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Police switch off key fuel pipeline for illegal migrant boats travelling to and from Spain

Police shut off fuel supplies for illegal migrant boats travelling to and from Spain

A MURCIA-BASED gang supplying fuel and assistance to migrant boats travelling between North Africa and Eastern Spain has been detained by the Guardia Civil. Seven

9 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Angry mother slaps daughter’s teacher in the face during school lesson in Spain

A MOTHER who slapped her daughter’s teacher in the face in front of several children during a lesson has been arrested in Torrent(Valencia). The 26-year-old,

9 Jun, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Benidorm police seize knives to stop Latino gang showdown on city streets

BENIDORM police prevented a street clash between two Latino groups by seizing their knives including a large machete. Benidorm Policia Local officers spotted around 20

9 Jun, 2025 @ 13:45

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Venezuelan man, 21, in critical condition after being shot in the head in Madrid

A 21-YEAR-OLD Venezuelan man was shot in the head in Madrid’s Retiro district on Sunday morning by a gunman who pulled up in a car.

9 Jun, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Bulgarian man, 47, allegedly ‘beats Spanish wife to death and dumps her body near petrol station’ in Spain’s Marbella

A BULGARIAN man, 47, went to the Policia Nacional in Marbella on Saturday to confess that he had killed his wife. The body of a

9 Jun, 2025 @ 11:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

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

6 Jun, 2025 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Two Brits cleared of Benidorm group sex attack after languishing in Spanish jail for 20 months

TWO British men have been acquitted of raping a British woman at a Benidorm hotel in November 2023. The duo, whose ages have not been

6 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Dangerous Belgian fugitive on the run from psychiatric unit is arrested at Costa Blanca hospital

Dangerous escaped mental patient from Belgium is recaptured at Costa Blanca hospital

A DANGEROUS Belgian fugitive who escaped from a psychiatric prison facility has been arrested in Alicante province. The man, 48, had been admitted for reasons

6 Jun, 2025 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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,

6 Jun, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

6 Jun, 2025 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

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

6 Jun, 2025 @ 09:25

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

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

5 Jun, 2025 @ 19:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

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

5 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Tourist sends waiter to hospital after argument over son's stuffed animal at Mallorca hotel

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

5 Jun, 2025 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man's body locked away for two months as couple claimed his pension on Costa Blanca

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

5 Jun, 2025 @ 12:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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

5 Jun, 2025 @ 09:26

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Gay killer gets 25 years in jail with four murder trials still pending in Spain

‘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

4 Jun, 2025 @ 18:30

Basque Country·Crime & Law·Lead

‘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

3 Jun, 2025 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead

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

3 Jun, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead

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,

3 Jun, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Technology