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Costa Blanca real estate agency operated pyramid-style swindle conning €5 million out of clients in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has arrested three people and are investigating three others over a massive real estate scam. The agency, Grupo Lorelai, operated out of

29 Jul, 2022 @ 11:44

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

Man tries to smuggle in big cocaine stash in suitcase at Spain’s Valencia Airport

A Peruvian man has been arrested at Valencia Airport for drug trafficking after a suitcase search revealed he was trying to smuggle in almost 13

28 Jul, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Woman in Spain's Valencia tricked out of €30,000 by online romance scam

Benidorm and Pamplona romance scammers in Spain conned money out of women looking for love

TWO romance scammers have been arrested by the Policia Nacional and charged with defrauding victims across Europe of over €20,000. The men, of Nigerian nationality,

28 Jul, 2022 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Catholic Church in Spain to pay reparations to sex abuse victims without needing a court ruling

Hundreds of previously unreported Catholic Church sex abuse cases uncovered in Spain

A solicitor running an internal Catholic Church probe into sex abuse says he’s received news about hundreds of previously unreported cases since starting his inquiry

28 Jul, 2022 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Neymar and two ex-Barcelona presidents face fraud trial in Spain this October

FOOTBALL star Neymar will go on trial this October over financial irregularities in his transfer to Barcelona from the Brazilian club Santos. The 30-year-old Paris

27 Jul, 2022 @ 17:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Shakira faces new court-ordered tax investigation in Spain

Shakira refuses to cut €14.5 million tax deal with prosecutors in Spain

POP star Shakira has refused a settlement offer to end her long-running tax fraud battle with authorities in Spain. Prosecutors offered a deal over €14.5

27 Jul, 2022 @ 16:30

Barcelona·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead·National News

Irish Gang Netted Over €2 Million Each Year Through Asphalt Scam Across Spain

Irish gang netted over €2 million in one year through asphalt scam across Spain

AN Irish gang ripped off businesses and public bodies across Spain by laying down poor quality asphalt surfaces but charging for a vastly superior product.

27 Jul, 2022 @ 11:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

EXPLAINER: How €680 million of Junta de Andalucia cash was embezzled in ERE scandal, Spain’s biggest EVER public money corruption case

OVER €25,000 per month on cocaine, €400,000 for a fake chicken farm and thousands on bottomless gin and tonics

27 Jul, 2022 @ 10:01

Crime & Law·Lead

Andalucia’s ex-president and corrupt Socialist cronies face jail over massive fraud scandal after appeal rejected by Spain’s Supreme Court.

Spain’s top court has upheld convictions for 16 former top officials from Andalucia’s Socialist party in one of the biggest fraud scandals to hit Spain’s

27 Jul, 2022 @ 09:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

EXPLAINED: When and how to make a ‘denuncia’ in Spain

Victoria Wright of ALBA Consultas explains what you need to know about filing a denuncia in Spain

27 Jul, 2022 @ 09:30

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Legal Eagle

Man stabs six dogs, killing one of them, after illegally entering Valencia area property in Spain

Man stabs six dogs, killing one of them, after breaking into Valencia area property in Spain

A man, 32, is being investigated by the Valencia Guardia Civil over a brutal attack on six hunting dogs in Benaguacil. He potentially faces animal

26 Jul, 2022 @ 16:47

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pervert filmed videos of women inside changing rooms and toilets at Costa Blanca shopping centre in Spain

Teenagers arrested for recording video of couple having sex in toilet cubicle in Valencia area nightclub in Spain

TWO men, aged 18 and 19, have been arrested for recording a video of two people having sex in a toilet cubicle at a Gandia

26 Jul, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Dog owners ordered to carry poop bags and to clear up urine in Valencia area town in Spain

BURJASSOT council in Valencia Province has declared war on dog owners who allow their pets to foul public areas without clearing up their mess. A

26 Jul, 2022 @ 12:45

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

Nightclub Bouncer Beats Up 'annoying' Customer Outside Costa Blanca Venue In Spain

