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Marbella mayor calls for national and local police to work together more following surge in gangland shootings

MARBELLA’S mayor, Angeles Muñoz, wants more information sharing between the Policia Nacional and the city’s Policia Local to counter a wave of increased shooting in

16 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Climate change experts warn that up to 71 beaches will disappear across Spain's Balearic Islands by the end of the century - unless drastic action is taken

Italian expat, 20, is arrested ‘after raping a British tourist on a beach’ in Spain’s Mallorca

A WAITER has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for raping a British tourist in Palmanova on Mallorca. The 20-year-old Italian national met the woman

16 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Kidnappers are arrested in Spain's Malaga

WATCH: Kidnappers are arrested after ‘abucting a Swedish tourist from Malaga airport and holding him captive for 23 DAYS as part of a €500k ransom plot’

A SWEDISH tourist has been rescued by the police after a terrifying kidnap and abduction that lasted for 23 days. His captors were demanding a

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Double stabbing in Torremolinos: Two young men receive knife wounds to the buttocks and ribs in unprovoked attack in the street

POLICE in Torremolinos have launched an investigation after two young men were attacked and stabbed by a group of youngsters for no apparent reason. The

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Woman Arrested For Skipping 500 Taxi Fare To Spain S Costa Blanca From Madrid

Four Irish tourists are arrested in Spain after ‘beating up a taxi driver’: Group were caught moments before catching a flight home from Barcelona

FOUR Irish tourists were arrested in Catalunya in the early hours of Monday morning after a bitter dispute with a local taxi driver turned violent.

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:07

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Marbella shooting latest: Victim, 33, is from Albania and received multiple wounds in yet another gangland incident in Guadalmina

GUADALMINA has become the latest site of a Marbella shooting after a 33-year-old Albanian man received multiple wounds this Saturday. The man was allegedly shot

15 Apr, 2024 @ 14:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

THE BODIES of two men who were neighbours on a Calpe urbanisation have been discovered by the Guardia Civil on Monday. Both had gunshot wounds

15 Apr, 2024 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Thieves steal from foreign tourists visiting popular sight-seeing area in Spain's Valencia

Female gang of pickpockets are arrested after targeting tourists in Spain’s Valencia

A GANG of street thieves have been arrested in Valencia City after robbing a group of Chinese tourists. The four women operated in a popular

15 Apr, 2024 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

EXCLUSIVE: Child victim of a sex assault in Portugal recognises Madeleine Mccann suspect Christian Brueckner in the courtroom

By Jon Clarke and Rainer Burkard, in Braunschweig IT was something of a seminal moment in the mammoth ongoing trial of seasoned sex offender Christian

14 Apr, 2024 @ 21:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

US husband accused of killing of his expat wife in a tourist flat in Malaga claims she died after ‘a sex game simulating rape’ and ‘taking a drug’

AN American man being investigated over the death of his wife in Malaga claims she died after they engaged in ‘rape roleplay’ and after she

12 Apr, 2024 @ 14:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Ambulance driver in Benidorm steals cash and jewellery worth €4,500 from an elderly couple en route to hospital

A BENIDORM ambulance driver has been arrested for stealing a bag containing jewellery worth €4,500 from an elderly couple he was taking to hospital. The

12 Apr, 2024 @ 14:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Tourist is robbed of his Rolex while getting out of his car in Marbella: Two thieves swooped in on a moped

A MIDDLE-AGED man in Marbella has become the latest victim of watch-stealers, after a pair of thieves made off with his Rolex on Wednesday as

12 Apr, 2024 @ 13:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Attack on Socialist politician Olegario Ramon

Far-right protesters attack left-wing politician in Spain: Video shows moment PSOE spokesperson is manhandled by member of a flag-waving mob

THE former mayor of Ponferrada and current Socialist Party (PSOE) spokesperson in the northwestern Spanish city, Olegario Ramon, was violently attacked on Thursday by a

12 Apr, 2024 @ 12:04

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Mafia crackdown in Marbella: Police call in more men, dogs and drones to tackle the scourge of organised crime on the Costa del Sol this summer – following a wave of daylight shootings

POLICE in Marbella are ramping up reinforcements to tackle the scourge of organised crime this summer, it has been announced. The Policia Nacional force this

12 Apr, 2024 @ 09:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

EXCLUSIVE: Father of Christian Brueckner’s ex-girlfriend fears Madeleine McCann could be buried at his daughter’s former home in Portugal – as he pleads with police to dig up the garden

