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Have you bought a car on the Costa Blanca? How it might have been stolen from Europe and passed off as a Spanish vehicle

AUTHORITIES have arrested a Costa Blanca gang that stole and cloned details of European cars and changed them to look like Spanish vehicles for sale on second-hand websites. VIN numbers, license plates,

26 Mar, 2024 @ 14:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Marbella gang who ‘stole more than €4.5m’ thanks to their safe-cracking skills are finally brought down after raiding a hotel near the Eiffel Tower in Paris

POLICE in France and Spain have joined forces to arrest three men who allegedly broke into safes at luxury hotel complexes in Paris and different areas of Andalucia. Guardia Civil agents detained

21 Sep, 2023 @ 15:54

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Malaga·Marbella

EXCLUSIVE: Brit and Irishman among the 23 members of a major Costa del Sol based drug gang arrested across Europe

A BRIT and an Irishman have been arrested for allegedly being part of a major Costa del Sol based drug gang that has been dismantled after a two-year police operation. A Policia

7 Aug, 2023 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Malaga·Must Read

Three of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOT A STORY? Email us at [email protected] THREE of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Calpe on the Costa Blanca. The Hungarian men were members of

2 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Yet another international human trafficking ring bringing people to Spain brought down

HUGE raids carried out across Spain saw a transnational criminal organisation suspected of illegally trafficking Cuban citizens into the country via Serbia dismantled. The enormous Policia Nacional operation led to the arrests

24 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Two members of Europe-wide hotel safe robbery gang arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in a joint operation with the Mossos d’Esquadra, have arrested two members of a gang that stole from hotel room safes across the European Union. The men were detained

14 Jul, 2023 @ 11:15

Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Police Smash Drug Smuggling Gang Hiding Narcotics In Potato Lorries Travelling From Spain To Poland

Police smash drug traffickers hiding stashes in potato lorries travelling from Spain to Poland

POLICE in Spain and Poland have brought down an international drug trafficking gang that shipped in large amounts of drugs hidden in lorries transporting potatoes. On 23 April a series of simultaneous

1 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Sex Exploitation Gang Busted With 15 Female And Male Victims Freed In Spain's Murcia

Sex trafficking gang busted with 15 female and male victims freed in Spain’s Murcia

TWO BROTHELS that sexually exploited people brought in mainly from Columbia have been closed down by the Policia Nacional in the Murcia region. The businesses operated in Cabezo de Torres and Molina

19 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

One Of Europe's 'most Wanted' Criminals Is Arrested At Murcia Area Shopping Centre In Spain

One of Europe’s ‘most wanted’ criminals arrested at Murcia shopping centre in Spain

A violent Dutch fugitive who escaped from a court-ordered mental institution in June 2021 has been arrested in a Murcia City shopping centre. Sherwin W was on Europol’s list of most wanted

1 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Illegal Cigarette Factories In Spain Exploited Ukrainian Refugees With Andalucia Gang Leaders Living In Luxury

Illegal cigarette factories in Spain exploit Ukrainian refugees as Andalucia gang leaders lived in luxury

THREE clandestine cigarette factories have been closed down by the Guardia Civil and Europol with products with a retail value of €37.5 million seized. 27 people have been arrested including the ring-leaders

23 Jan, 2023 @ 11:41

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla·Ukraine·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s National Police arrest one of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Criminals in Madrid

SPAIN’S National Police force has detained one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Michael J. Pratt. The suspect, a 40-year-old from New Zealand, was given life imprisonment in the United States

23 Dec, 2022 @ 15:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain narrowly avoids its worst terror attack in YEARS: How Jihadist, 17, successfully built a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb and planned to blow up a school in Andalucia

Criminal gang in Spain charged up to €20,000 for Pakistani nationals to travel from Bosnia

EIGHT people have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for illegally bringing Pakistani nationals into Spain and charging between €12,000 and €20,000 per person for the journey. The detentions were in the

22 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

Alicante·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Dozens Of Properties In Spain Worth €25 Million Seized And Member Of Russian Money Laundering Gang Arrested In Canary Islands

Dozens of properties in Spain seized with Russian money laundering gang member arrested in Canary Islands

A woman has been arrested in Tenerife as part of a probe into a crime gang suspected of laundering dirty money linked to the €219 million Magnitsky corruption case in Russia. 75

