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EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds implicated after police seize ‘little black books’ full of transactions by mafia ‘financier’ Johnny ‘Cash’ Morrissey in Spain

WHEN police raided the home of feared Costa businessman Johnny ‘Cash’ Morrissey last week they hoped to find many incriminating items and the odd weapon. But what they hadn’t bargained on was

23 Sep, 2022 @ 14:59

Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Shootings in Marbella are linked and connected to Irish mafia and likely Johnny Morrissey, claim police sources

A PAIR of shootings in Marbella this week can be linked to the Irish mafia, the Olive Press can reveal. The incidents on Tuesday and Wednesday left at least one man –

23 Sep, 2022 @ 13:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Must Read

Spain crime: Alleged Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia gangsters arrested in Ibiza

Gangsters with suspected links to one of Italy’s most notorious mafia groups have been arrested in Spain. Gangsters with suspected links to the Italian mafia have been arrested in Ibiza as part

21 Sep, 2022 @ 18:08

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Italian mafia boss mistakenly released in 2020 is arrested in Spain’s Catalunya region

AN Italian mafia boss mistakenly released from a Barcelona jail in October 2020, has been arrested by police at a routine checkpoint in Catalunya. Vittorio Raso was detained on Tuesday after presenting

22 Jun, 2022 @ 16:42

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

‘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 at a hotel he owns in Croatia

2 Jun, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Italian mafia crime boss and two henchmen arrested in Valencia area of Spain

AN Italian mafia drugs lord and his two lieutenants have been arrested in Valencia Province. The leader has been detained by the Policia Nacional in Valencia City, hiding under a false name.

29 Mar, 2022 @ 12:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Global mafia boss who ran smuggling empire from Spain’s Mallorca snared in giant international crime clampdown

IT will go down as one of the largest international money-laundering probes in recent years. Over 600 police from at least five national crime agencies have united to bring down one of

27 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

Lead·Mallorca

Benidorm Politician Fully Cleared Of Being Part Of Costa Blanca Led Russian Mafia Plot In Spain

Benidorm politician cleared in corruption probe involving Russian mafia gang in Spain

BENIDORM councillor, Lorenzo Martinez Sola, has been cleared of any illegal involvement with a Russian solicitor accused of running a mafia gang operating out of the Costa Blanca. 23 people, including politicians

21 Feb, 2022 @ 20:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm Politician Denies Money Laundering And Corruption Involving Russian Mafia Gang On Spain's Costa Blanca

Benidorm politician claims innocence over Russian mafia gang money laundering charge on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM councillor, Lorenzo Martinez Sola, says he is confident of being cleared of any illegal involvement with a Russian mafia gang. 23 people, including politicians and police officers, were arrested in December

9 Feb, 2022 @ 19:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Google Maps clue leads police to mafia fugitive on the run for 20 years and living suburban life in Madrid

POLICE tracked down one of Italy’s most notorious mobsters who had been on Europol’s wanted list for 20 years after he was spotted on an image on Google Maps outside a shop

5 Jan, 2022 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Massive police bust leads to more than 100 arrests for mafia money laundering in Spain

A GROUP of 106 people have been arrested in a joint operation between Spanish and Italian police for allegedly laundering millions for mafia gangs. Spanish police said members of the organisation, which

21 Sep, 2021 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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Police arrest ‘most-wanted’ Italian mafia fugitive who has been hiding out in Barcelona for three years

By Rob Kiteley in Barcelona

20 Sep, 2021 @ 17:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Major blow inflicted to Albanian drug mafia in Spain’s Castellon

THE Spanish National Police this week dealt a deadly blow to an Albanian drug-trafficking network with 107 suspected members arrested in Castellon and Catalunya. In addition to the arrests, officers seized one

2 Sep, 2021 @ 14:00

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Fruit fraudsters with connections to Italian mafia arrested in Spain’s Valencia

NINE alleged members of a criminal gang connected to the Italian mafia have been arrested in La Safor district (Valencia Province) for allegedly conning Valencian farmers out of 5,000 tonnes of citrus