THE father of the ex-girlfriend of Madeleine Mccann suspect Christian Brueckner has pleaded with police to search her former home in Portugal. Dieter F, a

11 Apr, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

Man ‘attempts to kill partner just after she gave birth’ in Elche because ‘she said she wanted to leave him’

A MAN slit his partner’s throat, minutes after she gave birth in an Elche hospital and then told him that their relationship was over. The

11 Apr, 2024 @ 10:47

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Thieves make big blunder by robbing policeman’s home in Spain’s Valencia

TWO women picked the wrong Valencia province wrong house to rob, as it belonged to a police officer who had just popped out for a

10 Apr, 2024 @ 15:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Belgian man arrested in Spain’s Marbella for boarding a bus with MULTIPLE guns and ammunition.

A BELGIAN man has been arrested in Marbella after he boarded a bus with multiple guns and ammunition in his luggage. Police detained the man

10 Apr, 2024 @ 14:25

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Guardia Civil investigating new case of AI pornography involving minors in Spain’s Mallorca

THE Guardia Civil is investigating a fresh case of the use of artificial intelligence to create pornographic images involving minors. That’s according to sources close

10 Apr, 2024 @ 10:49

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Mallorca·Other News

Husband kills his wife and two children before taking his own life in Barcelona

A MAN killed his two eight-year-old children and his 43-year-old wife at their Barcelona area home on Tuesday before taking his own life. Police discovered

10 Apr, 2024 @ 09:15

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

Woman who sliced off her boyfriend’s penis with a kitchen knife in Spain is jailed and ordered to pay huge compensation costs

JAIL and huge compensation costs have been ordered for a woman who sliced off her boyfriend’s penis with a kitchen knife. The woman was accused

10 Apr, 2024 @ 08:37

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

Police force launches rapid response unit to deal with violent incidents on Spain’s Costa Blanca

JAVEA’S Policia Local has created a specialist unit called ERIS (Esquadra Rapida d’Intervencio i Suport) to deal with violent incidents that need an immediate response.

10 Apr, 2024 @ 05:00

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

Frenchman, 35, who ‘stole €450,000 worth of windsurfing equipment’ from the Mar Menor in Spain is arrested

A THIEF took €450,000 of windsurfing gear from a European championship event on the Mar Menor and drove his haul to an Alicante province warehouse,

9 Apr, 2024 @ 14:43

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Other News

WATCH: Youths laugh and joke as they launch rocks at cars on a busy road in Spain

A GROUP of young Spaniards have filmed themselves throwing rocks at passing vehicles on a motorway, later posting the footage of their incredibly dangerous and

9 Apr, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

US tourist death latest: Husband will be investigated for ‘gender violence’ after wife died ‘during or after sex’ in a tourist flat in Spain’s Malaga

POLICE in Malaga will be investigating the death of a US tourist last week as a gender violence crime, despite original reports that the 43-year-old

9 Apr, 2024 @ 11:48

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

'Love Hug' robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain's Costa Blanca Warning over ‘love hugging’ scam in Murcia after string of elderly people are targeted by gang TWO members of a ‘love-hug’ gang that travelled around Spain robbing elderly people have been jailed. Four Romanians- aged between 28 and 31- rented a 9 APR, 2024 @ 11:30 ALICANTE·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·MURCIA·OTHER NEWS Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter British tourist has expensive gold chain stolen by Benidorm ‘love hug’ thief who foolishly publishes social media photos of her showing it off A WOMAN stole a gold chain from a British tourist in Benidorm but was arrested days later after posting social media images of her wearing 27 NOV, 2023 @ 16:30 BENIDORM·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY ‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca Callous ‘love hug’ robber targeting old people- and even offering sex- gets fifth arrest in recent months on Spain’s Costa Blanca A PROFESSIONAL ‘love hug’ street robber has been arrested in Alicante for the fifth time in recent months. The 26-year-old woman travelled all round Spain 15 AUG, 2023 @ 17:15 ALICANTE·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY One of Spain's most-notorious 'Love Hug' robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca One of Spain’s most-notorious ‘Love Hug’ robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca

Warning over ‘love hugging’ scam in Murcia after string of elderly people are targeted by gang

TWO members of a ‘love-hug’ gang that travelled around Spain robbing elderly people have been jailed. Four Romanians- aged between 28 and 31- rented a

9 Apr, 2024 @ 11:30

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

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