Irish brothers arrested over alleged serious sexual assault in Mallorca hotel
TWO Irish brothers have been arrested over an alleged rape of a woman- also Irish- at a Magaluf hotel. The men, aged 20 and 23,
Chinese nationals arrested for importing €6m of fake goods to sell in Spain
THE Guardia Civil has seized counterfeit items valued at around €6 million stored in warehouses around Spain. The goods were foreign-made fake clothes, toys, electrical
Police plead for backup as gangland shootings rock Costa del Sol
A BLOODY gangland execution on the Costa del Sol has sparked furious calls for more police, as locals warn the holiday hotspot is turning into
Half decade milestone since Christian Brueckner was named prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. Where are we now?
Olive Press editor Jon Clarke recalls the week he started probing the German paedophile during the Covid lockdown in June 2020 IT is exactly five
Scam Alert: Alicante motorists find bogus parking tickets on car windscreens
ALICANTE City Council has warned about a spate of fake parking tickets being plastered on cars in the Central Market area. Around 30 bogus tickets
Irish woman, 37, is arrested for ‘fondling young Swedish tourist’s genitals’ in Mallorca Turkish baths
A MALLORCA hotel’s Turkish baths got very steamy when an Irish woman allegedly fondled a man’s penis without permission. The female- on holiday with her
Costa Blanca couple arrested for keeping man’s body locked in a room to claim his pension
AN ALICANTE couple have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for living with a man’s dead body for at least two months in order to
Horror in Malaga: Police officer and three ‘thieves’ die in head on car crash
Four people have died in a horrific head-on collision during a high-speed police chase on the Costa del Sol. A POLICIA Nacional officer and three
‘Gay Killer’ gets 25 years in jail with four other murders still to be resolved in Spain
A MAN branded as the ‘Gay Killer’ who is suspected of killing five men in Bilbao following dating app hook-ups, has been jailed for 25-and-a-half
‘We live in a world where crime knows no borders’: Costa del Sol town demands more police to combat mafia wars
THE mayor of Fuengirola has asked for more police units and assistance from the federal government, following a shooting in a bar on the promenade
Expert warns ‘it’s a disgrace that squatting is great business’ as scourge rises 7% in Spain
SQUATTING continues to rise all over Spain, with a 7% increase in all cases last year. The most shocking thing is perhaps the fact that
Spain’s Telefonica investigates major hack of Movistar customer records
A CYBERHACKER named ‘Dedale’ has accessed Movistar’s customer record base which has 22 million names and details. Movistar’s parent company, the Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica,
WATCH: Portuguese police search once again for Madeleine McCann with German help
A team of German detectives briefs bosses of Portugal’s Policia Judiaria as the first of up to two dozen searches begin for missing Madeleine McCann
Brit, 33, arrested in Mallorca for ‘breaking security guard’s jaw’ after trying to enter woman’s hotel room
A MALLORCA hotel security guard suffered a broken jaw after getting punched by a British man. The incident happened early on Monday morning in the
Two Brits stand trial over alleged Benidorm group sex attack
TWO British tourists have gone on trial for allegedly raping a British woman at a Benidorm hotel in November 2023. The men have been in
EXCLUSIVE PICS: The Maddie search site where cops hope to find vital clues to finally charge German Christian Brueckner
By Jon Clarke in Praia da Luz THESE are the first pics of police working at the initial search site for the body of missing
Warhol and Dali ‘fakes’ seized in €1.2m art package sent to Valencia auction house
A JOB lot of 41 fake or unattributable paintings and prints including works ascribed to Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali have been seized by Valencian
OLIVE PRESS REPORTS: New search for Madeleine McCann set to start in Portugal this week
EXCLUSIVE By Jon Clarke in Praia da Luz UP to 100 Portuguese police will support German detectives as they begin a new round of detailed
Squatters set up marijuana farm with side-hustle of robbing neighbours on Costa Blanca
THREE squatters set up a marijuana farm at a Denia finca and also set up an illegal electricity supply to power up equipment. They were
Woman arrested for deliberately drowning dog at canine beach on Costa Blanca
A WOMAN has been arrested for deliberately drowning her dog at an Alicante canine beach. The owner- a French national- was seen repeatedly submerging her
‘Escape room’ horror in Spain: Woman was ‘tied up, doused in petrol and set alight’ in macabre game gone wrong
THREE defendants face a two-year prison sentence after a woman was seriously burned after being sprayed with gasoline in a sadistic game. The events date
British woman quizzed over ‘unprovoked’ drunken attack in Mallorca street
A BRITISH woman has been quizzed by Palma’s Policia Local after a drunken attack in a city street. The 33-year-old has been accusing of punching
Scottish gangsters gunned down in front of terrified tourists on the Costa del Sol as they watched Champions League final
MASKED assassins executed two notorious crime bosses outside a packed Fuengirola pub as terrified holidaymakers tried to flee. The two high-ranking Scottish gangsters were professionally
Two women arrested in Madrid for running a ‘jihad academy that trained females in the ways of the Islamic State’
TWO women have been arrested in the Madrid area for allegedly running an online ‘jihad academy’ aimed at recruiting females. The Policia Nacional detained the
Young tourist suffers punctured lung after being stabbed with a pair of scissors outside Mallorca bar
AN ALTERCATION outside a Playa de Palma bar in Mallorca resulted in a tourist being stabbed in the back with a small pair of scissors.
WATCH: ‘Copper Mafia’ gang busted after stealing cable worth €2.5m in 102 robberies across Spain
A GANG calling itself the ‘Copper Mafia’ has been busted by the Guardia Civil with 21 arrests and 13 imprisonments. Based in the Madrid area,