Desokupa

The company was set up in October 2014 with the corporate name Coexistance [sic] and Respect S. L., with an address in Barcelona. Its founder is Dani Esteve, a qualified security guard since 1999. In April 2016, the company dissolved itself due to demands for debts to the Treasury. It was re-established in July 2016 as Conciencia y Respeto 1970 S. L..^[1]

In October 2022, it was announced that Desokupa offered consulting advice to 15 city councils on how to deal with squatters, for an annual fee of €3,000. Esteve said that he had offered such services for four years to councils across Spain.^[2]

In the 2022 financial year, Desokupa reported income of €880,000, and Esteve received a salary of €180,000.^[3]

Esteve said in 2025 that he supported the anti-immigration policy of Vox, but also had views in favour of animal rights.^[2]

During the 2023 Barcelona City Council election, Desokupa protested against left-wing mayor Ada Colau. Esteve had predicted that hundreds of thousands would demonstrate, but only around 800 did.^[4]

In the 2023 Spanish general election campaign, Desokupa erected a billboard showing prime minister Pedro Sánchez in front of a flag of Morocco and an aeroplane, with the slogan "You to Morocco, Desokupa to Moncloa", referring to the prime minister's residence.^[5] The billboard was vandalised by opponents of evictions, and Desokupa resolved with the Junta Electoral Central that the billboard was covered by freedom of expression.^[6]

Esteve has already been arrested and charged with extortion, unlawful detention, bodily harm, harassment, and criminal association while running morososbcn.com.^[7][8]

In May 2023, Ione Belarra, president of Podemos and minister of social rights and 2030 Agenda, proposed criminalising companies such as Desokupa, with a four-year prison sentence.^[9]

In March 2025, proceedings were brought against him for hate crimes for threatening migrants.^[10]