Manhunt for Mocro Maffia boss linked to record 45-tonne cocaine bust: One-time Puerto Banus resident ‘Jos el Gordito’ also wanted for Estepona torture-murderÂ
DUTCH authorities are offering a €200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of drug trafficker Joseph Johannes Leijdekkers, better known as ‘Bolle Jos’ or
Kidnapping gang dismantled by Spanish police in Almeria after drugging man for 13 days to drain €40,000 from his bank accountsÂ
A GANG has been dismantled by Spanish police in Andalucia after holding a man captive for 13 days, drugging him to override his will and
Hundreds of goldfinches stuffed into cages for sale on black market are rescued by police in Spain
SOME 400 parva goldfinches crammed into cages in a van have been rescued by the Policia Nacional in the Orihuela area of Alicante province. Sadly,
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is arrested for Epstein links: Ex-royal regularly holidayed in Sotogrande
A LONG-TIME tourist to Spain, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested over links to infamous paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The former British prince – who regularly summers
EXCLUSIVE: Prosecutors say court got it wrong in Maddie suspect Christian Brueckner’s 2024 trial: acquittal under fire – this is why!
GERMANY’S Federal Public Prosecutor has launched a sweeping appeal against Christian Brueckner’s 2024 acquittal on rape and child abuse charges. A 44-page report slams the
Moroccan gang ‘hunted gay people in packs’ in southern Spain: Victims were lured into traps after agreeing to meet on dating apps
A 20-year-old man has been remanded in custody in AlmerÃa, accused of leading a group that allegedly used Grindr to ambush, beat and rob gay
LIFE IN SPAIN: What is a toddler’s life worth? The tragedy that shook a Spanish village
THE village of Pizarra, 20 miles inland from Malaga, is a place where time moves slowly. Whitewashed houses cling to the hillside, and summer evenings
Police appeal to help identify ‘five-day-old baby girl’ chopped up and dumped in a Madrid landfill
By Brandon Cheevers NEW information about the remains of a murdered baby found in a Madrid landfill last year has revealed she was just five
OLIVE PRESS PODCAST: The Costa del Crime returns, is your pension safe and have they finally found Maddie?Â
THE latest episode of the Olive Press Podcast sees host Caroline Lips joined by Walter Finch and Jon Clarke to tackle the burning issues of
EXCLUSIVE PICS: The Maddie search site where cops hope to find vital clues to finally charge German Christian Brueckner
By Jon Clarke in Praia da Luz THESE are the first pics of police working at the initial search site for the body of missing
British TV detective claims to know ‘real reason’ doomed Jay Slater left his Airbnb in Spain’s Tenerife
THEORIES have yet again begun to swirl about Jay Slater’s death as a British TV detective claims he knows the ‘real reason’ why the teen
Marbella’s movie magic: Films and TV shows that have put the Costa del Sol city at the heart of the action
SPOTTING stars in Marbella is relatively easy: For 50 years, the biggest names in cinema have chosen the stunning destination to holiday and party together,
EXCLUSIVE: As the trial of Maddie suspect Christian Brueckner re-starts – and she would have been 21 this month – JON CLARKE traces his suspicious movements through Spain and Portugal in May 2007
MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner stayed in at least half a dozen places around the Algarve and Spain in the month before the British toddler
ANALYSIS: How a brave Irish rape victim ran rings around Christian Brueckner’s team of expensive lawyers – and got the Olive Press a mention in the process
By Jon Clarke in Braunschweig, Germany IT was the day that Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner’s slick defence backfired. And it partly hinged around the
Olive Press subscription deal: Get three months for the price of one – then for less than €1.25 a week… as new website sees visitor numbers soar
THE Olive Press website has seen visitor numbers more than DOUBLE since launching a brand new look. After months of arduous planning, www.theolivepress.es entered a
Blood-drenched axeman chops off his father’s head before throwing it at horrified drivers on a busy road in Spain
DRIVERS were shocked as a blood-drenched axeman threw his fathers decapitated head onto a busy Spanish road. The Guardia Civil have arrested a 46-year-old man
Revealed: The 13 best companies to work for in Spain’s Malaga
GREAT Place To Work have released their 2023 edition of ‘best workplaces in Malaga’ and these are the top 13 companies. Informed by employees, 90%
Chef from Spain’s Mallorca and his wife are shot to death at their restaurant: Woman’s naked body is discovered on the street after she tried to escape via balcony
A MALLORCAN chef and his wife have been killed in a brutal attack at their restaurant. David Peregrina, 53, and his wife, 38-year-old Brazilian, Erika
How a French mafia made a Marbella man’s life a living hell, including torture, kidnappings and near-fatal beatings after he refused to sell them his business
A MARBELLA man has gone through hell at the hands of the French mafia after he refused to sell them his business, enduring beatings, kidnappings
EXCLUSIVE: Father of British expat’s boyfriend accused of hiring a hitman to kill a far-right politician in Spain insists he is ‘totally innocent’ and a ‘pacifist’
THE father of a Spanish man accused of hiring a hitman to kill a far-right politician in Spain has insisted he is ‘totally innocent’. Naraya
EXCLUSIVE: British family speaks after ‘popular’ daughter is accused of assisting ‘terror attack’ in Spain
A BRITISH expat family has been torn apart after their ‘vibrant’ and ‘model-esque’ daughter was accused of helping to carry out a terrorist attack in