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British woman, 59, arrested on suspicion of ‘intimately groping’ young Italian girl sitting on park bench in Mijas

A 59-year-old British woman has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting an Italian female child in Mijas. The incident occurred on Boulevard de La

20 Aug, 2025 @ 16:45

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Ex-employee and girlfriend sneak into warehouse and steal 65 barrels of beer in southern Spain

POLICE in Sevilla have arrested two people accused of stealing 65 barrels of Cruzcampo beer worth around €10,000. The theft took place in July from

20 Aug, 2025 @ 16:21

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

Estate agents stole €120k from elderly client’s Costa Blanca home while she enjoyed ‘free’ spa holiday

AN ALICANTE real estate agency hatched an elaborate plot to steal €120,000 in cash from a vulnerable elderly client. Two men- including the agency manager-and

20 Aug, 2025 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Three ‘dangerous’ members of infamous Italian mafia gang are arrested in Spain

THREE members of the Italian mafia gang known as the Ndrangueta have been arrested in Ibiza. They were detained last Friday in a joint operation

20 Aug, 2025 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Serbian gangster laying low in Spanish party town for years rumbled by false passport fail

A SERBIAN drug trafficker sentenced to four years in prison has been arrested in Spain after being caught with a fake passport. The man was

19 Aug, 2025 @ 17:45

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Squatters get rent collector and 'large men' arrested for staging violent eviction in Spain

Brit arrested in Spain over £2m drug and gun supply plot

A BRITISH man has been extradited to the UK from Spain to face a string of drug and gun charges. Craig Bennett, 41, from Uxbridge,

19 Aug, 2025 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Barcelona·Catalunya·crime·Crime & Law·Lead

Crooked carer steals €30k from dead client by using her bank account and cash cards in Valencia

A WOMAN who cared after an elderly female client in Valencia helped herself to over €30,000- mainly after she died last September. The carer, 43,

19 Aug, 2025 @ 15:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Man shot dead by police after trying to stab officers on his doorstep in Valencia

Man shot dead after trying to stab police officers on his doorstep in Valencia

A MAN was shot dead after lunging at two Policia Nacional officers with a knife in a Valencia building on Monday. The assailant was a

19 Aug, 2025 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Been robbed in Barcelona? Police finally smash pickpocket gangs – and set up database of over 1,000 stolen mobiles

FOR years, Barcelona’s reputation as Europe’s bag-snatching capital has left residents and tourists exasperated, as thieves seemed to operate with impunity – with the police

19 Aug, 2025 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Suspected jihadists including Islamic State terror group recruiter are arrested in Spain

TWO suspected jihadists have been arrested in Catalunya following an 18-month Policia Nacional investigation. The men were detained last Thursday in Vallfogona de Balaguer(Lleida province)

19 Aug, 2025 @ 07:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Police arrest 83-year-old man in Madrid for ploughing into group of cyclists and driving away as they lay seriously injured

AN 83-year-old man has been arrested for running over four cyclists in Colmenar de Oreja and fleeing the scene, over two weeks ago. The incident

18 Aug, 2025 @ 14:35

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Benidorm hotel head waiter extorted money from exploited workers to keep their jobs

A HOTEL head waiter has been arrested for extorting and harassing workers at a Benidorm establishment. The 43-year-old man was detained by the Policia Nacional

18 Aug, 2025 @ 13:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Ruthless British crime boss Jamie Rothwell skips and dances after being arrested in Barcelona

THIS is the moment British crime lord Jamie Rothwell skips and dances as Spanish police march him away in handcuffs. Rothwell was tracked down and

18 Aug, 2025 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: ‘WAIT AND SEE’: As Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner could be out on the streets in ‘under a month’

DANGEROUS child molester Christian Brueckner might make a return trip to Spain or Portugal in under a month. The convicted German sex offender – the

17 Aug, 2025 @ 15:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

‘Tinder date’ horror in Spain: Woman is strangled to death with a dog leash and set on fire

Top Spanish anti-drugs cop in Mallorca remanded in custody over links to mafia-style drug and money laundering gang

A SENIOR Spanish police inspector has been thrown behind bars without bail over claims he leaked top-secret information to a ruthless European drug gang. Inspector

15 Aug, 2025 @ 16:07

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British crime boss Jamie Rothwell who ran UK shootings from Barcelona luxury apartment jailed for 43 years

A notorious British gang leader who hid out in a Barcelona apartment with sweeping city views while directing violent attacks in the UK has been

15 Aug, 2025 @ 12:07

Barcelona·Catalunya·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Cops bust ‘holiday car jackers’ who stripped 50 motors from Madrid airport car park for black market in Morocco

BRAZEN thieves stole up to ten cars a week from airport and holiday parking spots – then stripped them in a secret rural chop shop

15 Aug, 2025 @ 11:45

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Two young American tourists sexually assaulted within hours in Spain's Valencia

Two young American tourists sexually assaulted in separate incidents in Spain’s Valencia

TWO female American tourists- one aged 17- have allegedly been sexually assaulted in separate incidents in Valencia. One of the victims, 21, reported she had

14 Aug, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Got grandparents from Spain? Countdown is on to register for a Spanish passport

A NEW deadline has been put in place to request Spanish citizenship for those with the correct ancestry – and it’s coming up fast. Descendants

14 Aug, 2025 @ 10:51

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Squatters get rent collector and ‘large men’ arrested for staging violent eviction in Spain

A RENT collector assigned to a Toledo apartment has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for organising a violent eviction of squatters. Four ‘large’ men-

13 Aug, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Mallorca’s former top anti-drug cop arrested in money laundering probe linked to Ibiza cocaine pipeline

A FORMER head of the Policia Nacional’s narcotics unit in Mallorca has been arrested as part of a probe into money laundering of drug trafficking

12 Aug, 2025 @ 11:47

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Horror in Malaga as Nigerian man smashes champagne bottle over Swedish girlfriend’s head during hotel room brawl

A MALAGA hotel room brawl saw a woman stab her boyfriend after he smashed a champagne bottle on her head. Both have been arrested by

11 Aug, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Police frogmarch one of Europe’s most wanted narco kingpins out of his luxury villa on Spain’s southern coast

IT was just after dawn when elite Guardia Civil officers swept into a quiet hillside neighbourhood of Almuñecar on Granada’s Costa Tropical. Moments later, one

11 Aug, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead