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Director of Larraín Nesbitt Lawyers explains how to re-arrange asset holdings in Spain between family and friends without attracting a great deal of taxes

Article by Raymundo Larraín Nesbitt COVID-19 has brought in its wake a host of nasty effects, both direct and indirectly. Directly, by infecting and killing

31 May, 2020 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Crime & Law

Female expats slam police for ridiculous sanctions, as it emerges Spain has issued over ONE million fines for breaking coronavirus lockdown

A PAIR of female expats have appealed to their town halls over intimidation and overreaction by their local police forces during the COVID-19 lockdown. The

30 May, 2020 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

PARTY PRINCE: Joachim of Belgium tests positive for COVID-19 after jetting into Spain for 27-person bash in Andalucia

PRINCE Joachim of Belgium has tested positive for COVID-19 after he attended a house party in Andalucia. The 28-year-old aristocrat nephew of King Philippe was

30 May, 2020 @ 16:06

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spanish police arrest man in Catalunya for impersonating a policeman in order to coerce women into having sex with him

A MAN has been arrested in Catalunya after he impersonated a policeman in order to coerce women into having sex with him.

28 May, 2020 @ 19:33

Crime & Law·Lead

Police arrest 16-year-old boy on Spain’s Costa del Sol for sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested by the police on the Costa del Sol for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.

28 May, 2020 @ 18:55

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Tensions over coronavirus boil over in violent weekend in Andalucia prison

PRISON guards have narrowly averted a full blown riot at the Centro Penitenciario de Cordoba as tensions overflowed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Administration

26 May, 2020 @ 09:46

Cordoba·Crime & Law

British fugitive ‘cocaine dealer’ arrested after brutal stabbing at expat bar on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH fugitive ‘cocaine dealer’ has been arrested after a brutal stabbing at a Costa del Sol bar. Zathon Dale Williams, 28, was held for

25 May, 2020 @ 09:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spanish police arrest man in Malaga who robbed his local bakery hoping he wouldn’t be recognised because he wore a face mask

A MAN in Malaga has been arrested after robbing his local bakery hoping he wouldn’t get recognised because he was wearing a face mask.

24 May, 2020 @ 14:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Violent conman ex-boxer arrested for killing pensioner in Spain’s Andalucia

A VIOLENT conman has been arrested in Velez-Malaga over the death of an elderly man during a botched home invasion. A police investigation began after

22 May, 2020 @ 11:47

Crime & Law·Lead

Bikes and scooters banned from Costa del Sol strip where punter lost tooth in terrace brawl on day two of Spain’s coronavirus Phase 1

CYCLISTS and scooter-riders have been banned from a notorious Costa del Sol promenade that raucously entered Phase 1. Those on two wheels will now be

22 May, 2020 @ 11:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Police arrest two terror suspects in Spain for planning to create a jihadi group but also for breaking lockdown rules

POLICIA Nacional have arrested two terror suspects in Castilla-La Mancha.

21 May, 2020 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Armed police storm homes and arrest 40 people in Almeria, Murcia and Costa del Sol in Netherlands-linked drug haul dubbed ‘one of ‘Spain’s biggest’

POLICE have arrested 40 people for drug trafficking across Malaga, Almeria and Murcia. A group of 14 people from the same family have been cuffed,

21 May, 2020 @ 14:04

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

‘Cheerful’ British bar worker found dead ‘in wardrobe’ in Spain’s Magaluf

A BRITISH Magaluf worker has been found dead ‘in her wardrobe’. Danielle Finlay Brookes, thought to be 23 or 24 years old, was found at

21 May, 2020 @ 12:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

WATCH: Huge brawl on Costa del Sol terrace, while others ‘vomit in street’ as Malaga enters Phase 1 of Spain’s coronavirus exit

A BUSY strip of restaurants has seen fighting, urination and vomit during the first few days of Phase 1. Revellers tasting their new-found freedom during

20 May, 2020 @ 21:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain prepares to fine Airbnb for ‘allowing illegal tourist flats’ on its platform

Airbnb let off €300,000 fine for advertising ‘unregistered’ holiday homes in Spain’s Mallorca

The Ministry of Innovation, Research and Tourism had slapped Airbnb with the fine after determining that they had 'commercialised tourist homes illegally in Mallorca'

20 May, 2020 @ 16:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Property

Drink driving continues in Gibraltar as COVID-19 active cases rise slightly

Three drunk driving arrests as the number of active cases of COVID-19 on the Rock has risen slightly from two to four, the first increase

20 May, 2020 @ 15:40

Crime & Law·Gibraltar

Swedish driver arrested after he ran red lights and police chased him through ‘busy’ Phase 1 town centre on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A SWEDISH man has been arrested on the Costa del Sol following a high-speed police chase through a town centre. The 21-year-old was cuffed after

20 May, 2020 @ 12:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

EasyJet gets hacked and travel details for nine millions customers are stolen

EASYJET has been hacked and travel details for nine million customers have been stolen.

19 May, 2020 @ 14:25

Crime & Law·Lead

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Burglar arrested after pinching €3,000 of goods from Costa Blanca villa and accidentally leaving behind police fine with his name on

A DOZY burglar has been arrested after he dropped a police fine containing his details in a house in Elche, on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The

18 May, 2020 @ 19:16

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Man arrested in Spain’s Malaga for abandoning his dog, despite his claims he’d given it away over six months ago

A MAN has been arrested in Malaga province for abandoning his dog, despite his claims he’d given it away over six months ago.

18 May, 2020 @ 15:52

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

SNIFFED OUT: Drug gang of eight people who hid weed and hash in cases of garlic arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol and in Cordoba

POLICE have sniffed out a drugs smuggling gang who hid cannabis in shipments of garlic. Officers arrested eight people, based in Cordoba and Benalmadena and

18 May, 2020 @ 15:42

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Guardia Civil seize 26,000 illegal cigarette packets in Malaga province

TENS of thousands of cigarette packets have been seized by the Guardia Civil in the province of Malaga.

18 May, 2020 @ 15:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man reports ‘fake police break-in’ in Spain’s Andalucia but is then arrested himself as officer sniffs out his 400 cannabis plants

A SUSPECTED cannabis grower has been arrested after he called police over a break-in by fake Guardia Civil officers. The 47-year-old, dubbed JAMR, was arrested

18 May, 2020 @ 11:52

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead