Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

One of Europe’s oldest ‘most wanted’ fugitives is arrested outside his luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Austrian swindler who made €9 million from a scam in his native country has been arrested outside his luxury Costa Blanca villa. The man-

20 Mar, 2024 @ 14:45

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

WATCH: Shocking moment up to 60 youths launch rocks at police in Spain after their marijuana farm is rumbled

FIVE police officers have been injured in Catalunya following a clash with a gang of youths after their secret marijuana farm was uncovered. A shocking

20 Mar, 2024 @ 12:37

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Dani Alves is FREED: Ex-footballer and convicted rapist is released by court in Spain after paying €1million bail

FOOTBALLER Dani Alves is set to be released from jail just 4 weeks after being handed a four-and-a-half year prison sentence by a court in

20 Mar, 2024 @ 11:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Sport

Gang snatches over 100 bags from elderly people and withdraw €75k from their stolen bank cards in Spain

A bag snatching gang preying on elderly people has been arrested in the Valencia area. The five-strong crew operated across Spain and have been charged

20 Mar, 2024 @ 10:06

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

Three arrests over Marbella shooting: Two Swedish men were targeted by rival gang members in Nueva Andalucia, say police

THE Policia Nacional have arrested three people in connection with a Marbella shooting that left a Swedish expat in hospital with bullet wounds. Two men,

19 Mar, 2024 @ 17:43

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

Paw patrol: Highly intelligent robot dog joins a local police force on Spain’s Costa del Sol – this is what it can do

A ROBOT dog has joined a local police force on the Costa del Sol and will soon patrol the streets. READ MORE: Watch: Five arrests

19 Mar, 2024 @ 15:54

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

Dani Alves begs to be freed from prison in Spain after being convicted of rape: Footballer ‘promises that he won’t flee’

FOOTBALLER Dani Alves told a Barcelona court that was not flight risk as it heard arguments for him to be bailed while an appeal is

19 Mar, 2024 @ 12:30

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

Cybercriminals threaten to publish 'infected' patient files from hospital in Spain's Barcelona

Humiliation for town hall in southern Spain after losing €450,000 to ‘phishing’ scammers

GUARDIA Civil cybercrime experts are investigating whether a Murcia region council has lost over €455,000 of public money through an email scam. The mayor of

19 Mar, 2024 @ 11:42

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

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

British tourist ‘is raped by a cruise ship entertainer’: Police make arrest in Spain’s Mallorca

A CRUISE ship entertainer has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Mallorca for allegedly raping a British tourist. The woman, 33, complained to the

18 Mar, 2024 @ 14:37

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Reality TV star among dozens of arrests as international cocaine trafficking gang is busted in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has dismantled a major international group of cocaine traffickers who created a network to send consignments to Mallorca. Operation Checkmate has seen

18 Mar, 2024 @ 13:40

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Valencia

Gay sauna horror in Spain: Victim, 40, ‘is drugged’ before ‘waking up to two men raping him’ inside Madrid venue

A MAN has been arrested for an alleged rape inside a gay sauna in Madrid. The suspect, a Romanian man aged 26, is accused of

18 Mar, 2024 @ 13:21

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Ana Knezevich latest: Brother of missing US expat in Spain denies Spanish reports that police discovered ‘biological remains’ inside her flat

THE brother of missing US expat, Ana Knezevich, has denied reports by the Spanish media claiming ‘biological remains’ were discovered inside her apartment. Can you

18 Mar, 2024 @ 13:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

Abusive partner ‘fatally poisons his two toddler daughters’ in Spain’s Andalucia before taking his own life

A MAN took his own life after poisoning his two girls, aged two and four at their Almeria province home. The mother called the Guardia

18 Mar, 2024 @ 10:45

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

Irishman dies in police custody after being arrested for domestic violence on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Autopsy to be carried out as police officers face questioning

AN Irishman arrested for domestic abuse has been found dead in his holding cell on the Costa del Sol. The body of the 30-year-old was

18 Mar, 2024 @ 10:45

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Man shoots ex-partner dead in Spain’s Malaga before turning weapon on himself

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil has opened an investigation after a 52-year-old man in Malaga province allegedly shot his ex-partner dead before turning the weapon on himself

17 Mar, 2024 @ 10:51

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

Husband of missing US expat Ana Knezevich ‘refused to take lie detector test’, media in Spain reports

THE estranged husband of Ana Knezevich, the US expat who went missing in Madrid on February 2, has refused to take a lie detector test

17 Mar, 2024 @ 09:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

WATCH: Terrifying moment gunman opens fire in Marbella’s Puerto Banus: Man is seen running for his life while people are heard screaming

THIS is the terrifying moment a gunman fired multiple shots in Puerto Banus last night. Footage shared on Instagram page Marbellasequeja shows a black car

16 Mar, 2024 @ 17:47

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

Watch: Five arrests after gang steals perfumes from 10 different stores across Spain’s Malaga province

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil has arrested five people and is investigating a sixth on suspicions that they were stealing expensive perfumes from a total of 10

16 Mar, 2024 @ 12:58

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

New shooting in Marbella: Reveller, 20, is shot inside a bar in Puerto Banus in front of shocked British tourists

A 20-YEAR-OLD man is in hospital today following a shooting inside a bar in Marbella in the early hours of this morning. The unnamed victim

16 Mar, 2024 @ 11:57

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

Prison workers in Spain’s Catalunya region stage unprecedented protests after female chef killed by inmate

PRISON workers in Spain’s Catalunya region staged an unprecedented protest on Friday, to demand better working conditions in the wake of the shocking murder of

16 Mar, 2024 @ 11:43

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Madeleine McCann suspect attempts to discredit evidence at multiple sex crimes trial: Lawyer for Christian Brueckner suggests child porn stash and documents ‘were planted’

AN attempt to discredit evidence in the trial of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner appears to have failed. His lawyer’s claims that evidence against him

15 Mar, 2024 @ 16:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Fentanyl is discovered in Spain: Madrid officials call for calm over possible vial of the ‘zombie drug’ that has decimated neighbourhoods in the US

AFTER Madrid police discovered a possible vial of fentanyl — the deadly opioid wreaking havoc on the streets of US cities — during a drug

15 Mar, 2024 @ 15:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Carles Puigdemont ‘is ready to return to Spain and be arrested’: Exiled former Catalan leader will run for parliament, his lawyer says

THE lawyer of exiled ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont says he will return to Spain once the new Amnesty Law hits the statute books- even at

15 Mar, 2024 @ 13:15

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

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

Kidnapper from Kazaksthan wanted by Germany arrested on Costa Blanca

A MAN wanted by German authorities to serve a jail term for kidnapping and robbery has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Quesada. The

15 Mar, 2024 @ 10:12

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

Knife-wielding British schizophrenic jailed for attempted murder of young schoolboy in Spain’s Madrid

A mentally-ill British dual-national has been jailed for 10 years after stabbing a six-year-old boy outside the British International Hastings School in Madrid. The assault

14 Mar, 2024 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

WARNING: Man survives being stabbed in the head while walking his dog on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Teenager said nothing as he plunged the knife in

A MAN was stabbed in the head in an unprovoked attack while out walking his dog in a popular resort on the Costa del Sol.

14 Mar, 2024 @ 10:40

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Crime & Law - Page 53