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Crime & Law

Irish ‘crime lord’ Daniel Kinahan recommended to be charged with murder of brother of Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch in...

THE Irish police have recommended that notorious Irish mafia boss Daniel Kinahan be charged with the 2016 gangland murder of the brother of rival...

‘Biological remains’ were found in Madrid flat of missing US expat Ana Maria Knezevich, as sixth week of disappearance...

SOURCES close to the investigation into the disappearance on February 2 of US expat Ana Maria Knezevich say that they found ‘biological remains’ in...

Nurse in Spain is kicked so hard in the testicles he dies – as figures show attacks on doctors...

DOCTORS are continuing to endure a rising number of physical and verbal assaults in Spain according to figures from the Spanish Medical Association(OMC). The worrying...

‘Wolf pack’ of French teens who gang raped a tourist in Benidorm are jailed

THREE French tourists have been given prison terms after pleading guilty to raping a woman in Benidorm five years ago- but they will not...

Cleaning lady supplies security alarm codes of homes and shops to robbers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CLEANING lady supplied two burglars with security alarm code numbers to ease their task of robbing Alicante homes and shops. The trio- in their...

Home viewers of pirated La Liga soccer matches can now be fined individually in Spain

A LANDMARK ruling by a Barcelona judge means that home viewers of pirated feeds of La Liga football matches could be fined. The order of...

Police in Spain’s Caceres find body in hunt for missing 79-year-old lottery winner

THE Guardia Civil located a body on Friday during the ongoing hunt for Vicente Sanchez, a 79-year-old man from a municipality in Caceres province...

Spain’s Policia Nacional arrest five men in Marbella on suspicion of group sexual assault of 26-year-old woman

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional have arrested five men on suspicion of the group sexual assault of a 26-year-old woman in Marbella.  The detentions came after she...

Guns, 23 cellphones, cryptocurrency, and €500 notes: What police found in the house of Koldo Garcia, the man at...

POLICE investigators made some startling discoveries when they searched the home of Koldo Garcia, the former right-hand man of ex-Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos...

Man jailed after body of Norwegian expat who died from adverse reaction to drugs was dumped on Torremolinos street...

A 33-year-old man has been arrested and jailed over the death of a Norwegian woman whose body was found on a Torremolinos street last...

Madrid airport workers busted for stealing jewellery, bags, phones, cameras, and even a violin from passenger suitcases in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has busted a group of Madrid airport employees for stealing valuables from luggage with a value of over €120,000. 16 employees of...

Masked thief who robbed tourist bars and restaurants since 2022 is caught by brave residents on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A THIEF who robbed 37 Costa Blanca bars and restaurants met his match when three Javea residents spotted him jumping the fence of a...

Travel warning for ‘unruly’ British tourists in Spain: Mayor of popular resort vows to crackdown on ‘yobbish’ behaviour 

TOUGHER penalties have been promised against drunken tourists and criminal behaviour in the Playa de Palma area of Mallorca. Palma mayor, Jaime Martinez, made the...

Police swoop on people uploading child pornography to the ‘cloud’ from Spain

SEVEN people have been arrested across Spain by the Policia Nacional for accessing and storing child pornography. Four other suspects are still being investigated. Details were...

Spain’s public prosecutor wants nearly five-year jail term for Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti over tax fraud accusations

THE Madrid public prosecutor is calling for Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti to be given nearly five years in jail over tax fraud claims.  Sources...

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez defends government’s actions over ongoing Covid mask scandal 

SPAIN’S Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez sought to defend his government’s actions today, in the midst of the first corruption scandal to hit his...

Jealous ex-husband who placed a GPS tracker on the car of his ex-wife’s new lover is arrested in Spain

A JEALOUS ex-husband has been arrested for putting a GPS tracker on a car belonging to his former partner's new boyfriend. The 44-year-old man from...

Thieves loot building destroyed by tragic Valencia fire: Police make multiple arrests

TWO men have been arrested for looting the building complex destroyed by fire in Valencia on February 28. The Algerian nationals, aged 23 and 51,...

Property ‘scam’ latest in Spain: Three arrests after buyers in Andalucia and Murcia paid up to €55,000 for homes...

THREE people have been arrested in Malaga for scamming around 1,200 clients who paid up to €55,000 for homes that will never be built. The...

Ana Knezevich latest: Everything we know about missing US expat, 40, who vanished from Spain’s Madrid a MONTH ago

Can you help us find Ana? Email: tips@theolivepress.es EVERYTHING you need to know about Ana Knezevich Henao, US expat who went missing from Madrid over...

Spanish woman who was gang-raped in India is given just €11,000 in compensation – as she vows to ‘try...

A SPANISH citizen who was beaten and gang-raped by seven men in India has been given compensation of just €11,000 by the authorities in...

IPTV crackdown in Spain: First-ever sentence for pirate TV sees company fined €670,000 and its employees up to €7,000...

A PONTEVEDRA court has become the first in Spain to convict a company for proving pirate television services by selling decoders. Engel Systems S.L and...

Italian gangster, 38, is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Fugitive hid among the expat community for years to avoid...

AN Italian fugitive who faces 20 years in prison for drug trafficking charges has been arrested in a holiday apartment in Arenales del Sol. The...

Pressure grows on speaker in Spain’s Congress of Deputies to quit, after more details emerge about Covid mask scandal

PRESSURE was growing on Monday for the speaker in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, to quit, as more details emerged...

Two French nationals slapped with jail sentences for sexually abusing British tourist in Spain’s Ibiza

TWO French citizens have accepted two-year jail sentences for sexually abusing a British woman who was on holiday in Ibiza.  The Balearic Islands’ Provincial Court...

Guardia Civil arrests six, seizes more than two tonnes of hash, as part of ongoing drugs war on Spain’s...

THE Spanish Civil Guard has made six arrests in recent days, as part of the country’s ongoing war with drug gangs on the southern...

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