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Paedophile stepfather is jailed after impregnating partner’s 10-year-old daughter in Spain’s Mallorca

A MAN has been jailed in Spain’s Mallorca after impregnating his partner’s 10-year-old daughter. On Wednesday, October 16 a man was arrested in Mallorca and

18 Oct, 2024 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Kinahan cartel enforcers plead guilty to ‘fake informant’ scam in ploy to fool British cops with weapons stash

TWO Kinahan cartel leaders have pleaded guilty to a ruse to dupe British cops into believing the pair had cooperated in uncovering a weapons stash.

17 Oct, 2024 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Senegalese man, 31, who drugged and raped a Swiss tourist in Spain is jailed for four years

A MAN who drugged and raped a Swiss tourist has been served a four year jail sentence. A 31-YEAR-OLD man has been found guilty of

16 Oct, 2024 @ 16:51

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Police officer bitten by man fuming over lost luggage at Mallorca airport

British couple who ‘trashed their Magaluf hotel room’ are arrested while trying to fly home

A YOUNG British couple were arrested at Palma airport on Friday after trashing a bedroom in their four-star Magaluf hotel. The man, 27, and woman,

16 Oct, 2024 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Huge narco crackdown in Valencia and Alicante: Police make 71 arrests in operation ‘Detalka-Aspid’

A JOINT Policia Nacional-Guardia Civil operation has taken down a Murcia-based drugs gang that had associates in Alicante and Castellon provinces. 71 people were arrested

16 Oct, 2024 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Foreigners buried in Costa Blanca cemetery 'disappeared' to make space with French woman shocked to find her sister's tombstone removed

Outrage over expat grave diggers on Spain’s Costa Blanca: French woman is illegally dug up after German corpse was removed to find space for local official’s grandmother

CALPE council has ordered an inquiry into illegal exhumations at the municipal cemetery after the relatives of a French girl buried in a niche in

16 Oct, 2024 @ 11:31

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police identify man whose body was found dumped with his throat slit on a property in Spain’s Estepona

POLICE have identified a man who was found dead in a property in Estepona at the weekend. The victim was found with a slit throat

16 Oct, 2024 @ 09:57

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Exclusive: Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘could flee to Africa’ if freed next year – as Irish victim vows to appeal ‘scandalous’ acquittal

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is considering fleeing to Africa if he gets out of prison next year, the Olive Press can reveal. The 47-year-old

15 Oct, 2024 @ 19:59

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

British TV detective claims to know ‘real reason’ doomed Jay Slater left his Airbnb in Spain’s Tenerife

THEORIES have yet again begun to swirl about Jay Slater’s death as a British TV detective claims he knows the ‘real reason’ why the teen

15 Oct, 2024 @ 17:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Corrupt ex-politician in Spain who hid his ill-gotten fortunes abroad is jailed for 10 years

THE former Valencian president, Eduardo Zaplana, has been jailed for 10 years and five months for corruption, bribery, and money laundering. He’s been ordered to

15 Oct, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Spain’s most wanted safe cracker and ‘posh’ son of Italian politician is finally arrested

POLICE have arrested Alex di Francesco in Rome- the man branded as Spain’s top safe cracker- and nicknamed ‘posh boy’ for being the son of

15 Oct, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Watch: Terrifying shootout in ‘no-go’ narco zone in southern Spain ‘involving shotguns and AK-47s’

THIS is the terrifying moment a late-night shoot out rocked a neighbourhood of Sevilla in southern Spain at the weekend. Footage shared online shows how

14 Oct, 2024 @ 17:18

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Body of unidentified man with a cut throat is dumped near major holiday resort on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The victim, who has not been identified, has no relation the property in which he was found

14 Oct, 2024 @ 16:45

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Neighbours fume over noisy illegal rave on farm in Spain with multiple arrests and drivers failing drug tests

AN ILLEGAL rave on a Murcia region farm has resulted in five arrests during a busy weekend for the police. The event attracted around a

14 Oct, 2024 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Convicted French drug-trafficker on the run since 2016 is arrested at Benidorm hotel

Italian mafia boss is arrested in Spain’s Benidorm: Kingpin faces 24 years behind bars

AN ITALIAN man accused of running a drug trafficking gang in his native country, has been arrested in Benidorm. The 38-year-old had a European Arrest

14 Oct, 2024 @ 11:52

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Brit rapist who attacked a 13-year-old girl on a beach in Spain is jailed for two years

A BRITISH man who suffers with Jacob’s Syndrome- a genetic condition which causes mental issues- has been given a two-year prison term for raping a

14 Oct, 2024 @ 11:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

New mega narco bust underlines how Spain has become ‘the number one producer of cannabis in Europe’

SPANISH police oversaw another huge drugs bust this week, but one that harbingers a new and worrying trend in the country’s struggle against narco trafficking.

