Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

British woman, 64, is arrested in Benidorm for ‘strangling her friend to death with a vacuum cleaner cable’

A 64-year-old British holidaymaker has been arrested in Benidorm on suspicion of murdering her friend with a vacuum cleaner cable. The woman allegedly strangled her

18 Sep, 2025 @ 16:50

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Ex-Premier League star Thomas Partey ‘raped woman during unhinged romp in five-star hotel on Marbella’s Golden Mile’, UK court hears

FORMER Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to a string of rapes and a sexual assault against three women – including one alleged

18 Sep, 2025 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Police arrest 19 for murder after ‘50 migrants accused of witchcraft are thrown overboard’ on way to Spain’s Canary Islands

POLICE in Spain have arrested 19 alleged people smugglers accused of torturing and murdering up to 50 would-be migrants on board a small boat heading

17 Sep, 2025 @ 18:18

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish police catch narcos dumping drugs into the Strait of Gibraltar and seize almost seven tonnes

THE Guardia Civil has seized almost seven tonnes of hashish after stopping two drug shipments in the Strait of Gibraltar. The operation took place over

17 Sep, 2025 @ 15:13

Andalucia·Cadiz·Costa del Sol·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Spanish professor who heads up Russian cyber terrorism cell named in Europe’s most wanted list

A SPANISH academic once welcomed as an expert on terrorism and extremism has now been branded a cyberterrorist and placed on Europe’s “most wanted” list.

17 Sep, 2025 @ 12:19

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Maddie McCann chief suspect Christian Brueckner released from jail in Germany

THE main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, and convicted sex criminal, Christian Brueckner could be set for a return to Spain or Portugal now

17 Sep, 2025 @ 11:21

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Trial of Irish criminal John Gilligan suspended until New Year on Spain's Costa Blanca after co-defendant son fails to appear

Irish mafia boss John Gilligan signs on at Costa Blanca courthouse as part of release conditions after raising €10k bail money with begging Whatsapp messages

VETERAN Irish gangster John Gilligan cut a sorry figure as he signed on at a Costa Blanca courthouse today – his first appearance since being

16 Sep, 2025 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

The Albanians? The Mocro maffia? The Chinese? A who’s who of the most dangerous criminal gangs and mafias operating in Spain today

A NEW report from Spain’s Prosecutor’s Office has laid bare some of the many mafia groups operating in the country today. There are some real

15 Sep, 2025 @ 18:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Nightclub manager shoves customer who suffers fatal fall in Spain's Costa Blanca

Gangsters disguised as cops shoot giant tattooed Danish man in the face and later burn his van in sleepy Malaga town

A DANISH man was shot twice in his van by after gangsters disguised as Guardia Civil officers pulled him over in a quiet town just

13 Sep, 2025 @ 19:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

BUSTED!: Two squatters arrested trying to break into Palma flat with crowbar

TWO would-be squatters were caught red-handed trying to break into a Palma flat in the early hours – and one of them was already wanted

10 Sep, 2025 @ 16:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

‘They’re still trying to brush it under the carpet’: Family of Brit killed in Benidorm rail at fresh police claim ‘murder unlikely’

THE family of a British father who plunged to his death in Benidorm say Spanish police are still trying to dismiss foul play nearly a

10 Sep, 2025 @ 08:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Cadiz narcos torture and force grotesque laxative ordeal on mule while they wait for him to pass missing drugs

A YOUNG drug mule was kidnapped and subjected to a grotesque ordeal in Cadiz after a shipment of cocaine and heroin he was supposed to

9 Sep, 2025 @ 18:45

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Scottish mafia shootings: How a team of ‘female spotter used phones stolen from Costa del Sol tourists to track mob leaders before Fuengirola massacre’

IT was the brazen Mafia-style hit that sent shockwaves through the Costa del Sol, triggering fears of a vicious gang war not seen since the

9 Sep, 2025 @ 12:41

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

SUNDAY LONG READ: People smuggling from Algeria to Spain is on the rise – thanks to drug traffickers diversifying and murky international politics

ON many a sweltering afternoon this summer, speed boats have been spotted skimming across the Alboran Sea to Spanish shores. To the casual eye, they

7 Sep, 2025 @ 09:30

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

How the Portuguese navy foiled a high-seas narco-jacking of container ship travelling notorious cocaine highway to Malaga

THE Portuguese Navy has been hailed for its quick action after launching a dramatic high-seas rescue operation to stop armed drug traffickers who had hijacked

5 Sep, 2025 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Retired police chief-turned-security boss for top Spanish company ‘attacks three cops in Madrid restaurant while heavily intoxicated’

A RETIRED police chief inspector in charge of security for a top Spanish Ibex 35-listed company has been arrested for assault at a Madrid restaurant.

5 Sep, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Three injured in brawl in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas

THREE young men have been injured following a brawl on Wednesday in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas. The brawl took place in a bar in Avenida

5 Sep, 2025 @ 13:00

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

REVEALED: The hottest crime spots on Spain's Costa Blanca during the first half of 2025

REVEALED: The top crime hot spots on Spain’s Costa Blanca in first half of 2025

ALICANTE province’s crime rate has risen by 4.7% during the first six months of 2025- compared to the same period last year. The figures from

5 Sep, 2025 @ 12:26

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm police catch French fugitive jailed for 10 years for drug and sex offences

A FRENCH fugitive who skipped a 10-year prison sentence was caught driving around Benidorm with bogus ID documents on him. He had been jailed for

5 Sep, 2025 @ 11:44

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Man fatally shot three times at 'point blank range' amidst town centre shoppers in Valencia area

Man is shot dead at ‘point blank range’ in front of shocked town centre shoppers in Valencia

A MAN was shot dead in the centre of Xirivella- outside Valencia City- amidst multiple eye-witnesses at around 9.45am on Thursday. The brazen assassin escaped

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

‘Champagne’ scammer who fizzed-up cheap Spanish wine jailed

A FRENCH winemaker has been jailed for selling fake champagne, which was in fact cheap Spanish plonk with fizz added. Didier Chopin, 56, spent 2022

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:32

crime·Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

Tranquil Costa del Sol resort town has seen a shocking rise in crime – with sex attacks jumping 133% in a year

ESTEPONA, long considered one of the quieter corners of the Costa del Sol, has seen crime rise sharply in the first half of 2025. The

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:12

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead·Malaga·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Friendly’ youngster killed near isolated ‘hippy’ beach in southern Spain is named, as police search for ‘four mystery men’ in connection with his grisly murder

A YOUNG man found bashed to death near an isolated ‘hippy’ beach in Almeria has been named as 23-year-old Mario Belmonte, the Olive Press can

3 Sep, 2025 @ 18:30

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Bank scammers operating from Costa Blanca conned victims across Spain out of €100k

Costa Blanca bank phone scam conned victims across Spain out of €100k

SEVEN people have been arrested on the Costa Blanca for being part of a phone scam where 42 victims across Spain were conned out of

3 Sep, 2025 @ 17:24

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Police bust gang who pocketed €560k by supplying high-speed boats to migrant smugglers in Spain

A GANG made €560,000 by supplying high-speed boats to traffickers transporting illegal migrants from Algeria to Spain. Six members of the crew have been arrested

3 Sep, 2025 @ 13:30

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Gangster who ‘broke out of jail in Italy and fled to Spain’ arrested in sleepy Barcelona barrio

AN ITALIAN gangster on the run for nearly two months who faced 28 years in prison has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Barcelona.

3 Sep, 2025 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead