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EXCLUSIVE: Witnesses are called for multi-sex offences trial against Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner: German paedophile, 46, is expected in the dock within months

THE witnesses for the prosecution of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner have been summoned for his upcoming multi-sex offences trial. The Olive Press can reveal

27 Oct, 2023 @ 14:44

Crime & Law·Lead

Breaking: Fugitive reportedly linked to Jihadi killer in Belgium is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A FUGITIVE with alleged links to the man who carried out a terrorist attack in Belgium on October 16 has been arrested in Benahavis, Malaga

27 Oct, 2023 @ 14:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

'Upskirting' suspect arrested in Almeria

Caught red-footed: Man in Spain’s Almeria province arrested by police after using camera in shoe to repeatedly record up store manager’s skirt

A MAN in Spain’s Almeria province has been arrested by the National Police after he was caught using a camera installed in his shoe to

26 Oct, 2023 @ 14:47

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

'Madman' arsonist using Molotov cocktails revealed as a lawyer in Spain's Valencia

Lawyer, 59, is arrested on suspicion of starting at least NINE forest fires in Spain’s Valencia

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a man accused of starting at least nine fires in Valencia’s Devesa del Saler natural park. The arsonist was branded

26 Oct, 2023 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Romina was threatened before her death’: Father of TOWIE bouncer’s widow points finger at mafia in daughter’s death

THE father of an expat bodybuilder who fell to her death under mysterious circumstances has claimed that she was threatened before she died. Romina Acuña,

25 Oct, 2023 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Must Read

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

Man confesses to killing in Spain’s Murcia after throwing body down a well

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have discovered the body of a man missing for nearly two months- dumped into a Jumilla well in the Murcia region. Diakina

25 Oct, 2023 @ 14:02

Crime & Law·Murcia

Nurse, 27, is mauled to death by FIVE dogs in Spain: Victim screamed ‘they are chasing me’ in tragic last phone call with her mother

A YOUNG nurse has been mauled to death by five dogs in northern Spain. Arancha Corcero, 27, was walking on a rural road near Zamora,

25 Oct, 2023 @ 13:56

Crime & Law·Lead

Love scam’ warning after woman on Spain’s Costa Blanca loses €80,000: Victim sold properties and took out loans to ‘help’ her fake lover

A GATA DE GORGOS woman was conned out of over €80,000 by online love scammers who pretended to have a romantic relationship with her. The

25 Oct, 2023 @ 12:53

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police in Spain’s Barcelona province arrest minor for allegedly using artificial intelligence to create child pornography

A MINOR has been arrested in Barcelona province on suspicion of using artificial intelligence to create child pornography. The youngster is thought to have been

24 Oct, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Technology

Watch: This Mercadona wine for less than €2 is flying off the shelves across Spain

Thief targets distracted supermarket shoppers to steal valuables in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ELUSIVE thief who went on a systemic campaign of stealing from Mercadona supermarket shoppers in Alicante province has been arrested by the Guardia Civil.

24 Oct, 2023 @ 13:49

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Benidorm-based British paedophile given 133 year prison term by court in Spain

Russian mafia trial on Spain’s Costa Blanca will see five face charges of money laundering – including powerful ‘lobbyist’ connected to the conservative PP party

A BENIDORM judge is to prosecute five members of a Costa Blanca-based Russian money laundering gang- almost three years after they were arrested. The judge’s

24 Oct, 2023 @ 12:28

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

Manhunt for ‘madman’ arsonist who struck up to NINE times in forest in Spain’s Valencia

VALENCIA’S mayor has branded an arsonist a ‘madman’ after he’s suspected of striking three times in the El Saler district at the weekend. The Guardia

24 Oct, 2023 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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Man, 37, ‘douses girlfriend in petrol and tries to set her on fire’ in Estepona

A TERRIFIED mother and her daughter narrowly escaped a horrific death after her partner doused them with petrol and attempted to set them alight on

23 Oct, 2023 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead·Malaga

Gibraltar police officer, 42, arrested for contacting under-age child about sex after UK and Spain probe

A POLICE officer from the Royal Gibraltar Police has been arrested for having sexual communication with a minor under 16-years-old. Spanish National Police and UK

23 Oct, 2023 @ 15:02

Crime & Law·Gibraltar

Stolen jewels worth €60 million are discovered in Spain after vanishing from Ukraine museum

THE Policia Nacional have arrested five people in Madrid and recovered 11 gold items of jewellery valued at over €60 million taken from a Ukraine museum

23 Oct, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Madrid·National News

Elderly man in Spain kidnapped by 'carers' who swindled him out of €83k and changed his will

Benidorm carer fleeces elderly man of €80,000 after her sub-standard care left him hospitalised

A BENIDORM caregiver has been arrested for stealing over €80,000 from a man, 90, who had to be hospitalised because she did not do her

23 Oct, 2023 @ 12:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Teenager, 19, is fatally slashed in the neck in broad daylight in Spain’s Valencia

A TEENAGE man died on Saturday afternoon in Valencia after being stabbed in the neck in the Orriols district of the city. Eyewitnesses said there

23 Oct, 2023 @ 11:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man ‘is stabbed repeatedly’ following heated argument in Estepona port

A MAN was rushed to hospital this morning after being stabbed in Estepona port, it has emerged. The victim was allegedly attacked at around 6.30am

22 Oct, 2023 @ 14:14

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Caught on camera: Motorists slug it out on the streets of Spain’s capital after minor traffic accident

A MINOR traffic accident between two motorists on the streets of Madrid descended into an all-out slugfest on Thursday night, as the men came to

21 Oct, 2023 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Ibiza’s biggest drug cartel is busted: How Colombian-led gang introduced 10kg of Nazi-branded cocaine into the Balearics each week from network of drug labs in Barcelona

A SPRAWLING Colombian-led narcotics ring that flooded the Balearics with cocaine from its base in Barcelona for the past six years has been brought down.

20 Oct, 2023 @ 14:57

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

German expat, 27, is arrested for ‘stabbing man to death after argument in bar spilled onto the street’ in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN national living in the Balearic Islands has been arrested by the National Police on suspicion of stabbing a man to death. The 27-year-old

20 Oct, 2023 @ 13:55

Crime & Law·Mallorca

BREAKING: Suspected jihadist in Granada is among FOUR arrested in Spain today as part of nationwide anti-terror operation following attacks in France and Belgium

A SUSPECTED jihadist has been arrested in Andalucia as Spain intensifies its anti-terror operations following attacks in France and Belgium. The 22-year-old was cuffed following

20 Oct, 2023 @ 12:32

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Malaga priest is locked up with British murderer Tony King inside notorious prison in central Spain after ‘filming himself raping and abusing unconscious women’

A MALAGA priest who allegedly filmed himself raping unconscious women has been imprisoned in a notorious Spanish prison alongside British killer Tony King. Father Francisco,

20 Oct, 2023 @ 12:23

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead