Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

EXCLUSIVE: Boyfriend of British expat is ‘keeping to himself’ in Spain’s ‘VIP prison’ ahead of trial for ‘terror assassination plot’ – but is struggling without vegetarian meals

THE father of a young man accused of carrying out a terrorist assassination plot in Spain says he is struggling with certain aspects of life

12 Jan, 2024 @ 13:32

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read

Key figure linked to record-breaking cocaine seizure is arrested on Spain's Costa Blanca

Three Brits are arrested for ‘trafficking 300kg of Balkan mafia cocaine’: Hair-raising police chase ends in a supermarket car park of popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE British men and two Albanians have been arrested after a motorway chase ended in a Costa Blanca supermarket car park with 300 kilos of

11 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

CCTV clears young expat of rape in Spain – almost two YEARS after the allegation was made

A YOUNG man has been cleared of rape some two years after the original allegations were made, thanks to new CCTV evidence. On June 4,

11 Jan, 2024 @ 10:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

‘State of emergency’ in Ecuador: Nationwide cartel violence directly fuelled by the mountains of cocaine passing through Spain’s ports each year

ECUADOR has declared a state of emergency after brutal violence erupted between drug cartels vying for control of lucrative cocaine trafficking routes into Spain and

10 Jan, 2024 @ 17:34

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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

Woman in Spain’s Sevilla arrested after her newborn baby was found abandoned in a rubbish bin

A WOMAN has been arrested in Seville after her newborn baby girl was discovered abandoned on December 19 in a rubbish bin with her umbilical

10 Jan, 2024 @ 13:36

Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain’s Barcelona suspect man found dead with children killed them with gas before committing suicide

THE REGIONAL police in Catalonia believe that a man who was found dead along with his two children in his Barcelona apartment on Monday may

9 Jan, 2024 @ 17:17

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Corrupt former mayor gets convicted and jailed for taking public cash on Spain's Costa Blanca

Corrupt ex-mayor is convicted yet again and jailed for stealing public money on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of the most corrupt ex-mayors in Alicante province has been in court again to pick up a a four-and-a-half year jail term and an

9 Jan, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics·Valencian Community

Mother dumps children, 6 and 8, on dangerous road as a punishment on Spain's Costa Blanca

Mother dumps two children, aged 6 and 8, on a busy highway on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘as punishment’

A MOTHER faces prosecution after dumping her two children, aged six and eight, on a Costa Blanca highway as a punishment. An Elche Policia Local

8 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

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

Bizarre twist in ‘kidnap’ case in Spain’s Jaen, as victim is arrested by police after they found a marijuana plantation in her house

THE APPARENT kidnapping of a woman and her seven-year-old daughter in Jaen, Andalusia took a bizarre twist after she ended up being arrested by the

8 Jan, 2024 @ 17:23

Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: British expat’s warning after a ‘rock is launched at her windshield’ while driving on the A-7 motorway from Malaga to Marbella

A BRITISH expat is sounding the alarm after her car windshield was ‘hit by a rock’ while driving under a bridge on the A-7 motorway.

8 Jan, 2024 @ 16:37

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Marbella

Price of cocaine falls by almost a HALF in Spain: Why the drug is cheaper despite ‘record’ seizures by police

THE tidal wave of cocaine engulfing Europe has seen its price nearly halve in Spain due to overproduction in Latin American countries. An enormous surge

8 Jan, 2024 @ 12:04

Algeciras·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Teenagers arrested over Estepona petrol station stick-up: Pair ‘wanted to spend the stolen money on a new electric scooter’

TWO teenagers have been arrested for a broad daylight armed robbery on a petrol station in Estepona last week. The pair had made off with

8 Jan, 2024 @ 10:58

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Police free 16 women who were forced into prostitution in Spain’s Andalucia region

SPAIN’S National Police on Friday arrested 10 members of a suspected pimping gang that forced 16 women into prostitution in Sevilla and Cadiz provinces. The

7 Jan, 2024 @ 13:52

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Female cook is forced to prostitute herself on roundabouts in Spain after being tricked by a gang who promised her a job in a restaurant

