Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

EXCLUSIVE: Trial date for Madeleine McCann suspect is finally set: Christian Brueckner, 46, faces lengthy jail term for ‘violent sexual attacks on women and children’

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner will finally face a number of his alleged victims in court in February. The Olive Press can reveal a long-awaited

16 Oct, 2023 @ 18:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Man screams in support for Hamas before sexually assaulting two women on train in Spain

A TRAIN passenger who shouted he was from the Palestinian-based terrorist group Hamas and then sexually assaulted two women, has been arrested by the Guardia

16 Oct, 2023 @ 18:06

Crime & Law·Lead

Civil Guard nabs British national in Spain’s Javea on suspicion of drug trafficking, money laundering and belonging to a criminal organisation

THE CIVIL GUARD has arrested a British national in Javea who is wanted by the authorities back home on suspicion of drug trafficking, money laundering

15 Oct, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

British vegan ‘narco boss’ and ‘cocaine kingpin’ are hiding among expats on the Costa del Sol: THESE are the UK’s most wanted fugitives in Spain

A VEGAN drug trafficker and a cocaine kingpin are among the four most wanted Brits currently hiding in Spain, it has emerged. Asim Naveed and

15 Oct, 2023 @ 13:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Pregnant Woman Shot In Head With Baby Delivered By Cesarean Section In Spain's Valencia

‘On the ground and crying’: Passer-by discovers abandoned baby with umbilical cord still attached in Malaga city

A NEWBORN baby boy with its umbilical cord still attached was found on Saturday morning in the city of Malaga. The abandoned infant was discovered

15 Oct, 2023 @ 12:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Expat in Spain ‘hires several hitmen to kill her ex-partner to collect €100k life insurance’

A CASTELLON woman hired two groups of hitmen to kill her ex-partner so that she could pocket a €100,000 life insurance pay-out. The middle-aged Peruvian

13 Oct, 2023 @ 14:20

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Man climbs wall and enters apartment via balcony before sexually attacking woman in Spain's Valencia

Man climbs wall and breaks into apartment via balcony to rape woman in Spain’s Valencia

A MAN, 32, scaled the wall of a Valencia building to access a first floor balcony and enter the home of a woman who he

12 Oct, 2023 @ 18:03

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Irish fugitive accused of helping cover up the murder of Carl Carr on Spain’s Costa Blanca dies before standing trial

AN IRISH fugitive wanted over the cover up of the murder of fellow Irish national Carl Carr in Torrevieja five years ago has died suddenly

12 Oct, 2023 @ 15:54

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Hotel worker, 24, ‘stole cash and valuables from guests’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca by ‘using universal code to raid safes while they were out’

AN ALICANTE hotel worker has been caught stealing money from room safes by using a universal access code to open them. The 24-year-old Spanish woman-

12 Oct, 2023 @ 11:26

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Gibraltar Customs seize ‘staggering’ 500 kilos of cocaine valued at £30 million attached to passing ships

CUSTOMS officers have seized more than 500 kilos of cocaine attached to the hull of two bulk carriers that were anchored off Gibraltar’s coast. The

12 Oct, 2023 @ 09:37

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Young man knocks out 67-year-old in Spain’s city of Malaga just because he was angry

A YOUNG man admitted to police in Spain’s Malaga that he knocked out a 67-year-old for no other reason than that he was feeling angry

12 Oct, 2023 @ 09:16

Crime & Law·Malaga

Man ‘kills wife with shotgun before turning weapon on himself’ just hours after family lunch with their teenage son on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A MAN is suspected of killing his wife with a shotgun before turning the gun on himself in a horrific murder-suicide in Benalmadena. According to

11 Oct, 2023 @ 11:13

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Court sentences teenager who visited four Gibraltar restaurants outside opening hours

A COURT has sentenced a teenager to over a year in prison after he broke into four popular eateries and a tobacco shop in Gibraltar

11 Oct, 2023 @ 09:55

Crime & Law·Gibraltar

Two non-local men arrested for alleged racism against Jewish community in Gibraltar

