VIDEO: British fugitive drug trafficker found hiding naked in panic room in luxury Spanish villa
Convicted drug trafficker Mark Lilley, from Warrington, had been on the run since 2000 when he skipped bail during his trial in the UK
Brit drug trafficker arrested at Malaga airport
Unnamed man had evaded capture since 2007 following conviction
Naked trafficker found gutted like a fish
The drug trafficker was found dead in a ravine with a vertical cut down his stomach
America wakes up to Spain’s role as narco gateway to Europe – and the Costa del Sol as the mafia nerve centre
A new investigation from the Wall Street Journal has laid out for an American audience the shocking extent of drug trafficking across the region.
Appeal for UK’s 12 most wanted fugitives in Spain sees stunning success with four arrests so far – eight more to go
Four of the 12 Brits named on a ‘Most Wanted’ list in May have been arrested, with authorities now trying to hunt down the others.
Fancy a bit of mafia chic? Lithuanian kingpin’s seized Marbella villa is available to rent for just under a grand a night
THE sprawling estate belonged to Sergejus Beglikas, who is accused of running a crime ring involved in drug trafficking and contract killings.
Former British TV star from long-running soap Brookside is arrested in Torrevieja over €16m fake-modelling scam
Philip Barry Foster, 51, who played Christian Wright in the Channel 4 soap Brookside during the 1990s, was arrested in Torrevieja on Thursday.
Who is Sweden’s ‘Pablo Escobar’ and former Sitges resident as he is once again extradited to Spain?
Jonas Falk, 53, is named among the five alleged top figures of the Dubai narco bank. He's now back in Spanish custody.
Sprawling cocaine trafficking investigation sparked by Spain’s corrupt Breaking Bad narco cop extends to Dubai financier dubbed ‘el Gestor’
Investigators want to know whether the former Madrid police chief's nephew did business with the cartel's alleged money man.
High-tech cannabis farm hidden beneath Malaga chalet uncovered after officers ‘notice dodgy smell’ – 3,000 plants seized
OFFICERS found that the suspects had converted the chalet basement into a high-tech cannabis farm with air-con, LED lighting and irrigation.
Marbella broad-daylight shooting was ‘clash between narco gangs’, authorities say – three arrested after Dutchman shot and officer injured
A MARBELLA broad-daylight shooting that left two people injured, including a police officer, was a clash between rival narco gangs, authorities have said. Two Dutchmen
Dubai-based ‘narcobank’ financing cocaine into Spain is exposed with five top global drug lords at the helm
A DUBAI-BASED ‘narco bank’ funding cocaine trafficking into Spain and allegedly headed up by some of the world’s most notorious mafia kingpins has been exposed
Mexico-style cartel wars rock the Netherlands after cocaine shipment linked to drug lord Bolle Jos is ‘stolen in Spain’
Over 30 armed men descended on a farmhouse in the Dutch village of Overasselt in the early hours of Tuesday over a missing cocaine shipment.
Ex-British TV soap star turned criminal on ‘Most Wanted List’ flees after hiding out on Costa Blanca
AN ex-British TV soap actor on a recent UK Most Wanted list of fugitives in Spain has been living on Costa Blanca but fled in
Germany’s most wanted drug lord and deadly MMA fighter is arrested on the Costa del Sol
The fugitive, a towering expert in boxing and mixed martial arts, was intercepted on August 24 while a passenger in his brother's car.
The murky mystery behind why Spain’s elite anti-narco unit was disbanded after years of crushing the drug cartels
OCON-Sur was disbanded suddenly in 2022 at the height of its success, and nobody in government has ever given a satisfactory explanation as to why.
Spain prepares raft of new asylum and immigration laws to speed up deportations after Ceuta migrant crisis
The headline measure is a strict 72-hour border triage system for anyone arriving irregularly without the right to enter.
WATCH: ‘Migrant taxi’ speed boat drops dozens more people on a beach in southern Spain – the second in a week
AROUND another 50 migrants have been intercepted after landing a high-speed boat on a beach in southern Spain. The group disembarked at Cala de los
Andalucia demands Madrid revive elite anti-narco unit as drug-related violence escalates across the region
ANDALUCIA has called on Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez to revive an elite anti-narco unit as concerns grow over escalating drug violence across the region.
Ten arrested after narco gang opens fire on Guardia Civil during dramatic high-speed chase off Andalucia coast
TEN suspected members of a drug trafficking gang have been arrested after opening fire on a Guardia Civil patrol boat during a dramatic chase off
‘Dangerous’ British fugitive arrested in Spain after fleeing UK high-security hospital where he seriously injured fellow patient
The 34-year-old fugitive was also wanted by authorities in the UK.
Huge search underway for rogue ‘lion’ spotted in central Spain after delivery driver reported seeing one ‘on the loose’
POLICE are searching for a lion on the loose in central Spain after a delivery driver reported one near Toledo. The Guardia Civil received a
Teenage boy, 16, shot dead in Huelva family massacre was ‘innocent bystander with no link to narco clan feud’
A TEENAGE boy who was shot dead last night in Isla Cristina had no apparent links to the suspected narco feud behind it.
Estepona ‘cocaine lord’ laundered millions in Rotterdam drug profits through Costa del Sol property
A SUSPECTED high-level drug trafficker has been arrested in Estepona on allegations he laundered of millions of euros in drug profits into property on the
Snapshots of Ceuta still counting the cost of 72,000 people arriving from Morocco
THROUGH the lens of Cristina Cuadra’s camera, the Olive Press spent two days talking to anxious locals and desperate migrants. These are their stories.
