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Man confesses to murder in Spain’s Malaga – but things aren’t all that they seem

THE Policia Nacional homicide unit and forensic department of Malaga were called to a bloodbath in a Velez-Malaga apartment on Saturday morning after reports of a brutal murder. Officers were called to

4 Jul, 2020 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Multinational gang of drug-smuggling kidnappers arrested in Spain’s Alicante and Malaga

POLICE have smashed an international drugs ring and arrested 18 alleged smugglers in Alicante and Malaga. The gang of Moroccan, French, Indian and Spanish nationals have been detained for the crimes of

4 Jul, 2020 @ 10:58

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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59-year-old arrested in Valencia for inciting violence against Spain’s government and royal family on social media

GUARDIA Civil have arrested a 59-year-old man for crimes against the Spanish state after allegedly inciting violence towards government institutions. The man, living in Gandia in Spain’s Valencian Community, is accused of

3 Jul, 2020 @ 18:38

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Illegal 52 Year Occupier Of Iconic Benidorm Island On Spain S Costa Blanca Has To Close Two Tourist Boat Trip Offices In Resort

Court bans boat trips to Benidorm Island run by ‘corrupt’ family granted concessions during Francoist Spain

FRANCO’S legacy may have been dismantled with his high-profile exhumation last October, but in Benidorm a 52-year battle with the remnants of his dictatorship is still raging. The case concerns the Cervera

3 Jul, 2020 @ 18:23

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Money laundering raids carried out in Gibraltar after cross-border drugs op

SIX raids on residential addresses on the Rock were carried out this week by the money laundering investigation unit of the Royal Gibraltar Police.

2 Jul, 2020 @ 16:58

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

‘LUCKY’ CATCH: Two explosive devices found by fishermen off coast of Spain’s Balearic Islands

The Guardia Civil had been notified about two different explosive devices laid on the seabed this week

2 Jul, 2020 @ 16:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Paedophile crimes in Spain increase by 500% during coronavirus lockdown as Sevilla man caged for selling child porn

The suspect was using an instant messaging app to sell the porn, charging other paedophiles up to €900 per file

2 Jul, 2020 @ 16:40

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Gang of British retirees on Spain’s Costa del Sol arrested for selling fake drugs meant to help with erectile dysfunction

A GANG of British and American retirees has been arrested on the Costa del Sol for trafficking fake drugs that were meant to help with erectile dysfunction.

1 Jul, 2020 @ 19:07

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Malaga

LGBTQ flag on Spanish town hall building set on fire by homophobes

A PRIDE flag hanging from a town hall in Castilla-La Mancha has been set on fire by vandals.

30 Jun, 2020 @ 18:32

Crime & Law·Lead

Shame Of Guardia Civil Agent In Spain Who Used Spy Camera To Watch Woman In Shower

Guardia Civil agent gets 8-months jail after taking ‘garden peppers’ to woman’s house and installing secret camera in her bathroom

A GUARDIA Civil agent has been suspended for 15 months after putting a spy camera into a shower to record images of a naked woman. The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from

30 Jun, 2020 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

WATCH: Safe-crackers caught with thermal lances and oxy-acetylene torches in Policia Nacional swoop after office robbing spree

A TRAVELLING gang of safe robbers have been caught in a Policia Nacional swoop. Agents broke up the transient group of six dangerous criminals who specialised in opening safes with thermal lances

30 Jun, 2020 @ 18:20

Crime & Law

Three women end up in hospital after fight broke out in Zara fitting room in Spain

THREE women have ended up in hospital, after a fight took place in a Zara fitting room in Galicia.

29 Jun, 2020 @ 15:22

Crime & Law·Lead

Five arrested in Alicante for online villa rental fraud that netted €250,000

FIVE have been arrested in Spain’s Alicante after conning holidaymakers via fake villa rental websites to the tune of €250,000. The fraudsters reeled in victims by advertising pictures of Spanish villas they

29 Jun, 2020 @ 13:52

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Underage Driver Caught Deputising For Drunk Dad In Beach Resort On Spain S Costa Blanca

16-year-old son caught driving drunk dad home in Spain’s Elche – both face charges

A FATHER and son are facing charges in Elche after Guardia Civil caught the 16-year-old minor behind the wheel next to his horrendously drunk dad. The father was three times over the

29 Jun, 2020 @ 13:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Man arrested in Spain’s Malaga for allegedly defrauding his elderly neighbour who he helped care for

A MAN has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Malaga province for allegedly defrauding his elderly neighbour who he helped care for.