POLICE arrested two foreign men who allegedly hurled abuse at members of the Jewish community on Gibraltar’s Main Street Tuesday morning. Officers arrested the Portuguese

11 Oct, 2023 @ 09:25

Crime & Law·Gibraltar

Air Europa cyberattack: Airline tells anyone who has bought a ticket to CANCEL their credit cards

SPAIN’S Air Europa said on Tuesday that it had suffered a cyberattack on its online payment system that exposed some of its customers’ credit card

10 Oct, 2023 @ 16:35

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Giant Hell’s Angel boss, 38, is finally extradited from Spain: ‘Special operation’ was required to fly drug trafficker from Ibiza to Germany after failed first attempt

Giant ‘Hell’s Angel boss’ escapes justice after ‘violent episode’ cancels extradition flight from Spain’s Ibiza to Germany

A TOWERING Hell’s Angel member was ejected from a repatriation flight from Ibiza to Germany on Monday after a ‘violent episode’. The 37-year-old man, who

10 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

British prisoner’s plan for a great escape during visit to the dentist in Ibiza fails miserably

A HUNT is on in Ibiza for two armed masked men who held up a Guardia Civil van taking a British prisoner for dental treatment

10 Oct, 2023 @ 13:39

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Police probe serious group assault on Grindr dating app user in Valencia

Two British men ‘rape young man they met on Grindr’: Victim needed stitches after brutal attack at Mallorca hotel

TWO BRITISH men, both aged 36, have been arrested in Mallorca after raping another British male they’d agreed to meet for a threesome. The two

10 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Mayor in Spain is under fire for carrying a huge gun during a local parade

THE MAYOR of Pantoja in Toledo province faces a Guardia Civil sanction for carrying a large shotgun during his town’s fiesta parade. The Partido Popular’s

9 Oct, 2023 @ 16:52

Crime & Law·Lead

Young woman is fined €500 for leaving her dog tied up outside a pharmacy in Spain as new animal laws take effect

A YOUNG woman has become the first known person in Spain to be fined for breaking the new Animal Welfare law, but she ended up

9 Oct, 2023 @ 16:04

Animals·Basque Country·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Stolen olives worth €500,000 seized in warehouse raid in Spain's Sevilla

It’s oil over: Thieves who stole 74 TONNES of olives are arrested in Spain’s Andalucia

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has seized 74 tonnes of stolen olives from a Sevilla province warehouse- the latest theft triggered by soaring prices caused by a

7 Oct, 2023 @ 11:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Sevilla

Russian hackers target Spanish government websites to disrupt Granada immigration summit

RUSSIAN hackers launched a series of cyber attacks on Friday against Spanish government and Granada city council websites to coincide with the immigration summit and

6 Oct, 2023 @ 13:44

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·National News·Politics·Technology

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Two women ‘drugged elderly people to rob their homes before stripping them naked and taking photos’ in Spain’s Valencia

TWO WOMEN who drugged, humiliated, and robbed elderly people in two Valencia province towns have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The Spanish females- aged

6 Oct, 2023 @ 12:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police in Spain’s Andalucia seize massive 68 kilos of almost pure cocaine in Cadiz operation

POLICE seized 68 kilos of very pure cocaine in the Andalucia province of Cadiz and arrested 16 people after tracking down a dealer that operated

6 Oct, 2023 @ 09:34

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Shooting at Costa del Sol nightclub: Hooded man bursts into venue in Estepona and fires at ‘targeted’ victim

A HOODED armed man burst into a Costa del Sol nightclub and opened fire on one of the customers on Wednesday night, it has emerged.

6 Oct, 2023 @ 09:08

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Real Madrid star Vinicius questioned by judge over racist abuse by Valencia football fans in Spain

Real Madrid star Vinicius questioned by judge over racist ‘monkey chants’ by Valencia football fans in Spain

REAL MADRID striker Vinicius was questioned for around 40 minutes on Thursday by a judge investigating racist insults directed at him during his side’s La

5 Oct, 2023 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News·Sport·Valencia

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