Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Gold chain thief is bitten by victim and then captured by chasing pedestrians in Spain's Mallorca

Former police chief on trial in Spain for claiming ‘many who arrive in small boats are criminals just out of prison’

A FORMER Valencia police commissioner is facing three years behind bars for inflammatory statements claiming that most immigrants arriving by boat in Spain are criminals.

25 Jun, 2025 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Man stabs wife to death and strangles young son before confessing to 'barbarity' in Spain

Man confesses to double-murder ‘barbarity’ after stabbing wife and strangling young son in Spain

A MAN has been arrested for the murder of his wife and two-year-old son in Algemesi(Valencia province) on Wednesday. The female victim was named as

25 Jun, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Spain’s Supreme Court upholds law stating employers who pay staff late must cough up 10% interest

IT is an all-too-common problem for many employees: waiting an age to finally receive your monthly salary – or perhaps never receiving it at all.

25 Jun, 2025 @ 13:10

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

East European gangster parcelled up drugs for courier firms to export from Costa Blanca

A MAN who sent marijuana via parcels from Alicante province to cities across Poland has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The 42-year-old Polish national

25 Jun, 2025 @ 12:49

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Brits face attempted murder charges after mass brawl inside Mallorca tourist restaurant

TWO British men have been arrested by the Guardia Civil for attempted murder following a mass brawl on Sunday morning in Palmanova, Mallorca. The Brits,

24 Jun, 2025 @ 18:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Greek fugitive gets rude awakening from police in Costa Blanca hotel bedroom

A GREEK fugitive chilling out at an Alicante hotel had his stay abruptly ended by Policia Nacional officers. The convicted felon was part of a

24 Jun, 2025 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police probe migrant bodies with ‘bound hands and feet’ found floating in Balearic Islands waters

THE Guardia Civil is investigating the appearance of bodies with tied hands and feet in Balearic Island waters. The probe started in mid-May and so

24 Jun, 2025 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Patient dies after man sets fire to bed in psychiatric unit of Valencia hospital

Patient dies after man sets fire to bed in hospital psychiatric unit in Spain

A FEMALE patient died after a fire was deliberately started in the psychiatric wing of Valencia’s La Fe hospital on Monday. Two male patients escaped

24 Jun, 2025 @ 11:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

WATCH: Brazen thieves rummage through belongings on a Malaga beach – before being caught moments later

BEACH thieves in Malaga were forced to return phones and cash to two boys after being confronted by locals. Two men brazenly rummaged around items

23 Jun, 2025 @ 17:59

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

'English-speaking' woman found semi-naked in park was sexually assaulted by three men in Valencia

‘English-speaking’ woman found semi-naked in Valencia park after group sex assault

AN ‘ENGLISH-SPEAKING’ woman has told police that was the victim of sexual assault involving three men in Valencia. The 21-year-old ‘non-Spaniard’ was discovered unconscious and

23 Jun, 2025 @ 17:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

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 & Law·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

Crime & Law·Lead

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 & Law·Lead

Horses on ‘verge of dying’ recovering well after horrific neglect by owner in Valencia

AN ANIMAL abuse probe has been opened after seven horses on the verge of death were discovered at a stud farm in Oliva(Valencia) The Oliva

23 Jun, 2025 @ 13:17

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: CWM founder breaks silence to deny €35m fraud which devastated hundreds of expat retirees in Spain – and points the finger at bigger boys

THE Continental Wealth Management (CWM) scandal has been one of the most sordid to dog Spain’s expat community in recent years. It was a tale

22 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

How crooks are stealing Spanish villas with forged powers of attorney and sinister late-night threats

The Olive Press has revealed the astonishing cases of two foreigners, a Swede and an American, who have had their Costa del Sol properties stolen

22 Jun, 2025 @ 16:22

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella·Property

US husband batters bodybuilder wife to death with a hammer in horrifying Costa del Sol murder-suicide

A FEMALE bodybuilder dubbed the ‘Colombian She-Hulk’ was bludgeoned to death with a hammer by her husband in a brutal murder-suicide in Fuengirola, Malaga Hoy

20 Jun, 2025 @ 17:30

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Gun-toting Brit gang who ‘busted UK kingpin out of police van in Ibiza’ are finally nabbed

FIVE members of a British mafia outfit have been tracked down and arrested for their role in a broad daylight assault on a police van