14 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Robbery Gang Based In Spain's Valencia Stole From At Least 40 Homes Across The Country

Robbers with base in Spain’s Valencia plundered at least 40 homes across seven provinces

SEVEN people have been arrested for robbing at least 40 homes across Spain- netting money and valuables worth around €800,000. The Albanian gang based themselves in Gandia, Valencia Province. They used Lisbon

8 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Illegal Horse Meat Gang Banked €4.5 Million Selling Sick Animals From Farm In Spain's Valencia

Horse meat gang banked €4.5 million by selling sick animals from Valencia farm in Spain

A joint Guardia Civil and Europol operation has dismantled a criminal gang that illegally marketed horses to be slaughtered for meat that was not fit to be eaten. 35 people have been

1 Dec, 2022 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Lone female on Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ list detained in Ecuador for running Costa Blanca prostitution ring

POLICE have caught one of Spain’s top ten ‘Most Wanted’ fugitives hiding out in a town on the Columbia-Ecuador border. Viviana Andrea Vallejo Gutierrez, 36, was the only woman on the list

1 Nov, 2022 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Serbian drugs gang exported €2 million of marijuana annually from Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

A Serbian drugs gang operating out of the Alicante and Valencia areas of Spain has been brought down in an international police operation. Europol said that a ‘major’ Balkan cartel had been

31 Oct, 2022 @ 15:28

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

Europe’s biggest producers of fake €500 notes arrested across Spain with Costa Blanca printing press seized

POLICE in Spain have smashed what has been described as Europe’s ‘most important’ criminal gang producing fake €500 notes. 12 people have been arrested including the printer and distributors. Six raids were

6 Oct, 2022 @ 15:00

Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Valencia·Valencian Community

One of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals has been arrested in Calpe after being on the run for four years. An Estonian man, 56, was part of a criminal gang distributing hashish across

4 Oct, 2022 @ 11:12

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Europol most wanted list: Spain’s most dangerous alleged fugitives revealed

SPAIN’S most dangerous alleged criminals have evaded police who suspect them of horrific crimes, and now their profiles have been made public. Europol on Wednesday morning released a list of more than

28 Sep, 2022 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

MUST READ: British gang arrested on Spain’s Ibiza in country’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with over €500,000 in cash seized

A British gang has been arrested on Ibiza after the Guardia Civil made Spain’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with 13.25 kilos seized plus over €500,000 in cash. 12 Brits have been detained

30 Aug, 2022 @ 15:52

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Must Read

Police smash Costa Blanca drugs gang who exported narcotics out of Spain

A Costa Blanca-based drugs gang has been brought down in a joint operation between the Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional. Four men and two women of Cuban, Lithuanian, Moroccan, and Ukrainian nationalities

4 Aug, 2022 @ 16:00

Almeria·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia·Valencia·Valencian Community

Vintage wine thieves in Spain ordered to pay over €750,000 to insurance company

Vintage wine thieves behind €1.6 million restaurant robbery in Spain are caught at Croatia border

TWO people behind an audacious vintage wine robbery last October at a Caceres restaurant in Extremadura, have been arrested trying to cross into Croatia from Montenegro. The Michelin two-star restaurant’s wine cellar

20 Jul, 2022 @ 11:51

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Suspected jihadist terrorist recruiter arrested in Costa Blanca area of Spain

A 41-year-old suspected terrorist has been arrested in Elche by the Guardia Civil. The man, a Norwegian national of Iraqi descent, was detained in the La Hoya area. He had lived there

22 Jun, 2022 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Leader of Madrid-based gang jailed for stealing catalytic converters across Spain

A criminal gang who stole catalytic converters across Spain has been brought down by the Guardia Civil after thefts in Alicante Province. Five Romanian nationals have been arrested in the Puente Vallecas

9 Jun, 2022 @ 12:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Multi Million Money Laundering Ring Providing Banking For Criminals Is Broken Up In Spain's Malaga

Multi-million money laundering ring acting as ‘bank’ for criminals is busted in Spain’s Malaga area

THREE German fugitives have been arrested in Malaga Province for running a money laundering ring that acted as a ‘de facto’ shadow banking system for criminals. Hundreds of millions of euros are

5 May, 2022 @ 13:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga