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Cyberhacker ‘Alcasec’ gets bailed by Spain’s National Court after selling tax details via ‘dark web’

A 19-year-old cybercriminal who calls himself Alcasec has been bailed by the National Court following his arrest on March 31. Jose Luis Huertas Rubio was

24 May, 2023 @ 09:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Home Robbery Gang Consisting Of Family Members Steal Over €1 Million Of Items From Costa Blanca And Valencia Area In Spain

Home robbery gang involving family clan steal over €1 million of items from Costa Blanca and Valencia area in Spain

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has broken up an East European gang who stole over a €1 million of items in home break-ins across the Valencian Community

23 May, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Guardia Civil seeks gunman responsible for fatal July 2022 shooting at Rules dam, in Spain’s Granada

THE Guardia Civil is asking the public to help find a dangerous drug trafficker who shot two people on the Rules dam, in the municipality

23 May, 2023 @ 13:35

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

Police arrest four men for hanging dummy of Real Madrid player Vinicius from bridge in Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested four men suspected of hanging a dummy of Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior from a Madrid area bridge in January.

23 May, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Sport

German police to search Algarve reservoir in hunt for Madeleine McCann

POLICE divers are preparing to search a reservoir in Portugal for missing British toddler Madeleine McCann. The German investigators have been given permission for a

22 May, 2023 @ 18:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Bogus computer expert cleared out over €250,000 from client’s bank account on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 28-YEAR-OLD Spaniard posed as a computer expert to steal over €250,000 from a client’s bank account in Alicante. The victim told the Policia Nacional

22 May, 2023 @ 13:05

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

Health centre in Spain's Valencia reopens after 12 days with police and security checks following attacks on staff

Health centre reopens after 12 days closure with new security checks following attacks on staff in Spain’s Valencia

A VALENCIA area health centre reopened on Monday after it was forced to shut for 12 days following a series of violent attacks on medical

22 May, 2023 @ 11:46

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Policia Local Cerro Amate Car Crash Statin Story Googlke Maps

Man arrested for drunk driving and crashing car into a police station in Sevilla

A DRUNK driver has been arrested after crashing into a police station in Cerro Amate (Sevilla). The 23-year-old was allegedly driving with his arm in

21 May, 2023 @ 16:30

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

Ayuso President Of The Community Of Madrid Speaks About Accusations Of The Pp

Basque-t case? Ahead of local and regional elections, Madrid premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso focuses campaign on ETA

CITIZENS who are eligible to vote in the May 28 regional and local elections would be forgiven for expecting to hear the candidates debating areas

19 May, 2023 @ 20:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Jade Jagger ordered to pay compensation by court in Spain after altercation at Ibiza restaurant

JADE JAGGER, the daughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, was ordered to pay €800 of compensation on Friday by a court in Ibiza after

19 May, 2023 @ 17:13

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Police union announces private legal action against Mick Jagger’s daughter after alleged altercation in Spain’s island of Ibiza

A POLICE union in Spain has announced that it will take private legal action against the daughter of Mick Jagger after she allegedly assaulted an

19 May, 2023 @ 16:31

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Baby-faced UK Most Wanted fugitive arrested in Spain's Malaga area is cleared of 2015 murder

Baby-faced UK ‘Most Wanted’ fugitive arrested in Spain’s Malaga is cleared of 2015 murder

A PROMINENT member of last year’s UK Most Wanted fugitive list has been acquitted of a 2015 killing by a jury at Liverpool Crown Court

19 May, 2023 @ 15:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police Clear Away Dozens Of Illegal Street Vendors Operating On One Street On Spain's Costa Blanca

Police disperse dozens of illegal sellers operating on a street on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE’S Policia Local and the Policia Nacional have carried out a joint operation to clear an Alicante street packed with illegal sellers. Neighbourhood associations in

19 May, 2023 @ 12:15

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

Seven Cannabis Clubs That Sold Drugs To Minors And Foreign Tourists Are Closed Down In Spain's Costa Blanca

Cannabis clubs selling drugs to minors and foreign tourists are closed down in Spain’s Costa Blanca

SEVEN cannabis clubs have been closed down in Torrevieja and 19 people aged between 25 and 69 arrested in a major operation by the Guardia

19 May, 2023 @ 11:30

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

Over 100 foreign nationals discovered as being registered at the same address in scam to get residency in Spain

Bank worker and solicitor forged papers for foreigners to get residency in Spain’s Valencia

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested a bank employee and a solicitor in Valencia for forging documents used by foreigners to apply for Spanish residency. The

18 May, 2023 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man caught red-handed trying to strangle his elderly mother in Spain’s Malaga

A MAN has been arrested by Malaga’s Policia Local after officers stopped him trying to strangle his 87-year-old mother. The son, 55, took advantage of

18 May, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Young man arrested for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in Mallorca

A 19-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for allegedly abusing a 12-year-old girl in Port de Pollenca (Mallorca). The accused, a Colombian national, is said to

18 May, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Jade Jagger arrested for assaulting a police officer in Ibiza

JADE Jagger has been arrested for assaulting police officers outside a restaurant in Ibiza on Wednesday evening. The 51-year-old daughter of Mick and Bianca Jagger

18 May, 2023 @ 13:44

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Other News

Prosecutor at Spain’s High Court shelves bid to have former ETA terrorists banned from running in elections

THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR in Spain’s High Court has shelved a lawsuit aimed at stopping 44 convicted terrorists from running in the upcoming local and regional

17 May, 2023 @ 15:21

Crime & Law·Politics

Authorities in Spain bust two criminal gangs who used explosives to steal from cash machines

THE SPANISH authorities have busted two criminal gangs who specialised in using explosives to steal money from cash machines. A total of 14 people were

16 May, 2023 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

‘Charlie Big Potatoes’ fascist Kris Kearney tells London court his far-right posts were not supposed to incite violence

A FAR-RIGHT fitness guru who was extradited from Spain to face terror charges in the UK told a court he is ‘horrified’ that he might have

16 May, 2023 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Machine Gun And Drugs Farm Found In Illegal Rural Squat In Spain's Alicante Area

Machine gun and marijuana farm found inside rural squat in Spain’s Alicante area

A POLISH man, 38, who squatted in a finca in Campo Alto de Elda turned it into a marijuana farm and was found in possession

16 May, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Car Crammed With Drugs Intercepted Before Boarding Costa Blanca Ferry For Spain's Ibiza

Car crammed with drugs is seized before boarding Costa Blanca ferry for Spain’s Ibiza

A CAR carrying drugs stashed in secret compartments has been seized by the Guardia Civil as it was going to board a ferry from Denia

16 May, 2023 @ 11:03

Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Valencian Community

Court stops father from banning daughter’s important ear operation on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FATHER has lost a two-year court battle over stopping his young daughter getting an important ear operation. The girl has now undergone the surgery

15 May, 2023 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

VOX councillor for Parla (Madrid) arrested as part of an anti-drug trafficking operation

THE VOX Councillor for Parla, Ana Gonzalez Martinez, has been arrested as part of an anti-narcotics operation in Madrid. The 37-year-old politician, who is also

15 May, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Politics

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

Police raid luxury home owned by international money launderer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Policia Nacional has raided a Calpe property belonging to the boss of a European money laundering gang. The home valued at over €400,000 has

15 May, 2023 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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