Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Spain and Ecuador both seek extradition of Albanian drug lord who owned luxury villas in the Costa del Sol

ECUADOR and Spain are set to engage in a legal contest over the extradition of Dritan Gjika, the alleged leader of an Albanian drug trafficking

28 May, 2025 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Narco traffickers who threaten Spain must be treated the same as ETA terrorists,’ claims Andalucia president

JUNTA president Juanma Moreno has described the fight against drug trafficking as ‘David against Goliath’ as he called on Pedro Sanchez’s government to treat suspected

28 May, 2025 @ 15:39

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

50 million scam phone calls and texts blocked since March under new laws in Spain

Benidorm fraudsters ran ‘bank manager phone con’ on woman to pocket €14k

BENIDORM fraudsters syphoned €14,000 out of a woman’s bank account by running a con involving a bogus bank manager. The Policia Nacional have arrested two

28 May, 2025 @ 12:30

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Cocaine worth €5m found inside catalytic converters shipped to Spain’s Valencia

CUSTOMS officers at the port of Valencia have intercepted cocaine weighing 170 kilos inside catalytic converters imported from Brazil. Authorities said the narcotics had a

27 May, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Man ‘douses girlfriend in alcohol and tries to set her alight’ in Spain

A HORRIFIC attempt to burn a woman alive has rocked the Spanish holiday hotspot of Fuengirola, Malaga, after a man allegedly drenched his partner in

27 May, 2025 @ 15:35

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Irish man is shot in the head outside Costa Blanca shopping centre- suspect jailed

AN IRISH man, 21, was shot in the head inside a property close to the Zenia Boulevard Shopping Centre on the Orihuela Costa. The injured

27 May, 2025 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British man, 40, launched frenzied assault on much-younger victim in Mallorca

British man, 40, launches frenzied assault on younger victim in Mallorca

A BRITISH man, 40, has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for a violent assault on a German national in the Cala Millor area of

27 May, 2025 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Police rescue – and arrest – tourist in Mallorca who swam out to sea ‘while drunk and high on drugs’

A DRUNK tourist visiting party hotspot Magaluf was arrested last week after acting in an aggressive manner towards police officers who had pulled the man

26 May, 2025 @ 16:52

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Slaughterhouse horror as mistreated animals are killed to supply Asian restaurants in Spain

A NETWORK of unlicensed slaughterhouses has been busted by the Guardia Civil in the Avila, Madrid, and Toledo areas. Meat from mistreated animals was supplied

26 May, 2025 @ 12:50

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

Malaga man arrested for shaking baby daughter and throwing her to the floor

A MAN has been arrested after allegedly shaking and throwing his 14-month-old daughter to the floor during a violent altercation with his partner. Emergency services

26 May, 2025 @ 11:34

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

British ‘tourists’ jailed after trying to smuggle 33 kilos of marijuana into Spain

A BRITISH couple have been jailed after flying into Valencia airport with over 33 kilos of marijuana stashed into two large suitcases. Asked about their

26 May, 2025 @ 11:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Rapper who fled Spain in notorious free-speech case is investigated for punching two men in Mallorca nightclub

A MALLORCAN rapper who became famous due to a notorious free speech court case is being investigated for punching two young men in a Cala

23 May, 2025 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Italian tourist stabbed by vagrant and rushed to Valencia hospital with ‘prolific’ bleeding

AN ITALIAN tourist was stabbed in the neck by a man while visiting Valencia City with her boyfriend. The Valencia Policia Local arrested the attacker

23 May, 2025 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Search is underway after 25-year-old Brit mysteriously disappeared near Girona

A SEARCH is underway for a 25-year-old British man who has seemingly disappeared after no one heard from him again for over a month. On

23 May, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Marbella mayor’s stepson and late husband ‘laundered €7m as bosses of the Swedish mafia’ trial hears

A POLICIA Nacional inspector has accused the stepson and late husband of Marbella’s mayor of laundering more than €7 million of suspected drug money, as

23 May, 2025 @ 13:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Couple steal bank cards from elderly people after memorising PIN numbers inside Costa Blanca shops

Pickpocket couple memorised PIN numbers of elderly people in Costa Blanca shops

A ROMANIAN couple have been arrested in Denia after stealing bank cards from elderly people and clocking up transactions of €10,853. The Policia Nacional said

22 May, 2025 @ 15:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police celebrate ‘few incidents’ and just eight arrests after 60,000 British football fans arrived in Spain

POLICE in Spain have praised the success of an enormous security operation after only eight arrests were made during the Europa League final in Bilbao,

22 May, 2025 @ 11:51

Bilbao·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Costa Blanca Killer Who Claimed He Was 'possessed' Gets Life For Stabbing Mother 69 Times At Their Home In Spain

Spanish man stabs traveller in the neck at Mallorca airport

A HOMELESS Spaniard has been arrested after stabbing another Spaniard in the neck at Mallorca airport. The brutal incident unfolded at Son Sant Joan Airport

22 May, 2025 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Danish man wanted for sexual assault in Middle East nabbed in Spain as he boards ferry to Morocco

OFFICERS of the Policia Nacional have arrested a Danish man in the port of Tarifa when he tried to enter Spain after taking a ferry

22 May, 2025 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Squatters spark outrage by calling police on three burglars trying to break into 'their' home in Malaga town

Father-son duo arrested in crackdown on Italian mafia on the Costa del Sol

A FATHER and son have been arrested in Malaga for allegedly belonging to an Italian mafia gang. A 47-year-old man born in the Milan area

21 May, 2025 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British tourist, 68, dies in Spain three months after being ‘sucker punched on a night out’

A BRITISH pensioner has passed away three months after he suffered a horrific assault while holidaying in Spain. Retired carpenter Marshall Latham, 68, was ‘just

21 May, 2025 @ 14:35

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Diplomatic storm after Spanish police beat group of Colombians in Valencia

A DIPLOMATIC storm has been brewing after a video appeared showing Spanish police officers beating a group of Colombian migrants with their batons. “I demand

21 May, 2025 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Video

Russia's dirty war comes to Spain as pro-Moscow Ukrainian is gunned down by Madrid school

Russia’s dirty war comes to Spain: Pro-Moscow Ukrainian is gunned down outside exclusive Madrid school

A MAN who worked for a former Ukrainian president has been shot and killed in Madrid. Solicitor and former politician Andriy Portnov, 52, was assassinated

21 May, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

‘Kamikaze’ driver arrested twice in three days for driving on wrong side of motorway in Spain

AN ELDERLY motorist has been arrested twice in three days for driving on the wrong side of the motorway in the Murcia and Valencia regions.

21 May, 2025 @ 12:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Racists in 'unprecedented milestone' ruling for abusing Real Madrid footballer Vinicius

‘Milestone’ prison sentence for racist football fans who abused Real Madrid footballer Vinicius

FIVE racist football fans have been given one-year prison terms- suspended for three years- for shouting abuse at Real Madrid player Vinicius in December 2022.

21 May, 2025 @ 11:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Robbers targeted luxury fountain pens worth up to €10k each in Spain

A GANG of thieves targeted luxury fountain pens as they travelled to shopping centres around Spain. The Madrid-based crew came from South America, with the

20 May, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead

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