Barcelona drug traffickers tried to recruit Sergio Aguero into money laundering scheme
THE gang spent months chasing a business deal with former Atletico Madrid and Manchester City striker.
Who are the human traffickers dropping migrants onto busy beaches in Spain – and what happens to the new arrivals once they land?
THE traffickers work tirelessly to drop thousands of people onto the shores of mainland Spain each year, charging up to €12,000 a head.
Horror in the Canary Islands as trafficker gang prowled island for vulnerable migrant children to lure into sex slavery
TWO teenage girls have been rescued from a trafficking network that lured vulnerable migrant children out of Gran Canaria’s care homes for sexual exploitation abroad.
Fugitive drug trafficker lashes out at Alicante cops during arrest in desperate escape bid
A FUGITIVE drug trafficker attacked and injured several Spanish police officers in a desperate bid to break free after being arrested in Alicante. The 44-year-old
Two women among arrests as Malaga money laundering clan is uncovered and police freeze Spanish property portfolio funded by Moroccan drug traffickers
SPANISH authorities have dismantled a Malaga-based money laundering network, arresting two women and a man and freezing real estate assets linked to Moroccan drug traffickers.
WATCH: British drug trafficker is arrested near Benidorm just hours after most wanted appeal for fugitives ‘hiding out in expat communities in Spain’
A BRITISH fugitive on a ‘Most Wanted List’ unveiled by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) on Thursday has been arrested the on the same
Britain’s 12 most wanted fugitives in Spain: The murderers, fraudsters and drug traffickers hiding out in expat communities
A NEW appeal has been launched in Alicante to locate and bring to justice 12 of the UK’s most wanted fugitives, who are believed to
What are ‘narcolanchas’? The boats used by drug traffickers to carry tonnes of narcotics into Spain – after two Guardia Civil officers killed in pursuit
TWO Guardia Civil officers have been killed after a crash involving two vessels during a high-speed pursuit of a suspected drug-running speedboat off the coast
Marbella homes raided in major Costa del Sol triangle bust as elusive boss of ‘Risitas’ cocaine traffickers is finally captured
TWENTY people have been arrested in a massive Guardia Civil operation that has dismantled a major international cocaine trafficking ring operating across the notorious ‘Costa
Have you seen this man? Spanish police use AI to visualise disguises for one of the most wanted drug traffickers in Europe
SPANISH police have turned to AI to imagine the many faces of one of Europe’s most wanted drug traffickers as the hunt for the fugitive
WATCH: Lithuanian drug trafficker tries to jump security barrier while fleeing police station after being arrested on Costa Blanca in a stolen British Porsche
A SECURITY video shows a fugitive slamming into a barrier after trying to leap it while fleeing a Guardia Civil station in Torrevieja. The arrest
How an innocuous mobile phone shop in Spain’s former narco capital of La Linea sold gear for Gibraltar Strait drug traffickers across the counter
AN innocuous mobile phone shop in Spain’s former narco capital has been found to have been selling gear for drug traffickers across the counter, reveals
WATCH: Astonishing moment Spanish mayor rails against drug traffickers while standing just metres from idling narco boats
THIS is the moment an Andalucian mayor pleaded for government help as brazen ‘nacro-boats’ were caught on camera idling off Spanish shores in broad daylight
WATCH: One dead and several missing after traffickers force migrants into freezing water at gunpoint off the Andalucian coast
A MAN has died and several others are feared missing after human smugglers forced migrants to swim to Andalucian shores at gunpoint on Sunday. Shocking
Cocaine price slump is driving traffickers to recycle narco-submarines, Spanish police warn
THE falling price of cocaine is driving drug traffickers in Spain to reuse ‘narco-submarines’ they would otherwise destroy, in what authorities described as a major
WATCH: Traffickers ambush police confiscating speed boat in Andalucia drug hotspot – as police chief says the Atlantic is ‘infested with narcos’
AUDACIOUS drug gangsters ambushed police to reclaim a high-speed vessel abandoned on the Andalucian coast. The attack occurred early this week on a rural road
WATCH: Police grab €7.8m of drugs as traffickers are caught ‘red-handed’ unloading hashish from narco boat on the Costa Blanca
DRUG traffickers were ‘caught in the act’ unloading a narco boat transporting hashish worth €7.8m. The vessel had sailed under the cover of darkness into
Crazy high-speed car chase sees pedestrian run over and vehicles hit before drug traffickers are arrested in Costa Blanca city
A PEDESTRIAN was knocked over and parked cars damaged in Torrevieja during a high-speed Guardia Civil pursuit of two drug traffickers. Two men, aged 25
‘Just need him blind and face melted’: UK ‘Lord of War’ arms trafficker told thug to ‘double dose’ in horrific acid plot before Costa del Sol arrest
A BRITISH arms dealer living in a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol plotted to ‘melt’ a rival’s face with acid before his arrest
Is Morocco is ending its role as one of the last remaining safe havens for international cocaine traffickers?
ONE of Europe’s most wanted cocaine traffickers has been arrested in Morocco, bucking the country’s trend as a safe haven for gangsters. Younes El Ballouti,
Spain unveils new €35 million patrol ship to fight drug traffickers off the Costa del Sol – armed with underwater drones, heliport and 50-strong crew
DRUG smugglers on the Costa del Sol are facing a formidable new foe after Spain’s Guardia Civil launched a new €35 million patrol ship to
SUNDAY LONG READ: People smuggling from Algeria to Spain is on the rise – thanks to drug traffickers diversifying and murky international politics
ON many a sweltering afternoon this summer, speed boats have been spotted skimming across the Alboran Sea to Spanish shores. To the casual eye, they
‘That’s how you deal with narco traffickers’: Spain’s police union stokes controversy by lauding US strike on drug boat that killed 11
A HEATED social media debate sparked after the National Police Union spokesperson publicly defends the United States’ methods in combating drug trafficking in the Caribbean.
WATCH: ‘Drug traffickers’ unload stash in front of stunned beach-goers on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THIS is the shocking moment a group of brazen narcos unloaded their drug haul on a packed beach on the Costa del Sol. The remarkable
Convicted French drug-trafficker on the run since 2016 is arrested at Benidorm hotel
A FRENCH fugitive on the run for nine years has been arrested by the Policia Nacional at a Benidorm hotel. The 33-year-old man had no
Spanish authorities ramp up cutting-edge technology and international cooperation to outsmart drug traffickers
SPAIN’S war on Class-A drug smuggling has taken a high-tech leap. Traffickers, never short of cunning, have embraced drones, narco-submarines, and hidden tunnels, pushing law