11 Oct, 2024 @ 19:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

A ‘serial child sex offender’ who abused children in Gibraltar for over a quarter of a century is found guilty after harrowing trial

A SERIAL child sex offender has been found guilty of 19 offences against children in the Gibraltar Supreme Court over a period spanning a quarter

11 Oct, 2024 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Smuggler is caught with €100,000 worth of fake British, French and other nations’ stamps in Spain

A WOMAN who arrived at Valencia Airport from Morocco tried to smuggle in nearly €100,000 of freshly-minted fake postage stamps. The Spanish national- of Nigerian

11 Oct, 2024 @ 12:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Burnt body is found dumped in Spain’s Tenerife: Murder probe is launched after victim was ‘tied up’

THE burnt body of a man has been discovered on the island of Tenerife. The corpse was found on the south of the island on

10 Oct, 2024 @ 12:48

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

British woman is hospitalised in Spain after being ‘stabbed by a masked robber’ at a major holiday resort

A BRITISH tourist was stabbed during a street robbery in Lloret de Mar on Monday. The female victim was with a group from France and

10 Oct, 2024 @ 12:05

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: How narco traffickers from Spain’s Andalucia flooded Europe with hashish, including hidden switches, secret lairs and fake cops – as police seize nine TONNES of drugs

SPANISH police have smashed a huge criminal gang that had turned the Gulf of Cadiz into one of Europe’s epicentres for drug trafficking. The group

10 Oct, 2024 @ 11:55

Algeciras·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Father, 74, and son, 18, arrested for dealing cocaine to Estepona community from their villa on the Costa del Sol

A 74-year-old father was leading his 18-year-old son in running a cocaine operation from their villa on the Costa del Sol. The pair, 74 and

9 Oct, 2024 @ 15:25

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Woman accuses ex-boyfriend of employing a medium to move objects and furniture to frighten her at her Valencia home

Police in Spain investigate bizarre case of ‘paranormal abuse’ after a woman claimed her ex-boyfriend hired a medium to scare her

A VALENCIA woman has accused her former partner of hiring a medium to move objects and furniture to intimidate her. In a domestic violence investigation,

9 Oct, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Costa del Horror: Builder ‘decapitated his ex’ in a Marbella sand dune before ‘dumping mother-of-two’s body, head and hands into the sea’

A MAN accused of decapitating his ex-girlfriend just moments after having sex with her in a Marbella sand dune will finally appear in court. The

8 Oct, 2024 @ 14:50

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Outrage over ‘appalling’ Christian Brueckner verdict: Public leave court room ‘in disgust’ after Madeleine McCann suspect’s full acquittal – as prosecutors launch appeal

PROSECUTORS in Germany have branded the full acquittal of paedophile Christian Brueckner ‘appalling’. The 47-year-old was cleared of all charges by a judge in Braunschweig

8 Oct, 2024 @ 14:48

Crime & Law·Lead

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Paedophile stepfather is jailed after impregnating partner’s 10-year-old daughter in Spain’s Mallorca

Kinahan cartel enforcers plead guilty to ‘fake informant’ scam in ploy to fool British cops with weapons stash

Senegalese man, 31, who drugged and raped a Swiss tourist in Spain is jailed for four years

British couple who ‘trashed their Magaluf hotel room’ are arrested while trying to fly home

Huge narco crackdown in Valencia and Alicante: Police make 71 arrests in operation ‘Detalka-Aspid’

Outrage over expat grave diggers on Spain’s Costa Blanca: French woman is illegally dug up after German corpse was removed to find space for local official’s grandmother

Police identify man whose body was found dumped with his throat slit on a property in Spain’s Estepona

Exclusive: Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘could flee to Africa’ if freed next year – as Irish victim vows to appeal ‘scandalous’ acquittal

British TV detective claims to know ‘real reason’ doomed Jay Slater left his Airbnb in Spain’s Tenerife

Corrupt ex-politician in Spain who hid his ill-gotten fortunes abroad is jailed for 10 years

Spain’s most wanted safe cracker and ‘posh’ son of Italian politician is finally arrested

Watch: Terrifying shootout in ‘no-go’ narco zone in southern Spain ‘involving shotguns and AK-47s’

Body of unidentified man with a cut throat is dumped near major holiday resort on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Neighbours fume over noisy illegal rave on farm in Spain with multiple arrests and drivers failing drug tests

Italian mafia boss is arrested in Spain’s Benidorm: Kingpin faces 24 years behind bars

Brit rapist who attacked a 13-year-old girl on a beach in Spain is jailed for two years

New mega narco bust underlines how Spain has become ‘the number one producer of cannabis in Europe’

A ‘serial child sex offender’ who abused children in Gibraltar for over a quarter of a century is found guilty after harrowing trial

Smuggler is caught with €100,000 worth of fake British, French and other nations’ stamps in Spain

Burnt body is found dumped in Spain’s Tenerife: Murder probe is launched after victim was ‘tied up’

British woman is hospitalised in Spain after being ‘stabbed by a masked robber’ at a major holiday resort

WATCH: How narco traffickers from Spain’s Andalucia flooded Europe with hashish, including hidden switches, secret lairs and fake cops – as police seize nine TONNES of drugs

Father, 74, and son, 18, arrested for dealing cocaine to Estepona community from their villa on the Costa del Sol

Police in Spain investigate bizarre case of ‘paranormal abuse’ after a woman claimed her ex-boyfriend hired a medium to scare her

Costa del Horror: Builder ‘decapitated his ex’ in a Marbella sand dune before ‘dumping mother-of-two’s body, head and hands into the sea’

Outrage over ‘appalling’ Christian Brueckner verdict: Public leave court room ‘in disgust’ after Madeleine McCann suspect’s full acquittal – as prosecutors launch appeal

‘Most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farm to be found in years is raided in Alicante with entry via ‘secret’ door

Costa del Sol under yellow weather alert: Torrential downpours to spell end of Malaga’s Indian summer?

Disaster for PM Sanchez as Catalan separatist allies abandon support for his centre-left government

Horror in Alicante: Boyfriend ‘kills partner and stashes her corpse on couch in her Costa Blanca home while he makes off with her inheritance windfall’

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