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British crime boss Jamie Rothwell who ran UK shootings from Barcelona luxury apartment jailed for 43 years

A notorious British gang leader who hid out in a Barcelona apartment with sweeping city views while directing violent attacks in the UK has been

15 Aug, 2025 @ 12:07

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

Cops bust ‘holiday car jackers’ who stripped 50 motors from Madrid airport car park for black market in Morocco

BRAZEN thieves stole up to ten cars a week from airport and holiday parking spots – then stripped them in a secret rural chop shop

15 Aug, 2025 @ 11:45

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Youth stabbed in front of shocked diners during mass brawl in Marbella’s Puerto Banus

A VIOLENT street fight in Puerto Banús, Marbella, left a teenager in hospital and one person under arrest in the early hours of Saturday morning,

11 Aug, 2025 @ 12:31

Andalucia·crime·Lead·Marbella

Tourist in Spain’s Ibiza busted after skipping €17,600 hotel bill and trying to flee with fake ID

A SHAMELESS holidaymaker has been arrested in Ibiza after racking up a €17,600 hotel bill – then doing a runner without paying a cent. The

8 Aug, 2025 @ 15:35

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

Guardia Civil rescues 18 migrants from illegal tobacco factory

EIGHTEEN men from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia have been rescued from an illegal tobacco factory in Andalucia, where they were forced to roll up

7 Aug, 2025 @ 16:22

Andalucia·Cordoba·crime·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Police fined €16K for filming ill man defecating by the road and sharing it on WhatsApp

THREE Malaga cops have landed their force with a €16,000 bill after secretly filming a man taking a roadside poo – and sharing the video

5 Aug, 2025 @ 14:11

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

ROBINSON ON THE RUN: Olive Press sources reveal he is ‘likely’ to be coming to Spain

BRITISH police are actively seeking far-right activist Tommy Robinson after he allegedly fled the UK this morning. Robinson – aka Stephen Yaxley Lennon – reportedly

29 Jul, 2025 @ 15:24

crime·Lead

BREAKING: British drug kingpin Brian Charrington dies on Costa Blanca before prison fate sealed

ONE of Britain’s most infamous drug traffickers, Brian Charrington, has died on Spain’s Costa Blanca – just as Spanish courts were deciding whether to throw

23 Jul, 2025 @ 13:32

Costa Blanca·crime·Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Could guns found in Madeleine McCann search in Portugal be connected to her and prime suspect Brueckner?

THE Olive Press can reveal more details of the guns and other items found in the recent searches for missing Madeleine McCann in Portugal. The

30 Jun, 2025 @ 10:57

crime·Crime & Law·Lead

Smoothie operators: Cocaine base hidden in barrels of guava pulp discovered in Spain’s Valencia

IT sounded like the ultimate wellness hack for the high-flying elite – a smoothie that could fuel a finance bro’s 3am club cameo AND his

23 Jun, 2025 @ 16:47

Costa Blanca·crime·Lead

Spanish authorities ramp up cutting-edge technology and international cooperation to outsmart drug traffickers

SPAIN’S war on Class-A drug smuggling has taken a high-tech leap. Traffickers, never short of cunning, have embraced drones, narco-submarines, and hidden tunnels, pushing law

23 Jun, 2025 @ 15:18

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Hitman who ‘murdered pimp rival’ in Peru is arrested in Madrid as feared South American gangs move into Spain

SPANISH police have arrested another hitman linked to the notoriously deadly Latin American gang Tren de Aragua. The suspect, a Venezuelan national, was picked up

23 Jun, 2025 @ 13:59

crime·Lead

British female tourists 'drunkenly ridicule and attack Polish woman at a Mallorca beach'

Palma cracks down on buying from illegal street sellers

PALMA Police have enacted the city´s new ordinance which places fines of up to 750 euros on people who buy products from illegal street sellers.

19 Jun, 2025 @ 15:00

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

EXCLUSIVE: Guns found during Madeleine McCann search in Praia da Luz in Portugal

By Jon Clarke in Praia da Luz DETECTIVES searching for remains of missing Madeleine McCann found two buried guns in Portugal last week. The Olive

10 Jun, 2025 @ 19:31

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British crime boss Jamie Rothwell who ran UK shootings from Barcelona luxury apartment jailed for 43 years

Cops bust ‘holiday car jackers’ who stripped 50 motors from Madrid airport car park for black market in Morocco

Youth stabbed in front of shocked diners during mass brawl in Marbella’s Puerto Banus

Tourist in Spain’s Ibiza busted after skipping €17,600 hotel bill and trying to flee with fake ID

Guardia Civil rescues 18 migrants from illegal tobacco factory

Police fined €16K for filming ill man defecating by the road and sharing it on WhatsApp

ROBINSON ON THE RUN: Olive Press sources reveal he is ‘likely’ to be coming to Spain

BREAKING: British drug kingpin Brian Charrington dies on Costa Blanca before prison fate sealed

EXCLUSIVE: Could guns found in Madeleine McCann search in Portugal be connected to her and prime suspect Brueckner?

Smoothie operators: Cocaine base hidden in barrels of guava pulp discovered in Spain’s Valencia

Spanish authorities ramp up cutting-edge technology and international cooperation to outsmart drug traffickers

Hitman who ‘murdered pimp rival’ in Peru is arrested in Madrid as feared South American gangs move into Spain

Palma cracks down on buying from illegal street sellers

EXCLUSIVE: Guns found during Madeleine McCann search in Praia da Luz in Portugal

The man who tried to make himself dictator of Spain now lives in quiet retirement on the Costa del Sol

Anger boils over as Spain’s 2030 World Cup co-hosts accused of ‘preparing massacre of three million stray dogs’ before tournament starts

The biggest challenge facing Spain today? That would be the rise of the far-right, Pope Leo warns the country’s bishops

ON THIS DAY: The inside story of the failed coup d’état that almost sent Spain spinning back into dictatorship

Revealed: More than 700,000 homes were bought in Spain in 2025 – the highest figure in 18 years