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Beachgoers celebrate as police arrest man exposing himself to women on one of Cadiz’s main beaches

A MAN has been arrested for exposing himself to women on Cadiz’s popular Victoria beach. At around 9.30pm on Tuesday police were called to Cadiz’s

17 Jun, 2026 @ 16:30

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Serb shot dead in broad daylight Barcelona assassination was ‘laying low after previously controlling cocaine entering Antwerp port’

A SERBIAN man shot dead in broad daylight on a busy Barcelona street had been hiding from Belgian authorities after allegedly controlling the flow of

17 Jun, 2026 @ 13:44

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Former Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero in two-day corruption quiz over €53M airline bailout plus high-value jewellery stashed in office safe

SPAIN’S ex-Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is appearing before a judge in Madrid on Wednesday in a corruption probe. He will be quizzed for

17 Jun, 2026 @ 13:13

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Wild scenes in Benidorm as police chase electric scooter wizzing through city centre at over 100km/h

A POPULAR Costa Blanca holiday hotspot was the scene of a bizarre high-speed chase after police pursued an electric scooter tearing through the town centre

17 Jun, 2026 @ 13:02

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Police seize 16 tonnes of fake World Cup football shirts bound for tourist hotspots in Malaga, Madrid and Barcelona

POLICE have seized 16 tonnes of counterfeit World Cup football shirts worth €2 million, with the fake kits destined for sale in tourist hotspots including

17 Jun, 2026 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Man's body found in freezer at apartment in Spain with suspected killer failing in suicide attempt

Man’s body found in freezer at apartment in Spain as suspected killer takes overdose

A MAN’S body was found inside a fridge at an apartment on Castellon’s Plaza Pintor Sorolla on Tuesday. The Policia Nacional made the grim discovery

17 Jun, 2026 @ 12:05

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Father stabs speech therapist to death in Valencia and turns himself in to police claiming ‘he was abusing my son’

A MAN has turned himself in to police after allegedly stabbing his son’s speech therapist to death in Valencia, claiming the victim was abusing his

16 Jun, 2026 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Murder victim shot dead in centre of Barcelona was ‘young man with multiple false identities wanted by Belgian authorities’

THE identity of a man shot dead on Calle Balmes has finally been revealed nearly a week after the shocking broad daylight hit. The Mossos

16 Jun, 2026 @ 13:17

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish footballer gets eight year jail term for sexually assaulting woman that he met at Valencia nightclub

LA LIGA footballer Rafa Mir has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at his villa nearly two years ago. Mir, 28, played for

16 Jun, 2026 @ 10:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

WATCH: Armed mob ‘attacks Barcelona restaurant’ sparking mass brawl in notorious barrio popular with tourists and expats

FOUR people have been arrested after a machete-wielding mob attacked a restaurant on Barcelona’s Rambla del Raval in a violent 30-person brawl. The incident took

15 Jun, 2026 @ 14:23

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Police issue warning as Costa Blanca teenager scams woman out of €30k by pretending to be bank worker

Police issue warning as Costa Blanca teenager scams woman out of €30k in bank worker con

A 19-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Alicante after posing on the phone as a bank employee to con a woman out of €30,000. The

15 Jun, 2026 @ 13:56

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Thief caught red-handed at Costa Blanca pawn shop trying to sell off part of valuable Lego collection stolen from neighbour

Thief caught red-handed at Costa Blanca pawn shop trying to sell valuable Lego collection stolen from neighbour

THE Policia Nacional have recovered a large number of rare Lego collectables stolen from a house in the Torrellano district of Elche. A 31-year-old man

15 Jun, 2026 @ 10:42

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Tommy Robinson detained at Heathrow airport under terrorism legislation – but was far-right activist returning from Spain?

