Caroline, Walter and Jon return to chew the fat over the hot expat topics in Spain. On the menu this week is a varied diet of crime, scandal and Maddie.

The notion of the Costa del Crime exploded back into people’s consciousnesses earlier this month with the slaying of two Scottish gangsters in Fuengirola. The team chat over the case and answer the question: are regular people safe in the Costa del Sol? The conversation touches on old mafia cases, current Swedish mafia trials and a couple of high-powered people in politics.

The other hot topic is one that has been flying under the radar: If you have your pension invested in offshore funds, just how safe is it? Our exclusive reporting has revealed how pension and fund managers obsess over commissions they can trouser for themselves and not the returns they can earn for their clients.