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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

13 Mar, 2026 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·crime·Lead

Revealed: Spain’s most dangerous neighbourhoods – do you live near one? Barcelona’s El Raval ranks high

DRUG trafficking, gang shootouts and gun possession galore. Spain – unfortunately – is home to a string of neighbourhoods where crime is part of daily

7 Mar, 2026 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Barcelona·Catalunya·crime·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga·Murcia·Sevilla

New cartel bust peels back curtain on sophisticated logistics empire of warehouses used to smuggle drugs from Spain to Eastern Europe

A MAJOR police operation on the Costa del Sol and in Granada has uncovered what officers describe as a sophisticated logistics empire of warehouses and

27 Feb, 2026 @ 18:48

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Don’t even think about coming to rob us’: Chaos in Malaga as over 40 machete-wielding masked youths gather to shoot fireworks and film rap video

A MALAGA rapper is facing public disorder charges after more than 40 masked youths armed with machetes and bats descended on the historic centre to

19 Feb, 2026 @ 19:28

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Incredible tale of hacker, 20, who booked a room in Madrid’s Ritz hotel for just 1 cent a day and racked up €20,000 bills – but then made the most rookie mistake in the book

AN aspiring DJ thought he hacked his way into the high life by staying at exclusive hotels for one cent a night, only to then

19 Feb, 2026 @ 14:13

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Tenerife

Graffiti on Civil War memorial to 13 executed women reveals how Spain still hasn’t made peace with its past

A WOMAN’S name and the letters ‘RIP’ were scrawled across a historic Spanish monument last month – vandalism that many argue was anything but random.

16 Feb, 2026 @ 10:39

crime·La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·Politics

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 Almería, accused of leading a group that allegedly used Grindr to ambush, beat and rob gay

12 Feb, 2026 @ 16:15

Almeria·crime·Lead

Man stopped on Costa del Sol with loaded guns and a pile of drugs – as local police make five arrests and 74 drug citations during month-long crackdown

MIJAS police have arrested a man carrying three loaded firearms and drugs during a routine stop, as officers revealed the results of an intensive month-long

10 Feb, 2026 @ 13:15

Costa del Sol·crime·Crime & Law·Lead

Home invasion crew nabbed after €200,000 loot bust on Costa del sol

A GANG behind a string of high-value home burglaries has been jailed after selling thousands of euros’ worth of stolen goods through a Malaga jewellery

2 Feb, 2026 @ 14:08

Costa del Sol·crime·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Digital sex crimes against children increase in Spain, new report finds

REPORTS of digital sexual abuse against minors in Spain have increased by 13% in just two years, according to a new analysis published by Save

29 Jan, 2026 @ 18:00

crime·Crime & Law·Lead

Unpaid Fruit Sees Italian Man Arrested In Spain S Almeria For Scamming Costa Blanca Farmers In Money Laundering Probe

Guardia Civil officer ‘on the Balkan cartel payroll’ as he’s arrested with €200,000 stashed in his flat

A SERVING Guardia Civil officer has been arrested in southern Spain on suspicion of working for an international drug trafficking network linked to one of

20 Jan, 2026 @ 10:50

Cádiz·crime·Lead

Neo-Nazi sympathiser ‘locked Tinder date in his Benalmadena home and told her ‘I know you want my superior genes” during hours-long ordeal

A neo-Nazi sympathiser has been arrested after he locked a Tinder date in his Benalmadena home and subjected her to violent assault. The Policia Nacional

29 Oct, 2025 @ 11:30

crime·Lead·Malaga

Narco submarines, spider-men and a wave of arrests rock Spain’s cocaine underworld

SPAIN’S war on drug trafficking has exploded in dramatic fashion, as police smash two major cocaine-smuggling rings operating on opposite ends of the country. One

1 Oct, 2025 @ 10:30

crime·Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead·National News·Other News

Police catch international drugs gang boss who used helicopters to carry narcotics in Spain's Andalucia

SHOPLIFTING SHAME: Gang used kids to steal from Palma de Mallorca store

A SHAMELESS shoplifting gang has been busted in Palma after allegedly using children as decoys in a string of thefts that saw them swipe over

25 Sep, 2025 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Spanish police catch narcos dumping drugs into the Strait of Gibraltar and seize almost seven tonnes

THE Guardia Civil has seized almost seven tonnes of hashish after stopping two drug shipments in the Strait of Gibraltar. The operation took place over

17 Sep, 2025 @ 15:13

Andalucia·Cadiz·Costa del Sol·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Spanish professor who heads up Russian cyber terrorism cell named in Europe’s most wanted list

A SPANISH academic once welcomed as an expert on terrorism and extremism has now been branded a cyberterrorist and placed on Europe’s “most wanted” list.

