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‘Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner abused my four-year-old daughter during dog walks in the park – while taking sick pictures of her’

A FORMER friend of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has revealed how he abused her child while out walking his dogs. Anja K told a court in Germany that the sex offender

19 Apr, 2024 @ 18:49

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Moment Audrey Fang’s ‘killer’ is arrested during raid at his hotel after his car was caught on CCTV: Suspect, 43, will remain in prison in Spain while the investigation continues

POLICE in Spain have released footage showing the last recorded movements of the alleged killer of Singaporean tourist Audrey Fang. In a clip shared online, the 43-year-old, also from Singapore, can be

19 Apr, 2024 @ 18:06

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Guardia Civil operation to bust a trafficking ring

Trafficked into Spain and exploited in restaurants: Police and Guardia Civil bust network that was paying a pittance to Colombian nationals in four Tarragona eateries

A JOINT operation between the Policia Nacional and the Guardia Civil has busted a network in Spain’s Catalunya region that was trafficking Colombian nationals into the country and forcing them to work

19 Apr, 2024 @ 16:05

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: How Audrey Fang’s alleged killer was caught by police as more details emerge of brutal murder that saw her stabbed more than 30 times on the last day of her holiday in southern Spain

DETAILS are emerging of the brutal murder of Singaporean tourist Audrey Fang, whose body was found dumped in a lorry park in Murcia with more than 30 stab wounds. The architect, 39,

19 Apr, 2024 @ 16:05

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Narco boat’ manufacturers who ‘helped drug traffickers ferry eight tonnes of cocaine and hashish’ along the Gibraltar Strait are arrested in Spain as crackdown continues

A GANG that specialised in manufacturing the notorious ‘narco launches’ that have become ubiquitous in the Strait of Gibraltar has been raided. The Galicia-based criminal organisation supplied high-powered outboard motors and custom-built

19 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15

Crime & Law·Lead

The arson attack on a warehouse in El Ejido

Nine farmers arrested in Spain’s Almeria after they set fire to a warehouse with 25 workers inside in protest at their fruit imports from Morocco

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional has arrested nine farmers in Spain’s Almeria province, after they allegedly set fire to an agriculture warehouse despite knowing that there were workers inside. The suspects had met each

19 Apr, 2024 @ 13:36

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Who are the Latin Kings? The international narco gang that has terrorised Barcelona for years – as major crackdown THIS WEEK sees 30-plus members arrested and 13 properties raided

THE Guardia Civil have arrested 32 members of a notorious Barcelona street gang as part of ‘Operation Kamaleones’ as authorities look to crack down on the region’s extensive criminal networks. Some 13

18 Apr, 2024 @ 13:37

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror in Fuengirola: Man, 34, ‘stabs his landlord to death before slashing girlfriend, 19, during knife rampage’ – as his partner claims he murdered ANOTHER man last weekend

A FUENGIROLA man has been arrested following a fatal stabbing on Wednesday night and he’s also been accused of bludgeoning a man to death last weekend with a golf club. Emergency services-

18 Apr, 2024 @ 13:05

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Malaga chief accuses Marbella mayor of a ‘lack of respect’ after she demanded the Policia Nacional share more information following a wave of shootings

THE Mayor of Marbella has come under attack from Madrid’s man in Malaga over her demands that the police share more information about recent mafia activity. Javier Salas, the government’s subdelegate for

18 Apr, 2024 @ 11:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Dangerous ‘devil hitman’ from Colombia ‘who excelled in kidnap, torture and making people disappear’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COLOMBIAN hitman- nicknamed Juan Diablo- has been arrested on the Costa Blanca. The fugitive is a key figure in the Los Lobos criminal gang operating in Valle del Cauca in Columbia.

17 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

The moment the Pakistani man was arrested

Pakistani national attacked McDonald’s in Spain’s Catalunya with an axe after ‘seeing a video where they were killing Palestinian children’. The suspected Jihadist said he hoped he would be killed by police

A PAKISTANI national who attacked a McDonald’s restaurant in Catalunya with an axe on March 27 said that he did so after having seen a video in which Palestinian children died. “Today

17 Apr, 2024 @ 13:35

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Great ham swindle nets €17 million for a Madrid area gang who used fake labels to fool customers

POLICE have busted a giant swindle involving ham exports with bogus health seals that netted a company over €17 million in five years. Six people have been arrested by the Policia Nacional

16 Apr, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Police dismantle BIGGEST network of narcos in the Gibraltar Strait, seizing 627 kilos of cocaine and four TONNES of hashish

