The Daily Telegraph said that Sir Mark was speaking from the resort of Puerto Banus on the Costa del Sol.

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Many stayed with him in his holiday homes in North Wales or the Costa del Sol - paid for with the money he stole from them.

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Located between Marbella and Sotogrande in the Costa del Sol, Finca Cortesin is a coastal development set by an 18-hole golf course of the same name, which opened in 2006 and this year plays hosts to the Volvo World Match Play Championship.

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The suspected ringleader of the gang, a Russian man, was arrested in the United Arab Emirates, while 10 suspected aides, including Russians, Ukrainians and Georgians, were arrested on Spain's Costa del Sol, on the Mediterranean coast, said Francisco Martinez, Spain's secretary of state for security.

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Obama also went to Spain in the summer of 2010 on a personal trip with friends and daughter Sasha, but her stay at a luxury resort on the Costa del Sol wasn't well-received back home, raising questions about the cost and wisdom of taking such a trip during tough economic times.

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