24 Aug, 2021 @ 14:15

Castellon·Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Maria Licciardi photo issued by Carabinieri

Notorious Italian mafia boss known as ‘The Godmother’ arrested on way to Malaga

ONE of Italy’s most wanted female fugitives was arrested attempting to leave Rome’s Ciampino airport on a flight to visit family in Spain. Maria Licciardi, 70, was detained as she checked in

9 Aug, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Notorious Italian mafia boss arrested by police in Spain after two years on the run

An Italian man identified as the fugitive crime boss of the ‘Ndrangheta gang, thought to be one of the world’s wealthiest criminal organizations in the world, has been arrested in Madrid. In

6 Aug, 2021 @ 11:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Girl, 10. falls to death from eighth-floor of Valencia apartment block in Spain

Girlfriend on trial accused of killing son of mafia boss in cold blood in Spain’s Murcia

A WOMAN is on trial for the murder of a mafia boss’s son who was gunned down in Murcia. Cristina Elena T faces more than 24 years in prison if convicted of

3 Jun, 2021 @ 09:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Other News

Alicante ‘mafia gang’ squatted in homes and then rented them out on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have broken up an Alicante home-squatting gang that illegally rented out properties to vulnerable people who were forced into high monthly payments. A portfolio of over 50 homes was built up

1 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Russian company boss accused of mass fraud is arrested at Benidorm police station in Spain after going to sort out his asylum

Benidorm court bails Russian mob suspects arrested in mafia probe on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR Russians accused of being part of a mafia gang have been freed from a Costa Blanca jail. They were placed into custody in Fontcalent Prison after being arrested in a major

20 Jan, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Man from Valencia wins €25,000 from Warner Bros after film giants framed him as mafia member in The Accountant

A Spanish judge has ordered Warner Bros to pay a Valencian businessman €25,000 in damages. But this was small change compared to the man’s original claim for €250,000. He sued the entertainment

17 Dec, 2020 @ 20:00

La Cultura

Massive Swoop On Russian Mafia Money Laundering Gang Operating Out Of Spain S Costa Blanca

Spain’s biggest Russian mafia swoop in a decade sees Costa Blanca-based money laundering gang arrested

A major Policia Nacional operation against a Costa Blanca-based Russian mafia money laundering gang has resulted in 23 arrests. The Policia said it was their biggest move to counter East European-run mafia

16 Dec, 2020 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Most wanted alleged Italian mafia mobster accidentally released by judge in Spain in HUGE blow to two-year long investigation

The shocking decision came despite various reports in the media about the suspect’s arrest and the importance of the case to the Italian authorities

22 Oct, 2020 @ 08:00

Lead·National News

Irish ‘godfather’ Christy Kinahan to be tried for passport fraud in Spain as 27 alleged mafia members let off 10 YEARS after arrests and crackdown on Costa del Sol

The court ruling says the investigation has uncovered 'sufficient evidence' Christy Kinahan 'used a false passport to travel from Madrid's Barajas Airport to Rio in Janeiro

30 Sep, 2020 @ 19:27

Lead·National News

Secret tunnels, mafia bosses and tacky decor: Inside the illegal luxury urbanisations dubbed ‘Narcoville’ near Spain’s Costa del Sol

There are now several urbanisations containing up to 10 homes each, all of them built with cash earned from the smuggling of tobacco or drugs, police claim

2 Aug, 2020 @ 11:40

Gibraltar·Lead·National News

Mother and toddler left homeless after violent drug-taking squatters take over flat in Spain’s Andalucia and police ‘do nothing’ as ‘okupas’ and drug mafias target tourist apartments

Desokupa, a private company dedicated to kicking out squatters, says it has seen a 300% increase in web traffic since the end of the lockdown

30 Jul, 2020 @ 16:08

Lead·National News

Brits kicked off timeline of mafia violence post-lockdown on Spain’s Costa del Sol – and there will be more to come

It wouldn’t be a Marbella summer without brawls, shootings and burning beach clubs - all of which have made a swift comeback of late

1 Jul, 2020 @ 16:16

Lead·Malaga