THE rabble-rousing far-right activist Tommy Robinson was detained by police under terrorism legislation at London’s Heathrow airport on Saturday evening, it has been confirmed. Robinson,

14 Jun, 2026 @ 16:29

Crime & Law·International Affairs·Lead

Warning: Town on Spain’s Costa del Sol will cut off water and issue fines of up to €600,000 to people who disobey drought measures

British parents banned from seeing children after leaving them alone to party on the Costa del Sol – but avoid jail time

A BRITISH couple who left their children alone at a hotel on the Costa del Sol while they went partying have been handed a suspended

13 Jun, 2026 @ 18:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa Blanca 'Good Samaritan' is kidnapped by house guests but escapes after being thrown 'bound and gagged' into car boot

Costa Blanca ‘Good Samaritan’ is kidnapped by house guests but escapes outside McDonalds after being thrown ‘bound and gagged’ into car boot

A 33-YEAR-OLD Czech woman went through a two-day kidnapping and sexual assault ordeal after letting a homeless couple- also from the Czech Republic- stay in

12 Jun, 2026 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Mijas homes raided as hundreds of police storm properties across Andalucia in narco money laundering sting

HOMES in Mijas were among 18 properties raided as more than 350 Guardia Civil officers swept across Andalucia in a major crackdown on suspected narco

12 Jun, 2026 @ 14:29

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Malaga·Marbella

Husband charged with kidnapping and murdering Ana Knezevich after she disappeared from her Madrid apartment in February

Unsolved mystery of American woman feared murdered by her husband in Madrid returns to spotlight in NBC Dateline special

THE mystery of an American woman who vanished in Madrid before her husband was charged with her murder is set to return to the spotlight

12 Jun, 2026 @ 12:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Protected witness was kidnapped at Mijas hotel and shot in the arm in Manilva — and the only suspect just walked free

A PROTECTED witness was kidnapped outside a Mijas hotel and later shot in the arm in Manilva over four years ago, but now the only

11 Jun, 2026 @ 15:00

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Police seize 1.7 tonnes of cocaine shipped into Valencia by infamous Balkan Cartel

Spain seized 37% of all EU cocaine last year as Brussels insists Madrid is doing ‘everything possible’ to fight the cartels

SPAIN seized more cannabis and cocaine than any other EU country in 2024, new data has shown, in what officials say confirms its role as

11 Jun, 2026 @ 13:52

Crime & Law·Lead

Manhunt for missing Moroccan promoter facing jail over shocking homophobic party rules in Spain’s southern gay capital of Torremolinos

SPANISH police have launched a manhunt for a Moroccan party promoter accused of organising an event in Torremolinos with a shockingly homophobic entry policy. The

11 Jun, 2026 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Three British tourists sexually assaulted by man who posed as Valencia hostel worker

Three British tourists sexually assaulted by man posing as Valencia hostel worker

A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for sexually assaulting three British female tourists at a Valencia hostel. The Policia Nacional said that the Tunisian national

11 Jun, 2026 @ 10:59

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

A brutal Balkan gang war on the streets of Barcelona culminates in broad daylight murder on the day of the Pope’s visit – a timeline of all we know

THE latest shooting in Barcelona in Calle Balmes has seen a man take a bullet to the head at point-blank range in the city’s commercial

10 Jun, 2026 @ 19:12

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Welcome to Barcelona, Leo: Man is gunned down in the street as Pope prepares to inaugurate Sagrada Familia tower

A MAN was shot dead on a Barcelona street on Wednesday close to the Policia Nacional station while events in the Catalan capital are dominated

10 Jun, 2026 @ 12:13

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Popular Costa Blanca street market raided with 12 traders arrested for selling fake football shirts ahead of the World Cup

12 PEOPLE have been arrested for selling fake goods at the weekly Torrecremada Park street market in Denia. The Policia Nacional and Denia’s Policia Local

10 Jun, 2026 @ 11:32

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Andalucia’s rampant narco activity moves closer to Gibraltar after nearly two tonnes of petrol are found stashed in caves high up on the Rock

