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Boat migrant is accused of sexually assaulting cleaner at hotel where he is being held on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BOAT migrant has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a cleaner at a Guardamar hotel that is being used as an emergency reception

1 Jul, 2024 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm tourist watches bank app in horror as nine charges are made on stolen card within minutes

Pickpocket warning in Spain: Gangs are targeting tourist areas as the summer season begins

POLICE in Mallorca have warned about organised gangs of pickpockets stealing from tourists in the Palma area. Two Romanian men, aged 24 and 56, have

1 Jul, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

‘British’ tourist is found dead in the street in major resort in Spain

THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of a tourist who was found in the middle of a Magaluf street in the early hours of

1 Jul, 2024 @ 13:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Shocking moment taxi driver reverses into tourists in Spain’s Barcelona before fleeing the scene

Do you know more about this incident? Email tips@theolivepress.es THIS is the moment a taxi driver was filmed reversing into tourists in Barcelona last week.

1 Jul, 2024 @ 12:58

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Shock in Spain after three women ‘are murdered by male relatives’: Victims in Andalucia include a mother and daughter and a 76-year-old

THREE women have been found murdered in less than 24 hours in the southern Spanish region of Andalucia. Police are treating the deaths as cases

29 Jun, 2024 @ 11:47

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror in Mijas: Thugs beat up woman in her 80s while robbing her home

New shooting on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Man is shot in the buttocks and thigh in Mijas

A MAN has been shot in the buttocks and thigh in Mijas in the latest Costa del Sol shooting. The Guardia Civil are investigating an

28 Jun, 2024 @ 15:44

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Malaga

Cocaine shipment worth millions washes up on popular tourist beach in Spain

COCAINE with a retail value of around €2 million has been found on Valencia’s El Saler beach. A resident contacted police after going for a

26 Jun, 2024 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Spain’s Guardia Civil finds human head hidden in a bag in Madrid area near where man killed his wife

The Guardia Civil have made a grisly discovery in the Madrid town of Soto del Real, close to the home where a couple were found

25 Jun, 2024 @ 17:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Useless thieves who robbed a hotel in Spain are arrested after their getaway vehicle gets stuck in a sand dune

VALENCIA Policia Local officers rushed to help a car trapped in a sand dune on Playa El Saler, and discovered two thieves inside who had

25 Jun, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Car theft warning in Spain: Thieves are using high-tech gadgets to steal luxury vehicles in expat areas on the Costa Blanca

TWO men have been arrested for allegedly stealing high-end vehicles by using high-tech gadgets in the Marina Alta area of Alicante province. Two cars with

25 Jun, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Three quarters of children in Spain have suffered ‘sexual violence’ online, new study finds

A STAGGERING 75% of children in Spain have suffered exposure to sexual violence on the internet, according to research carried out by the Guardia Civil

24 Jun, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Teenager accused of shooting a British expat to death in Spain dies a day before he was due to stand trial

A TEENAGER died in a motorway car crash- a day before he was going to be tried over the May 2022 killing of an 80-year-old

24 Jun, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

San Juan celebrations turn deadly in Spain: Two people are shot dead in Girona while a third has his throat slit in Barcelona

THE San Juan festivities turned into a night of mayhem in Catalunya as a man had his throat slit in the street in Barcelona. A

24 Jun, 2024 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: CCTV in Spain shows how a gang robbed 174 cars from tourists at motorway service stations between Valencia and Murcia

TWO men have been accused of stealing from dozens of cars- mainly from abroad- at service areas along the A-7 motorway in the Valencia and

21 Jun, 2024 @ 17:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British tourist is stabbed to death outside a nightclub in Spain

A BRITISH tourist, 30, was stabbed to death outside a nightclub in a seaside town near Barcelona. Catalan police confirmed that the victim was involved

21 Jun, 2024 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Cause of death revealed for last suspected victim of infamous serial killer in Spain

Body of missing woman found near Spain’s Costa Blanca could be SIXTH victim of notorious serial killer who murdered British and German tourists

THE body of 42-year-old Ester Estepa- missing since last August- has been discovered in Gandia, with serial killer Jose Jurado Montilla being probed over her

21 Jun, 2024 @ 11:42

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Dog in Spain was beaten and starved to death by owners who left her tied up on a balcony for YEARS and routinely shocked her with an electric collar

A COUPLE have been convicted of animal abuse at a Valencia court after their Great Dane dog died of starvation with an expert saying it

20 Jun, 2024 @ 11:23

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

Scam warning in Spain: Ignore these texts pretending to be from the DGT traffic authority, say police

SPAIN’S Traffic Authority, the DGT, has warned motorists that fake text messages are being sent out to trick them into paying fines. The bogus texts

19 Jun, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Alleged shooter of far-right Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras is arrested in the Netherlands – following dramatic arrests of British expat and her boyfriend in Spain last year

A FRENCH citizen has been arrested in the Netherlands for allegedly shooting Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid on November 9. An International Arrest Warrant

19 Jun, 2024 @ 15:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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

Police in Spain search for head of 65-year-old woman who was killed and beheaded by her partner

THE Guardia Civil is looking for the head of a 65-year-old woman who was killed by her husband- who then took his life- at their

19 Jun, 2024 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Benidorm man arrested for illegally recording sex sessions on hidden camera that he claimed was a dog monitor

A MAN has been arrested in Benidorm for allegedly making hidden camera recordings of sex sessions with five women. He has been charged with five

19 Jun, 2024 @ 12:09

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

The sheer volume of pills given to him- a total of 4,000 had been purchased- led to severe diarrheoa resulting in heart disease, muscle weakness, and fatigue.

Spain’s infamous ‘laxative killer’ is found guilty of murder: How female ‘predator’ killed her partner by poisoning him with so many laxatives he died of chronic diarrhoea

A VALENCIA jury has convicted a woman of murder after she systematically poisoned her boyfriend with laxatives so she could steal over €120,000 from his

18 Jun, 2024 @ 15:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

‘Drunk’ tourist ‘bites a Guardia Civil officer’ in Spain after being kicked off BA flight back to London

A DRUNK tourist was evicted off a London-bound British Airways flight from Lanzarote and arrested after biting one of the Guardia Civil officers trying to

18 Jun, 2024 @ 14:13

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Dutch narco boss accused of shipping cocaine worth €228 million is arrested on Costa Blanca

Horror in Alicante: Headless torso is found torched and dumped next to a suitcase

A JOGGER in an Alicante district stumbled upon a headless body of a person which was also limbless and had been set on fire. The

18 Jun, 2024 @ 11:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

New Year date announced for Luis Rubiales trial over 'infamous' kiss of Spain World Cup star Jenni Hermoso

New Year date announced for sex assault trial of Luis Rubiales over ‘infamous’ kiss on Spain World Cup star Jenni Hermoso

A DATE has been announced for the trial of Luis Rubiales- the former president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF)- over the ‘non-consensual’ kiss on

17 Jun, 2024 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Hard-partying Manchester City striker Erling Haaland caught up in latest Operation Marbella police raid on famous beach club

NORWEGIAN goal machine Erling Haaland was caught up in a police raid at a famous Marbella beach club. The Manchester City star was even forced

17 Jun, 2024 @ 14:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

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