Woman freed after being forced into prostitution for six years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 28-YEAR-OLD woman has been rescued by the Guardia Civil in Villajoyosa after being forced into prostitution during her six year stay in Spain The

7 Jan, 2024 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

French couple who ‘plotted to kill their 5-year-old son in the Sahara desert’ because they believed he was ‘possessed’ are arrested in southern Spain

SPANISH police have arrested a French couple in Algeciras for allegedly plotting to murder their five-year-old son in Morocco. According to authorities, the couple, originally

6 Jan, 2024 @ 11:22

Algeciras·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Moment masked gunman robs petrol station in Spain’s Estepona before escaping on an e-scooter

VIDEO has been released showing the moment a masked gunman robs a petrol station in Estepona. The clip shows a man in a black hoodie

4 Jan, 2024 @ 13:59

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

British couple are left with a €200k bill after their sailboat is struck by a flare during New Year celebrations on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE reckless Ukrainian merchant seamen threw around emergency flares to celebrate the New Year at the port of Alicante and set fire to a British-owned

4 Jan, 2024 @ 12:17

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Paedophile athletics coach who ‘abused girls as young as 12 and put spy cameras in changing rooms’ is jailed

A 49-YEAR-OLD Valencia area athletics coach has been arrested and jailed for sexually assaulting children and recording indecent images on spy cameras placed in bathrooms.

3 Jan, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Young man, 26, ‘is raped by a group of eight men’ in a park in Spain’s Madrid in the early hours of New Year’s Day

A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Honduras has filed a police report in Madrid after he was allegedly gang-raped by eight men in a Madrid park in

3 Jan, 2024 @ 11:42

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Electric scooters will be BANNED on all Renfe trains in Spain from this day in December

Petrol station in Estepona is robbed at gunpoint: Masked attacker makes getaway on an e-scooter and remains on the run

STAFF at a petrol station in Estepona were held up at gunpoint on January 2. The robbery took place at a branch of Galp in

3 Jan, 2024 @ 10:53

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Man shot dead by bullets to the head and stomach in Spain’s Andalucia believed to be related to drug trafficking

POLICE believe the death of a 30-year-old man shot in the head and stomach in Spain’s Andalucia, not far from the Costa del Sol, is

3 Jan, 2024 @ 09:25

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Barcelona landlord who was caught advertising 14 unlicensed holiday flats is fined €420,000

A BARCELONA property owner has been given a record fine for renting out unlicensed tourist apartments ‘for years’ in the Old City area. The man

2 Jan, 2024 @ 16:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Jenni Hermoso testifies against Luis Rubiales: Ousted football boss is accused of ‘non-consensual kiss’ while celebrating Spain’s World Cup victory

FOOTBALLER Jenni Hermoso gave evidence to the National Court in Madrid on Tuesday which is investigating the so-called ‘Rubiales’ case. Hermoso- part of Spain’s 2023

2 Jan, 2024 @ 13:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Sport

Italian mafia boss, 53, is arrested at a luxury hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca – where he had hoped to enjoy a New Year’s Eve party

A LEADING Italian Mafia figure has been arrested at a luxury hotel in the Alicante area. Policia Nacional officers swooped to detain Nicola Rullo on

2 Jan, 2024 @ 11:33

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Far-right writer gets prison time for using offensive language to say that gay people caused monkeypox virus in Spain

Far-right activist jailed for ‘offensive’ language while claiming gay people caused monkey pox virus in Spain

A VALENCIA court has sentenced a man to 32 months in prison for a hate crime after he published an article on a far-right website

29 Dec, 2023 @ 15:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Expat stabs himself with a knife to get his wife arrested for attempted murder at their home in Spain's Mallorca

Expat stabs himself to get wife arrested for attempted murder in Spain’s Mallorca

A 58-YEAR-OLD Dutchman has been arrested for trying to frame his wife on an attempted homicide charge at their Mallorca home. The man stabbed himself

29 Dec, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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