POLICE in Gibraltar have seized nearly two tonnes of petrol used to fuel notorious ‘narcolancha’ boats funnelling drugs into southern Spain in the latest sign

10 Jun, 2026 @ 07:30

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Dog walker has ear half bitten off after ‘dangerous breed’ goes on attack rampage biting four people – including four-year-old boy – in Alicante

FOUR people were victim to a hazardous dog attack in Costa Blanca that ended with a 51-year-old woman losing part of her ear. A violent

9 Jun, 2026 @ 15:35

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Crime & Law

Beachgoers celebrate as police arrest man exposing himself to women on one of Cadiz’s main beaches

Serb shot dead in broad daylight Barcelona assassination was ‘laying low after previously controlling cocaine entering Antwerp port’

Former Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero in two-day corruption quiz over €53M airline bailout plus high-value jewellery stashed in office safe

Wild scenes in Benidorm as police chase electric scooter wizzing through city centre at over 100km/h

WATCH: Police seize 16 tonnes of fake World Cup football shirts bound for tourist hotspots in Malaga, Madrid and Barcelona

Man’s body found in freezer at apartment in Spain as suspected killer takes overdose

Father stabs speech therapist to death in Valencia and turns himself in to police claiming ‘he was abusing my son’

Murder victim shot dead in centre of Barcelona was ‘young man with multiple false identities wanted by Belgian authorities’

Spanish footballer gets eight year jail term for sexually assaulting woman that he met at Valencia nightclub

WATCH: Armed mob ‘attacks Barcelona restaurant’ sparking mass brawl in notorious barrio popular with tourists and expats

Police issue warning as Costa Blanca teenager scams woman out of €30k in bank worker con

Thief caught red-handed at Costa Blanca pawn shop trying to sell valuable Lego collection stolen from neighbour

Tommy Robinson detained at Heathrow airport under terrorism legislation – but was far-right activist returning from Spain?

British parents banned from seeing children after leaving them alone to party on the Costa del Sol – but avoid jail time

Costa Blanca ‘Good Samaritan’ is kidnapped by house guests but escapes outside McDonalds after being thrown ‘bound and gagged’ into car boot

Mijas homes raided as hundreds of police storm properties across Andalucia in narco money laundering sting

Unsolved mystery of American woman feared murdered by her husband in Madrid returns to spotlight in NBC Dateline special

Protected witness was kidnapped at Mijas hotel and shot in the arm in Manilva — and the only suspect just walked free

Spain seized 37% of all EU cocaine last year as Brussels insists Madrid is doing ‘everything possible’ to fight the cartels

Manhunt for missing Moroccan promoter facing jail over shocking homophobic party rules in Spain’s southern gay capital of Torremolinos

Three British tourists sexually assaulted by man posing as Valencia hostel worker

A brutal Balkan gang war on the streets of Barcelona culminates in broad daylight murder on the day of the Pope’s visit – a timeline of all we know

Welcome to Barcelona, Leo: Man is gunned down in the street as Pope prepares to inaugurate Sagrada Familia tower

Popular Costa Blanca street market raided with 12 traders arrested for selling fake football shirts ahead of the World Cup

Andalucia’s rampant narco activity moves closer to Gibraltar after nearly two tonnes of petrol are found stashed in caves high up on the Rock

Dog walker has ear half bitten off after ‘dangerous breed’ goes on attack rampage biting four people – including four-year-old boy – in Alicante

Summer holiday blow as persistent 3.2% inflation squeeze forces one in five families to cancel vacation plans in Spain

Miracle of nature as up to 9,000 newborn flamingo chicks begin spectacular annual migration across Torrevieja lagoons

Beachgoers celebrate as police arrest man exposing himself to women on one of Cadiz’s main beaches

Spain opens competition probe into six biggest banks over concerns of price coordination driven by cutthroat ‘mortgage war’

Fast-track approval granted for massive €60 million sports and music stadium complex in Alicante

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