20 Jun, 2025 @ 11:24

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Cigarette machine thief seriously injured after getaway car ends up in Costa Blanca canal

A THIEF was seriously injured after his getaway car went into a canal at San Miguel de Salinas in Alicante province. The man was taken

19 Jun, 2025 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Funfair attraction owner in Spain arrested for homicide after girl, 2, is electrocuted

TWO people have been arrested over the death of a girl who was electrocuted on metal fencing at a Murcia fairground attraction. Amira, 2, died

19 Jun, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

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 & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Police make mass arrests and raid drugs lab making up to 30 kilos of cocaine per day in Spain

Police make mass arrests and raid drugs lab producing up to 30 kilos of cocaine per day in Spain

A VALENCIA cocaine gang that made and sold the drug has been brought down by the Policia Nacional and the Tax Agency. 25 people have

19 Jun, 2025 @ 12:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Lawyer rubbishes DNA link to sole suspect in brutal murder of Audrey Fang in Spain

EXPERTS have found DNA belonging to the suspect arrested for the murder of Singaporean Audrey Fang on her body. L’Opinion de Murcia reports that the

19 Jun, 2025 @ 11:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Two people jailed in Spain for busting sanctions by exporting equipment to Russia

THREE people have been arrested in Valencia province for busting sanctions by exporting machinery to Russia. Two of the detainees have been jailed after a

18 Jun, 2025 @ 16:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Shootings, kidnappings and mafia: Police reveal details on a dozen Costa del Sol crime wave operations

MALAGA’s Policia Nacional have pulled back the curtain on a series of investigations targeting crime on the Costa del Sol over the past 18 months.

18 Jun, 2025 @ 15:30

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Plumber turned squatter steals taps and pipes from neighbouring Costa Blanca holiday homes

Plumber turned squatter steals taps and pipes from Costa Blanca holiday homes

A SQUATTER robbed 21 neighbouring properties in Denia in less than a month. The 31-year-old man was a trained plumber and stole taps and pipes

18 Jun, 2025 @ 14:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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Former police chief on trial in Spain for claiming ‘many who arrive in small boats are criminals just out of prison’

Man confesses to double-murder ‘barbarity’ after stabbing wife and strangling young son in Spain

Spain’s Supreme Court upholds law stating employers who pay staff late must cough up 10% interest

East European gangster parcelled up drugs for courier firms to export from Costa Blanca

Brits face attempted murder charges after mass brawl inside Mallorca tourist restaurant

Greek fugitive gets rude awakening from police in Costa Blanca hotel bedroom

Police probe migrant bodies with ‘bound hands and feet’ found floating in Balearic Islands waters

Patient dies after man sets fire to bed in hospital psychiatric unit in Spain

WATCH: Brazen thieves rummage through belongings on a Malaga beach – before being caught moments later

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

Horses on ‘verge of dying’ recovering well after horrific neglect by owner in Valencia

EXCLUSIVE: CWM founder breaks silence to deny €35m fraud which devastated hundreds of expat retirees in Spain – and points the finger at bigger boys

How crooks are stealing Spanish villas with forged powers of attorney and sinister late-night threats

US husband batters bodybuilder wife to death with a hammer in horrifying Costa del Sol murder-suicide

Gun-toting Brit gang who ‘busted UK kingpin out of police van in Ibiza’ are finally nabbed

Cigarette machine thief seriously injured after getaway car ends up in Costa Blanca canal

Funfair attraction owner in Spain arrested for homicide after girl, 2, is electrocuted

Palma cracks down on buying from illegal street sellers

Police make mass arrests and raid drugs lab producing up to 30 kilos of cocaine per day in Spain

Lawyer rubbishes DNA link to sole suspect in brutal murder of Audrey Fang in Spain

Two people jailed in Spain for busting sanctions by exporting equipment to Russia

Shootings, kidnappings and mafia: Police reveal details on a dozen Costa del Sol crime wave operations

Plumber turned squatter steals taps and pipes from Costa Blanca holiday homes

Spain’s rental crisis deepens as nearly 23,000 homes vanish from the market in fresh blow for tenants, report warns

Sting and the Prodigy to play Sevilla this weekend as thousands gather for iconic music festival

Delivery driver dies in tragic crash near Cadiz expat haven – as calls grow to make local roads safer

Top 10 tips on keeping cool and safe during the hot weather in Spain

Ryanair weighs €500 million investment in Sevilla engine maintenance hub

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