DON’T BELIEVE A WORD: Spanish police warn of new scam involving conmen posing as Microsoft technicians
The person targeted is given a set of instructions to follow in order to install what is claimed to be a safety programme, but which
Old salt nabbed: Royal Navy veteran ‘mastermind’ behind drugs gang in Spain’s Andalucia
A ROYAL NAVY veteran has been arrested as the alleged kingpin of an international drugs smuggling gang. More than one-and-a-half tonnes of hashish, three boats,
GRANDPA KILLERS: Two men in court for separate attacks on elderly pensioners in Spain’s Valencia
TWO men are facing long sentences for two separate brutal attacks on elderly people in Valencia Province. Both court cases were reported today (Friday May
Businessman gets 36 years in prison for raping his children’s nanny three times at his Costa Blanca villa in Spain
A man has been jailed for 36 years for raping his children’s nanny three times at his Calpe villa on the northern Costa Blanca. An
‘Hugging’ robberies continue to hit the elderly on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A woman involved in a spate of hugging robberies has struck in Alicante Province yet again, this time in Crevillente. The 21-year-old and her male
Gerald Marie: Olive Press investigation reveals Ibiza highlife of agency boss accused of sexually assualting teenage models
Fashion mogul, once married to supermodel Linda Evangelista, lives the high life in Ibiza, while courts probe multiple rape claims of teenagers. An Olive Press
IRRESPONSIBLE drunk driver flips his car and then assaults paramedics in Murcia area of Spain
A drunken motorist caused a commotion in Alhama de Murcia last Saturday night(May 15) after crashing his car and attacking paramedics that tried to help
‘BOGUS BROKERS’ conned Costa Blanca businessman out of €100,000 in share scam in Spain
AN Elche businessman lost €100,000 to two fraudsters who said they were going to invest his money in stocks and shares. The bogus brokers, aged
BIG HASH STASH of under 4,000 kilos on a speedy ‘narcoboat’ is intercepted at a Costa Blanca beach in Spain
PLANS to land almost 4,000 kilos of hashish by boat on the Costa Blanca came unstuck this morning(May 19) when the craft was intercepted by
WANTED: Manhunt launched after man shot twice in back in Spain’s Mallorca
The initial hypothesis is that the shooting was a result of an ongoing conflict between two rival gypsy clans
Heartless fraudster cons elderly Benidorm lady of over €40,000 in bogus search for remains of parents killed in the Spanish Civil War
A conman swindled €43,600 from a 91-year-old Benidorm woman in a bogus search to find the remains of her parents who died in the Spanish
DRUG DINGHY DISCOVERED: Boat used by hashish traffickers found abandoned on beach in Spain’s Oropesa del Mar
Judging by the size and power of the boat, the authorities believe it could have been carrying up to two tonnes of hashish.
GOOD AS GOLD as tricksters fool jewellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca into buying fakes
A young couple swindled jewellers and gold exchange stores across Alicante City by selling them fake trinkets and rings with a gold-style covering sprayed onto
IN COURT FOR DEFENDING MUM: Young man in Spain’s Valencia faces murder trial for defending mother against violent ex-partner
The incident was also witnessed by the man’s seven-year-old daughter, who was also cross-examined by the court, and took place after the mother had called
Pregnant woman and her seven-year-old son murdered by ex-husband in Spain’s Mallorca
The 28-year-old woman, named locally as Warda Ouchene, and her son Mohamed were found dead inside of their apartment in Sa Pobla yesterday evening
EU-funded law agency helps smash complex Spanish VAT fraud scheme that netted €26 million
EUROPOL, the EU’s international law enforcement agency, worked with authorities across five countries to arrest 22 suspects belonging to an organised crime group which swindled
NO jail time for two Neo-Nazis found guilty of paralysing black man in racist attack in Spain’s Mallorca
At the time of the attack, the defendants were wearing t-shirts adorned with Nazi slogans with witnesses attesting to the men shouting racial profanities during
CONTROL FREAK in Spain’s Murcia area can’t see his wife after abusing her over a short skirt
A court has barred a man from seeing his wife after he mistreated her for wearing a skirt that was too short for his taste.
HAPPY ENDING for kittens left to die in a suitcase on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FIVE kittens cheated death after being crammed into a suitcase and dumped on land in Alicante. Their ordeal had a happy ending after the small
GANDIA VICE: Prostitution and drugs ring smashed in Spain’s Valencia
THE Guardia Civil has dismantled a prostitution and drug trafficking gang operating in Gandia and Alzira (Valencia Province). Four suspects – two men and two
New MTV documentary investigating the death of Kirsty Maxwell in Spain’s Benidorm is a stark reminder of dangers faced by Brits abroad
KIRSTY Maxwell was just 27 when she plunged from a 10th floor balcony in Benidorm after a night out partying with her friends on the
Negligent dog owner loses jail sentence appeal after six-month-old puppy died on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Costa Blanca woman has lost her appeal against a three-month jail sentence for letting her dog die from serious neglect. She also got a
‘EXTREMELY VIOLENT’ drug dealer is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after he tried to kill a customer
DNA analysis has helped police arrest a man branded as ‘extremely violent’ in Crevillente. The 37-year-old drug dealer is accused of trying to kill a
CORRUPTION SWOOP: High-ranking politicians arrested in Spain’s Valencia on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for public contracts
According to police sources, firms paid illegal commissions in exchange for the right to purchase and build on publicly owned land in and around Valencia.
Teacher faces 20 years in jail after ‘sexually abusing eight schoolgirls’ in Spain’s Mallorca
Standing trial at Palma Court this week, it is alleged that the man groped eight schoolgirls aged between 12 and 17 years old at the
Man leaps to his death after slashing his mother’s throat in Spain’s Valencia region
A 50-year-old man from Onda in Castellon Province took his own life after killing his mother who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. A resident on Avenida