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British expats in Spain left without TV and movies as police bust €15 million illegal streaming network

UNSUSPECTING British expats in Spain have been left without their favourite TV and movie channels after police busted a €15 million network of illegal streaming

10 Jun, 2020 @ 16:18

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spanish government approves new legislation against child abuse

THE Spanish government has approved a draft bill against child abuse.

10 Jun, 2020 @ 13:39

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Gang of youths arrested for ‘stoning’ good samaritans who stopped woman being robbed in Madrid street

A GROUP of nine youths have been arrested for stoning and robbing people in Madrid. The thugs robbed a woman in the street and then

9 Jun, 2020 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

BUSTED: Drugs ‘gang leader’ with martial arts bodyguard arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after being caught out by false passport

POLICE have dismantled an international drugs syndicate in Alicante and arrested its leader. The notoriously security-conscious drug kingpin had dangerous guard dogs, a complex CCTV

9 Jun, 2020 @ 12:06

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Fake cop who ‘raided’ houses with illegal immigrants demanding bribes and bank cards arrested in Spain’s Murcia

A FAKE copper who scammed bank cards, PIN numbers and bribes from illegal immigrants has been arrested in Spain’s Murcia region. The 36-year-old reportedly ‘raided’

8 Jun, 2020 @ 16:47

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

British ‘drug dealer’ busted at police checkpoint on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH fugitive hiding out on Spain’s Costa del Sol has been arrested by police for drug trafficking. The 26-year-old man, who has not been

8 Jun, 2020 @ 15:17

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Man arrested as police shut down large-scale drug lab in Spain’s Mallorca, seizing HUGE haul of narcotics

Copious amounts of narcotics, including cocaine, speed and ecstasy, were found at the makeshift drugs lab in Palma de Mallorca

8 Jun, 2020 @ 11:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: British expat on Spain’s Costa del Sol has card details hacked losing nearly €500, but bank refuses to refund amount

A BRITISH expat on the Costa del Sol has been left fuming after a hacker stole his card details and spent nearly €500 on a

7 Jun, 2020 @ 16:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Two women arrested in Spain’s Malaga after they were caught hiding one kilogram of hashish in their bras

TWO women have been arrested in Malaga after they were caught hiding one kilogram of hashish in their bras.

6 Jun, 2020 @ 14:02

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga

First Date Ends In Rape Charge In Spain S Murcia Area After Couple Talk For Weeks Via Social Network Chatroom

Woman raped on first date with man she met ‘online’ during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown in San Javier, Murcia

A WOMAN has been raped after meeting a man on their first date following the easing of Spain’s lockdown restrictions. The victim reported the incident

6 Jun, 2020 @ 10:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Danish ‘drug kingpin’ arrested in Dubai over San Pedro and Estepona shootings and is linked to two bomb attacks on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A DANISH fugitive has been arrested in Dubai over a pair of gangland killings on the Costa del Sol. The man of Iranian heritage is

5 Jun, 2020 @ 21:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Two British expats given 24 years in prison for blowing up cash machines on Spain’s Costa del Sol

TWO British men have been given a total of 24 years in prison for using explosives to rob cash machines across Malaga and Cadiz. A

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British woman arrested after lying that €140 had been illegally withdrawn from her bank account

A 58-year-old British woman has been arrested by Guardia Civil in Jacarilla, near Orihuela, for filing a bogus report that money was stolen from her

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:43

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Mother kills own daughter by setting fire to mattress in order to ‘wake her up’ in Spain’s Murcia

A MOTHER has killed her own daughter after setting fire to the mattress she was sleeping on in order to ‘wake her up’. The tragedy

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:29

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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Spain’s notorious Pamplona Wolfpack rape gang ‘let off’ after court verdict on second attack

THE convicted rape gang known as ‘La Manada’ or ‘Wolfpack’ has seen four of its members convicted for a second attack just two months before

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:24

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Two arrested in Benidorm after robbing foreign cars at ‘40 golf courses’ across Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO men have been arrested in Benidorm after robbing foreign-owned cars at golf courses across eight provinces in Spain. The men reportedly spent a week

5 Jun, 2020 @ 19:13

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

‘Sadistic killer’ who stabbed German expat seven times in Spain’s Mallorca FIRST to be trialled with jury during Spain’s state of alarm

The German national was killed instantly, with the autoposy confirming that the knife had pierced her lungs and heart

5 Jun, 2020 @ 13:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British expat pensioner probed over 544 dogs abused in ‘squalid conditions’ in Spain as police find animal bones and cremated puppy

POLICE have begun probing a British pensioner who allegedly kept 544 dogs in ‘squalid conditions’. The unnamed 69-year-old rented a former rabbit farm, where he

4 Jun, 2020 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Name and picture of German man suspected of kidnapping Madeleine McCann released

THE German man suspected of kidnapping Madeleine McCann has been named and his picture has been released for the first time.

4 Jun, 2020 @ 19:08

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Kate McCann wrote about fears over ‘German paedophiles’ in Maddie book 10 years ago

Article by Helen Barklam THE mother of Madeleine McCann questioned whether investigations into German, Portuguese and Spanish paedophiles had been thorough enough in her book

4 Jun, 2020 @ 17:59

Crime & Law·Lead

Atletico Madrid star and Spanish international, Diego Costa sentenced to six months in prison for tax fraud, but will avoid jail term

DIEGO Costa has been sentenced to six months in prison for tax fraud, but will avoid a jail term.

4 Jun, 2020 @ 14:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Domestic abuse calls increase by more than 40% in Spain during the state of alarm, compared to same period last year

CALLS to 016 in Spain have increased by more than 40% during the state of alarm, compared to the same period last year.

4 Jun, 2020 @ 14:22

Crime & Law·Lead

Multiple beaches across Spain’s Balearic Islands SHUT DOWN for breaching social distancing as 200 people attend drum party in Ibiza

Four beaches in Mallorca and two in Ibiza were cordoned off to the general public after authorities determined that they had 'exceeded their capacity'

4 Jun, 2020 @ 11:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca