two commercial premises in Palma and Calviá last week and detained a gang suspected of masterminding fraudulent food poisoning claims made by British tourists.
The tourism sector on Mallorca estimates that it has lost €50 million from UK tour operators who deduct any compensation paid to claimants from the amount they pay to the hotel in which they stayed.
