Teen hitmen on the Costa del Sol: 17-year-old arrested for allegedly gunning down Dutchman in Fuengirola
A TEENAGER has been arrested in northern Europe for allegedly gunning down a man on the Costa del Sol – the first confirmed case in
Inside the audacious €1bn Costa del Sol cocaine empire that came crashing down after a routine inspection
It began with a routine inspection of banana crates in a Malaga warehouse back in 2018. What officers found inside would unravel one of the
British woman, 64, is arrested in Benidorm for ‘strangling her friend to death with a vacuum cleaner cable’
A 64-year-old British holidaymaker has been arrested in Benidorm on suspicion of murdering her friend with a vacuum cleaner cable. The woman allegedly strangled a
Ex-Premier League star Thomas Partey ‘raped woman during unhinged romp in five-star hotel on Marbella’s Golden Mile’, UK court hears
FORMER Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to a string of rapes and a sexual assault against three women – including one alleged
Police arrest 19 for murder after ‘50 migrants accused of witchcraft are thrown overboard’ on way to Spain’s Canary Islands
POLICE in Spain have arrested 19 alleged people smugglers accused of torturing and murdering up to 50 would-be migrants on board a small boat heading
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
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.
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
Irish mafia boss John Gilligan signs on at Costa Blanca courthouse as part of release conditions after raising €10k bail money with begging Whatsapp messages
VETERAN Irish gangster John Gilligan cut a sorry figure as he signed on at a Costa Blanca courthouse today – his first appearance since being
The Albanians? The Mocro maffia? The Chinese? A who’s who of the most dangerous criminal gangs and mafias operating in Spain today
A NEW report from Spain’s Prosecutor’s Office has laid bare some of the many mafia groups operating in the country today. There are some real
Gangsters disguised as cops shoot giant tattooed Danish man in the face and later burn his van in sleepy Malaga town
A DANISH man was shot twice in his van by after gangsters disguised as Guardia Civil officers pulled him over in a quiet town just
BUSTED!: Two squatters arrested trying to break into Palma flat with crowbar
TWO would-be squatters were caught red-handed trying to break into a Palma flat in the early hours – and one of them was already wanted
‘They’re still trying to brush it under the carpet’: Family of Brit killed in Benidorm rail at fresh police claim ‘murder unlikely’
THE family of a British father who plunged to his death in Benidorm say Spanish police are still trying to dismiss foul play nearly a
Cadiz narcos torture and force grotesque laxative ordeal on mule while they wait for him to pass missing drugs
A YOUNG drug mule was kidnapped and subjected to a grotesque ordeal in Cadiz after a shipment of cocaine and heroin he was supposed to
Scottish mafia shootings: How a team of ‘female spotter used phones stolen from Costa del Sol tourists to track mob leaders before Fuengirola massacre’
IT was the brazen Mafia-style hit that sent shockwaves through the Costa del Sol, triggering fears of a vicious gang war not seen since the
SUNDAY LONG READ: People smuggling from Algeria to Spain is on the rise – thanks to drug traffickers diversifying and murky international politics
ON many a sweltering afternoon this summer, speed boats have been spotted skimming across the Alboran Sea to Spanish shores. To the casual eye, they
How the Portuguese navy foiled a high-seas narco-jacking of container ship travelling notorious cocaine highway to Malaga
THE Portuguese Navy has been hailed for its quick action after launching a dramatic high-seas rescue operation to stop armed drug traffickers who had hijacked
Retired police chief-turned-security boss for top Spanish company ‘attacks three cops in Madrid restaurant while heavily intoxicated’
A RETIRED police chief inspector in charge of security for a top Spanish Ibex 35-listed company has been arrested for assault at a Madrid restaurant.
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
REVEALED: The top crime hot spots on Spain’s Costa Blanca in first half of 2025
ALICANTE province’s crime rate has risen by 4.7% during the first six months of 2025- compared to the same period last year. The figures from
Benidorm police catch French fugitive jailed for 10 years for drug and sex offences
A FRENCH fugitive who skipped a 10-year prison sentence was caught driving around Benidorm with bogus ID documents on him. He had been jailed for
Man is shot dead at ‘point blank range’ in front of shocked town centre shoppers in Valencia
A MAN was shot dead in the centre of Xirivella- outside Valencia City- amidst multiple eye-witnesses at around 9.45am on Thursday. The brazen assassin escaped
‘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
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
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Friendly’ youngster killed near isolated ‘hippy’ beach in southern Spain is named, as police search for ‘four mystery men’ in connection with his grisly murder
A YOUNG man found bashed to death near an isolated ‘hippy’ beach in Almeria has been named as 23-year-old Mario Belmonte, the Olive Press can
Costa Blanca bank phone scam conned victims across Spain out of €100k
SEVEN people have been arrested on the Costa Blanca for being part of a phone scam where 42 victims across Spain were conned out of