28 Jun, 2020 @ 16:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Six men going on trial in Spain’s Malaga for killing a man who supposedly stole their rooster used for illegal cock fights

SIX men will be going on trial tomorrow in Malaga province, for the murder of a man who had supposedly stolen their rooster.

28 Jun, 2020 @ 16:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

EXPLAINER: How to use the law in Spain against online trolls

IT is hard to accept that the internet, from which we derive so much benefit, should be so densely populated by individuals (‘trolls’) who deliberately pursue the causation of grief, harm and

28 Jun, 2020 @ 11:00

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems·Crime & Law

MADDIE EXCLUSIVE: DNA clues destroyed by Brits in McCann case as Portuguese media finally takes shambolic police investigation to task

A BRITISH expat has admitted to unwittingly destroying all DNA evidence linked to a home Maddie McCann suspect Christian Brueckner rented for years on the Algarve, in Portugal. She also filed a

27 Jun, 2020 @ 21:11

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

WATCH: Grenade launcher and other weapons of war seized as ‘largest’ arms smuggling racket dismantled – arrests in 15 Spanish provinces

WEAPONS of war, explosives and firearms have been seized in a nationwide swoop with 21 arrests. Policia Nacional worked with a number of other law agencies across 15 Spanish provinces to smash

26 Jun, 2020 @ 19:03

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Goldfinches See Freedom On Costa Blanca After Illegal Trappers Get Arrested

23 goldfinches released into wild by Guardia Civil after arrest of two trappers in Spain’s Torrevieja

TWO men have been arrested for illegally capturing goldfinch birds in the San Miguel de Salinas area. Guardia Civil agents from Torrevieja stopped the men’s car at a checkpoint in San Miguel

26 Jun, 2020 @ 18:55

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Environment

Guardia Civil arrests man in Spain’s Andalucia for creating fake identity in order to threaten Mayor

THE Guardia Civil has been investigating a man in Andalucia for creating a fake identity in order to threaten the Mayor of his town.

26 Jun, 2020 @ 16:20

Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

Unpaid Fruit Sees Italian Man Arrested In Spain S Almeria For Scamming Costa Blanca Farmers In Money Laundering Probe

Two arrested for scamming €143,000 from small-scale orange farmers in Spain’s Alicante

TWO men have been arrested for scamming small-scale Costa Blanca fruit farmers to the tune of €143,000. The con involved the duo buttering up a respected farmer in towns such as Callosa

26 Jun, 2020 @ 11:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Pregnant €20,000 horse stabbed and dismembered in Spain’s Malaga

A PREGNANT horse has been killed and dismembered in a shocking attack in Malaga. Police are investigating the gruesome crime that took place yesterday on a plot of land in Campanillas. The

26 Jun, 2020 @ 10:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British man and Spaniards carrying hash and cocaine arrested at Marbella police roadblocks as drug crime returns to Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH national and two Spaniards have been arrested in Marbella after being caught with hash and cocaine. The trio, who are understood to have been travelling separately, were snared at Policia

25 Jun, 2020 @ 15:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Drug kingpin known as ‘Messi of hash’ arrested while eating lunch with family in Spain’s Andalucia

THE boss of one of Andalucia’s biggest drug gangs, known as the ‘Messi of hashish’, has been arrested. Named only as ‘Jesus H’, police arrested the head of the Los Pantojas clan

25 Jun, 2020 @ 09:34

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

LGBTQ: Spanish Government to create law protecting transgender people in Spain

THE Spanish Government has pledged to create a law protecting transgender people. “This Government supports the people of the LGTBI collective with all its letters,” a Ministry of Equality spokesperson said. The

25 Jun, 2020 @ 08:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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