The Gibraltar Strait’s largest network of ‘narco transporters’, behind the last 4000 kilos of hashish and 627 kilos of cocaine seized in the area, has been dismantled. Known as ‘operacion Grajuela’, the

16 Apr, 2024 @ 17:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Marbella mayor calls for national and local police to work together more following surge in gangland shootings

MARBELLA’S mayor, Angeles Muñoz, wants more information sharing between the Policia Nacional and the city’s Policia Local to counter a wave of increased shooting in the area. Muñoz will formalise the request

16 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Italian expat, 20, is arrested ‘after raping a British tourist on a beach’ in Spain’s Mallorca

A WAITER has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for raping a British tourist in Palmanova on Mallorca. The 20-year-old Italian national met the woman last week at a restaurant that he

16 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Kidnappers are arrested in Spain's Malaga

WATCH: Kidnappers are arrested after ‘abucting a Swedish tourist from Malaga airport and holding him captive for 23 DAYS as part of a €500k ransom plot’

A SWEDISH tourist has been rescued by the police after a terrifying kidnap and abduction that lasted for 23 days. His captors were demanding a €500,000 ransom in cryptocurrency from his family

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Double stabbing in Torremolinos: Two young men receive knife wounds to the buttocks and ribs in unprovoked attack in the street

POLICE in Torremolinos have launched an investigation after two young men were attacked and stabbed by a group of youngsters for no apparent reason. The victims, aged 19 and 26, ended up

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Woman Arrested For Skipping 500 Taxi Fare To Spain S Costa Blanca From Madrid

Four Irish tourists are arrested in Spain after ‘beating up a taxi driver’: Group were caught moments before catching a flight home from Barcelona

FOUR Irish tourists were arrested in Catalunya in the early hours of Monday morning after a bitter dispute with a local taxi driver turned violent. The group of friends were caught by

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:07

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Marbella shooting latest: Victim, 33, is from Albania and received multiple wounds in yet another gangland incident in Guadalmina

GUADALMINA has become the latest site of a Marbella shooting after a 33-year-old Albanian man received multiple wounds this Saturday. The man was allegedly shot up to five times in Guadalmina’s shopping

15 Apr, 2024 @ 14:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

THE BODIES of two men who were neighbours on a Calpe urbanisation have been discovered by the Guardia Civil on Monday. Both had gunshot wounds with one of the victims being a

15 Apr, 2024 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Thieves steal from foreign tourists visiting popular sight-seeing area in Spain's Valencia

Female gang of pickpockets are arrested after targeting tourists in Spain’s Valencia

A GANG of street thieves have been arrested in Valencia City after robbing a group of Chinese tourists. The four women operated in a popular sight-seeing spot by the City of Arts

15 Apr, 2024 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

EXCLUSIVE: Child victim of a sex assault in Portugal recognises Madeleine Mccann suspect Christian Brueckner in the courtroom

By Jon Clarke and Rainer Burkard, in Braunschweig IT was something of a seminal moment in the mammoth ongoing trial of seasoned sex offender Christian Brueckner. But it was missed by almost

14 Apr, 2024 @ 21:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

US husband accused of killing of his expat wife in a tourist flat in Malaga claims she died after ‘a sex game simulating rape’ and ‘taking a drug’

AN American man being investigated over the death of his wife in Malaga claims she died after they engaged in ‘rape roleplay’ and after she took an unspecified ‘substance’. Bianca Pitman, 43,

12 Apr, 2024 @ 14:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Ambulance driver in Benidorm steals cash and jewellery worth €4,500 from an elderly couple en route to hospital

A BENIDORM ambulance driver has been arrested for stealing a bag containing jewellery worth €4,500 from an elderly couple he was taking to hospital. The couple from the Barcelona area were staying

12 Apr, 2024 @ 14:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Tourist is robbed of his Rolex while getting out of his car in Marbella: Two thieves swooped in on a moped

A MIDDLE-AGED man in Marbella has become the latest victim of watch-stealers, after a pair of thieves made off with his Rolex on Wednesday as he was getting out of his car.

12 Apr, 2024 @ 13:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Attack on Socialist politician Olegario Ramon

Far-right protesters attack left-wing politician in Spain: Video shows moment PSOE spokesperson is manhandled by member of a flag-waving mob

THE former mayor of Ponferrada and current Socialist Party (PSOE) spokesperson in the northwestern Spanish city, Olegario Ramon, was violently attacked on Thursday by a protestor who is reportedly linked to the

12 Apr, 2024 @ 12:04

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

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