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Anyone found making racist, sexist or homophobic comments in public could face €3,000 fine in Spain’s Valencia

Under a new proposal to tackle the scourge of street harassment, Valencia City Council hopes to put a stop to conduct that 'threatens a person's freedom'

17 Sep, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Have you seen Michal? Family search for Polish engineer missing on Costa del Sol

IN a desperate search to find her missing brother Michal, Maria Jagier has sent out appeals to police forces, social media groups and even national television. Micha? Formela, an electromechanical engineer from

17 Sep, 2021 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Nine firearms dumped in reservoir by criminal gang in Spain’s Valencian Community

Diving specialists were called in to search the body of water and here they located all of the missing weapons

15 Sep, 2021 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Gang of 15 youths violently attack man in Mallorca street to steal just €10 and a mobile phone

A man was beaten and robbed in Palma by fifteen youths for €10 and a mobile phone Police are investigating the attack in Palma after the man was repeatedly punched and kicked

15 Sep, 2021 @ 11:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spread the message on the dangers of laughing gas in Spain

POLICE seized more than 1.5 million marijuana plants, almost 38 tons of cocaine and nearly 350 tons of hashish from Spanish dealers, as drug arrest numbers soared. The latest statistics showed there

14 Sep, 2021 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

The six sex crimes Madeleine suspect Christian Brueckner is facing in Portugal, Belgium and Germany

EXCLUSIVE: German is being probed over abuse of a 10-year-old just 4 weeks before Maddie went missing - and 12kms away!

13 Sep, 2021 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Three British expats investigated in €50 million international fraud ring based in Spain’s Mallorca

AT least three British expats are under investigation into the €50 million fraud case following police raids across Mallorca. The British landlord of a crew flat in Santa Catalina, which was raided

13 Sep, 2021 @ 12:41

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

UK fugitive hunted over death of woman, 36, faces extradition from Spain

A BRITISH fugitive wanted in connection with manslaughter is facing extradition from Spain after ten years on the run. Officers captured Alison Gracey in Bizkaia in the Basque Country in April shortly

13 Sep, 2021 @ 09:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: British sailor reveals how she was confronted with Spain’s armed police during fraud raids in Mallorca

A BRITISH yachtie has told the Olive Press how her front door was kicked down by police with assault rifles and pistols during a series of high level raids this week. Dandelion

12 Sep, 2021 @ 10:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

New book explores 14 years of investigating Madeleine McCann case by the Olive Press in Spain and Portugal

In new book My Search for Maddie, Olive Press editor Jon Clarke explains how he probed the Maddie mystery from the beginning

11 Sep, 2021 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Burglar Steals Over 40 Historical Workday Items From An Exhibition In Spain's Murcia

Burglar steals over 40 antique workday items from an exhibition in Spain’s Murcia

A burglar stole over 40 antique items dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries from a Murcia City workshop-exhibition. The 40-year-old man even took photos of what he planned to steal

10 Sep, 2021 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Resident, 90, of Costa Blanca care home in Spain loses €10,000 as employee steals her bank card

A Costa Blanca care home worker almost cleared out a savings account belonging to a 90-year-old resident. A 45-year-old woman at a Calpe home stole the victim’s bank card to rack up

10 Sep, 2021 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Man ‘subjected to homophobic assault’ in Madrid could be charged with filing a false report

POLICE in Spain say a man who claimed he had been attacked by a masked gang at knifepoint and carved the word “faggot” into one of his buttocks could be charged with filing a false

10 Sep, 2021 @ 16:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

‘I’m sure he did it’: Best pal of prime suspect in Madeleine McCann case reveals all in new book

In a soul-searching new book, Olive Press editor Jon Clarke takes a deep dive into the seedy world of ‘van lifer’ Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in the snatch of Madeleine McCann

10 Sep, 2021 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

Thief rents Benidorm holiday apartment and keeps keys to steal bank cards on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A thief rented a Benidorm holiday apartment and kept the keys to steal credit cards belonging to the property owners. A 36-year-old man has been charged with ten property crimes which the

10 Sep, 2021 @ 15:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Holiday fraudsters in Spain’s Mallorca rip off British victims in – yet another – rental scam

A SURPRISE 50th birthday party in Mallorca has been ruined by holiday rental scammers. At least two other victims have also lost money to the latest gang of fraudsters damaging the island’s

10 Sep, 2021 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Mallorca

Ex Venezuelan Spy Chief Accused Of Massive Cocaine Trafficking Is Arrested Hiding In A Madrid Flat In Spain

Ex-Venezuelan spy chief accused of massive cocaine trafficking is arrested after hiding in a Madrid flat in Spain

A former Venezuelan spy chief has been arrested in a Madrid flat after disappearing in defiance of a Spanish extradition order. General Hugo Carvajal is wanted by the United States on drug

10 Sep, 2021 @ 12:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Spain-wide appeal to find kidnap gang boss who snatched Costa Blanca couple during summer

Knife-wielding man threatened boys to steal phones and cash in Costa Blanca area of Spain

AN Alicante man used an abandoned factory as a base to collect money from children that he violently threatened. The Guardia Civil have arrested the 20-year-old on two counts of robbery with

9 Sep, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Tragedy as man, 54, dies from injuries after tree falls on him at work in Spain

A GARDENER in Spain has died after being injured by a falling palm tree. The 54-year-old worker passed away after he was struck by the tree he was cutting down. Emergency services,

9 Sep, 2021 @ 17:04

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Man who reported ‘homophobic attack’ in Madrid withdraws claims

A MAN who told police he was left covered in blood after a masked gang sliced a homophobic slur onto his buttock cheek with a razor has now told police that his

9 Sep, 2021 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Gang brutally assault Russian man in Spain’s Alicante just to steal his mobile phones

A Russian man was beaten up in an Alicante street by a gang who stole his two mobile phones. One of the attackers coshed the victim with a blunt object. The Policia

8 Sep, 2021 @ 15:30

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist arrested for attempted murder after deliberately driving into two people on Spain's Mallorca

British driver arrested in Spain after high speed police chase on the Costa del Sol

A HOLLYWOOD-style police chase has ended with a British man arrested on the Costa del Sol. The young British driver was cuffed after he was accused of ramming his Audi A4 into

8 Sep, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Police investigate crooks who illegally rented out repossessed homes in Alicante area of Spain

THE Policia Nacional is investigating whether criminals broke into bank repossessed properties so that they could illegally rent them out. Two men have been arrested for trespassing and causing damage at a

8 Sep, 2021 @ 13:22

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Man, 86, holds girlfriend captive and rapes her over two days in Murcia area of Spain

AN 86-year-old Murcia region man has been arrested for kidnapping and raping his partner. The Caravaca de la Cruz resident kept her tied to a bed for two days. That was to

8 Sep, 2021 @ 12:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

EXCLUSIVE: Brave WPC confirms hunt for ‘blonde accomplice’ of Maddie suspect Christian Brueckner

It came after she arrested Brueckner in a children's park during a local fiesta

8 Sep, 2021 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Pedro Sanchez will hold urgent ‘hate crime’ meeting after brutal homophobic attack in Spain’s Madrid

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez will host an urgent meeting this Friday(September 10) of a special committee trying to combat hate crime in Spain. Sanchez ordered the meeting in the wake of Sunday’s

7 Sep, 2021 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

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