Enraged nightclub bouncer beats up and stabs ‘annoying’ customer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante nightclub bouncer has been arrested for causing serious injury to an ‘annoying’ customer in the port area of the city. The Policia Nacional

25 Jul, 2022 @ 12:11

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

Two Men Try To Swindle Insurers Out Of €96,000 Over Bogus Bee Hive Robberies In Spain's Valencia Area

Beekeepers try to swindle insurers out of €96,000 over bogus bee hive robberies in Spain’s Valencia area

TWO beekeepers made a fake €96,000 insurance claim by saying 1,200 bee hives had been stolen from their Ontinyent farm in Valencia Province. A father

25 Jul, 2022 @ 11:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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Woman reports drugged up VTC driver over sexual assault in Madrid

A WOMAN reported being sexually assaulted by a private taxi app driver who was subsequently found to be driving while on drugs. The unnamed woman

24 Jul, 2022 @ 11:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

French expat, 25, is arrested after 'setting up a fake shopping website and defrauding British and other customers out of €200,000'

Benidorm fraudsters sell bogus concert tickets to customers across Spain in identity theft ruse

POLICE have arrested two Benidorm fraudsters, aged 21 and 23, who sold fake concert and festival tickets via a prominent social media network as a

24 Jul, 2022 @ 09:15

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

British tourist faces fine for setting off fireworks in high-risk fire zone of Spain's Costa Blanca

British tourist faces fine for setting off fireworks in high-risk fire zone on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A British tourist faces a fine of up to €750 for setting off fireworks next to a high-risk fire area on the Costa Blanca. Javea’s

22 Jul, 2022 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Elderly Driver Knocks Over Pedestrian And Then Drags Police Officer Along Ground On Spain's Costa Blanca

Elderly driver hits child and drags police officer along road amidst chaotic scenes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 75-year-old motorist caused chaos in Elche after hitting a child and then trying to drive off with a police officer clutching the driver’s door.

22 Jul, 2022 @ 14:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British Pervert Fined For Exposing Himself To Teenager At Mallorca Hotel Pool In Spain

British tourist fined for exposing himself to teenage girl at Mallorca hotel pool in Spain

A British man, 50, has been fined €960 for exposing himself to a 17-year-old girl at a Mallorca hotel swimming pool. The man appeared before

22 Jul, 2022 @ 10:51

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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Outrage over ‘horror’ video showing bull suffering during fiesta in Albarracin, northeastern Spain

Each summer in towns and villages across Spain, fiestas take place involving local townsfolk, many focusing on bullfighting activities. But the latest video to provoke

21 Jul, 2022 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Los Videos Del Tiroteo En Una Discoteca De Marbella Que Ha Dejado Cinco Herdidos

Irishman among three arrested over Marbella nightclub shooting on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Three people are in police custody over their involvement in a row that led to a shootout in a nightclub in Marbella on Spain’s Costa

21 Jul, 2022 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Spain to write off regional governments' €83billion debt amid impressive economic growth

Teenager cons elderly people with sob story of dying parents in Spain’s Valencia

A 19-year-old Valencia area man concocted a sob story about his dying parents to extract sympathy money from elderly victims. He has been arrested and

20 Jul, 2022 @ 13:04

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Vintage wine thieves in Spain ordered to pay over €750,000 to insurance company

Vintage wine thieves behind €1.6 million restaurant robbery in Spain are caught at Croatia border

TWO people behind an audacious vintage wine robbery last October at a Caceres restaurant in Extremadura, have been arrested trying to cross into Croatia from

20 Jul, 2022 @ 11:51

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

British tourist arrested over rape of UK holidaymaker on Spain’s Mallorca

A British man in his early 20’s has been arrested over the alleged rape of a female UK holidaymaker at a Magaluf hotel. Calvia’s Guardia

20 Jul, 2022 @ 10:57

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s top court orders end of height discrimination against female police force recruits

THE Supreme Court has ordered the Policia Nacional to stop discriminating against ‘shorter’ woman wanting to join it. A prospective female candidate filed a complaint

19 Jul, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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