Spain makes controversial step towards ban on prostitution
THE Spanish parliament has voted to draw up wide reaching legislation in a bid to crackdown on prostituion. The controversial move is targeted at those
Two men go on sex assault spree during Moors and Christian festival in Alicante area city in Spain
TWO men have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for sexually assaulting at least eight women and girls during Elda’s Moors and Christian festival celebrations.
Benidorm’s Terra Natura park welcomes deadly tarantula and snakes seized from Costa Blanca house in Spain
A poisonous tarantula and two snakes have been removed from an Altea house and taken to Benidorm’s Terra Natura nature and animal park. Altea council
Pensioners in Spain’s Malaga robbed of bank cards by two women who watched them tap in PIN numbers at ATMs
POLICE in Malaga have arrested two women who stole bank cards from pensioners and illegally withdrew money from their accounts. The duo aged 24 and
British consultant accused of defrauding UK expats in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas over Spanish residency cards
A 33-year-old British man has been arrested in the Murcia region for allegedly defrauding 25 fellow expats in Spain. The man arranged Spanish residency cards
Okupas: Spain’s lawmakers consider measure that would see squatters evicted within 48 hours
A PROPOSAL has been put forward in the Spanish Parliament that could see squatters evicted within 48 hours. The motion argues for a change in
Man bludgeoned to death with mother, 80, seriously injured on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 51-year-old man was beaten to death with a hammer and his mother, 80, seriously injured at their Orihuela City home early on Tuesday morning.
Hi-tech electronic scam foiled to give written driving test answers on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A written driving test candidate went to extraordinary lengths to pass the exam by using hi-tech gear at the Alicante test centre. Driving tests in
Massive bust sees arrest of corrupt police officers who helped gangs smuggle drugs into Spain
A HUGE investigation into drug trafficking has led to sixty arrests including a network of police officers who helped gangs smuggle their illicit wares into
Young robbers steal from churches in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to pay for luxury hotel stays and gambling
A gang of young thieves plundered churches across the Murcia and Alicante Province areas in a robbery wave that started in January. Nine people have
Luxury villa gets converted into marijuana farm in Spain’s Valencia with drugs sent to UK
THE Policia Nacional have raided a luxury villa in Chiva, Valencia Province, that housed a marijuana farm. Products from the clandestine nursery were exported to
Drunk British groom spends wedding night in prison after hitting new wife on Spain’s Mallorca
A British man had a wedding night to forget on Mallorca after hitting his wife and being carted off to jail. The young couple flew
Police find €400,000 in checked-in suitcase for flight from Spain’s Valencia to Turkey
A man tried to smuggle €400,000 out of Spain on a flight from Valencia Airport to Istanbul, Turkey. Guardia Civil officers at the luggage scanner
Unions call for special measures to tackle policing problems in Campo de Gibraltar
POLICE unions in Spain’s Campo de Gibraltar area are calling for more incentives to attract officers to work in the notoriously crime-ridden zone. The latest
Swedish influencer arrested for stabbing man in the throat in Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A Swedish influencer has been arrested on the Costa del Sol for allegedly stabbing a 36-year-old man in the throat and narrowly missing his jugular.
Three German tourists sentenced over jet ski row in Spain’s Mallorca
A GROUP of German tourists have been jailed for six months, suspended for three years, for attacking jet-ski instructors and fellow holidaymakers after being told
British man guilty of manslaughter of fellow Brit in drunken Ibiza row in Spain
A BRITISH man has been convicted of manslaughter during a drunken row in Ibiza. Mitchell Andrew Loveridge, 26, from Rhondda, Wales, killed his friend Harry
Thief takes surfboard-style La Manga sign from Mar Menor area of Spain and posts video of it in Madrid garden
THE Guardia Civil is looking for a Madrid man who stole one of the iconic surfboard-style kilometre signs from the Mar Menor in Murcia. The
Angry neighbour threatens police after throwing bleach at children in Costa Blanca apartment block in Spain
AN Elche resident threatened children in his apartment block and threw bleach at them before trying to stop police arresting him. The 37-year-old man lives
ETA member rearrested in Spain after brief release from 17 year sentence
A FORMER member of Basque separatist group ETA has been rearrested after losing an appeal to the Spanish Supreme Court. The Supreme Court refused the
Postman stored over 20,000 undelivered letters at his Alicante area home in Spain
A builder doing renovation work on an Alicante Province house discovered over 20,000 undelivered letters dating back to 2012. The Guardia Civil heard about the
German tourists accused of setting fire to Mallorca bar in Spain by throwing fag ends from balcony are jailed
A Palma judge has got tough with a group of German tourists accused of setting fire to a bar terrace that was destroyed in s’Arenal
Fugitive captured in Madrid after tip off within 48 hours of Spain’s most wanted appeal
POLICE swooped in on one of the most wanted fugitives in Spain on Wednesday, capturing him within 48hours of a nationwide appeal in which his
Repsol oil company boss in Spain cleared over hiring security firm for illegal phone-tapping
THE National Court in Madrid has scrapped investigations into the president of the Repsol oil company, Antonio Brufau, over industrial spying going back a decade.
‘Mafia boss’ at centre of €30m probe released from prison on bail in Spain’s Mallorca
AN ALLEGED mafia boss has been released on bail from prison in Palma on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Bashkim Osmani was arrested in February
Online scams and robberies fuel big rise in Spain’s crime rate after Covid-19 pandemic kept criminals at home
ONLINE scams, thefts, and violent assaults have driven a big rise in Spain’s crime rate over the first three months of 2022. Interior Ministry figures