17 Sep, 2025 @ 12:19

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Maddie McCann chief suspect Christian Brueckner released from jail in Germany

THE main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, and convicted sex criminal, Christian Brueckner could be set for a return to Spain or Portugal now

17 Sep, 2025 @ 11:21

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Three injured in brawl in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas

THREE young men have been injured following a brawl on Wednesday in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas. The brawl took place in a bar in Avenida

5 Sep, 2025 @ 13:00

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

‘Champagne’ scammer who fizzed-up cheap Spanish wine jailed

A FRENCH winemaker has been jailed for selling fake champagne, which was in fact cheap Spanish plonk with fizz added. Didier Chopin, 56, spent 2022

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:32

crime·Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

Tranquil Costa del Sol resort town has seen a shocking rise in crime – with sex attacks jumping 133% in a year

ESTEPONA, long considered one of the quieter corners of the Costa del Sol, has seen crime rise sharply in the first half of 2025. The

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:12

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Spanish tourist’s remains found on Indonesian beach as mystery turns to murder

SPANISH woman Matilde Muñoz, who went missing in Lombok, Indonesia two months ago, was killed inside her hotel room on the night she disappeared, according

1 Sep, 2025 @ 11:25

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Boy racer tries to outrun cops in Spain’s Malaga – smashes straight into them

A RECKLESS driver in Malaga tried to play Fast & Furious – but ended up looking more like Laurel & Hardy after ploughing straight into

31 Aug, 2025 @ 10:20

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man remanded in custody for allegedly setting six forest fires in Spain’s Malaga province

A SUSPECTED serial arsonist has been remanded in custody after allegedly setting six forest fires across Malaga this summer. The man was caught in the

29 Aug, 2025 @ 10:30

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

‘Frail old lady’, 81, arrested for ‘burgling tourist apartments in central Malaga while guests were out sightseeing’

SHE looks like your nan, but don’t let the walking stick fool you – a frail-looking pensioner was actually a seasoned sneak-thief. In a plot

29 Aug, 2025 @ 09:15

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Assassins waited until 'Brit finished playing football' before gunning him down and then torching the getaway car on Spain's Costa del Sol

‘Healer’ arrested in Spain’s Pontevedra for ‘curing’ women with intimate romps

A self-styled healer in rural Galicia has been arrested after allegedly telling patients they needed to have intimate relations with him to be cured. The

28 Aug, 2025 @ 10:15

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Two men, both 23, appear in court charged with stabbing 21-year-old to death in Malaga in the early hours

THE victim, named locally as Angel, was attacked just before 7:40am on the Alameda de Capuchinos, near a post office and a cafe where he

26 Aug, 2025 @ 12:39

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·crime·Lead·Malaga

crime

WATCH: Lithuanian drug trafficker tries to jump security barrier while fleeing police station after being arrested on Costa Blanca in a stolen British Porsche

Revealed: Spain’s most dangerous neighbourhoods – do you live near one? Barcelona’s El Raval ranks high

New cartel bust peels back curtain on sophisticated logistics empire of warehouses used to smuggle drugs from Spain to Eastern Europe

‘Don’t even think about coming to rob us’: Chaos in Malaga as over 40 machete-wielding masked youths gather to shoot fireworks and film rap video

Incredible tale of hacker, 20, who booked a room in Madrid’s Ritz hotel for just 1 cent a day and racked up €20,000 bills – but then made the most rookie mistake in the book

Graffiti on Civil War memorial to 13 executed women reveals how Spain still hasn’t made peace with its past

Moroccan gang ‘hunted gay people in packs’ in southern Spain: Victims were lured into traps after agreeing to meet on dating apps

Man stopped on Costa del Sol with loaded guns and a pile of drugs – as local police make five arrests and 74 drug citations during month-long crackdown

Home invasion crew nabbed after €200,000 loot bust on Costa del sol

Digital sex crimes against children increase in Spain, new report finds

Guardia Civil officer ‘on the Balkan cartel payroll’ as he’s arrested with €200,000 stashed in his flat

Neo-Nazi sympathiser ‘locked Tinder date in his Benalmadena home and told her ‘I know you want my superior genes” during hours-long ordeal

Narco submarines, spider-men and a wave of arrests rock Spain’s cocaine underworld

SHOPLIFTING SHAME: Gang used kids to steal from Palma de Mallorca store

Spanish police catch narcos dumping drugs into the Strait of Gibraltar and seize almost seven tonnes

Spanish professor who heads up Russian cyber terrorism cell named in Europe’s most wanted list

Maddie McCann chief suspect Christian Brueckner released from jail in Germany

Three injured in brawl in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas

‘Champagne’ scammer who fizzed-up cheap Spanish wine jailed

Tranquil Costa del Sol resort town has seen a shocking rise in crime – with sex attacks jumping 133% in a year

Spanish tourist’s remains found on Indonesian beach as mystery turns to murder

Boy racer tries to outrun cops in Spain’s Malaga – smashes straight into them

Man remanded in custody for allegedly setting six forest fires in Spain’s Malaga province

‘Frail old lady’, 81, arrested for ‘burgling tourist apartments in central Malaga while guests were out sightseeing’

‘Healer’ arrested in Spain’s Pontevedra for ‘curing’ women with intimate romps

Two men, both 23, appear in court charged with stabbing 21-year-old to death in Malaga in the early hours

Motorists beware: Spain steps up ITV inspections as average car is now 14.5 years old

Spain to pardon over 50 women locked up by wife of dictator during Franco regime

Spain’s property market continues to heat up: The eight provinces where home sales now exceed bubble-era highs

Spain launches its new €60-a-month public transport pass – here’s how it works

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