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Pregnant Woman Abused By Her Husband Throws A Note Off Her Apartment Balcony Calling For Help On Spain's Costa Blanca

Pregnant and abused woman throws a note off her apartment balcony calling for help on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A pregnant woman made a desperate plea for help after suffering at the hands of her abusive husband at their Elche apartment. She had been

16 Jul, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Four Benidorm area gang rapists get over 60 years in jail in Spain's Costa Blanca

Four Benidorm area gang rapists are jailed for over 60 years in Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR men who raped a 19-year-old woman in Benidorm and Callosa d’en Sarria at the start of the New Year in 2019 have been given

16 Jul, 2021 @ 19:35

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Russian Hacker Who Stole Over €4 Million From Banks Via His Costa Blanca Computer Is Jailed By Spain's National High Court

Russian computer hacker from the Costa Blanca who stole €4 million from banks is jailed by Spain’s National High Court

A Costa Blanca-based Russian hacker who stole over €4 million from banks around the world has been jailed for a four-and-a-half years. The National High

16 Jul, 2021 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Government responds as Spain’s first state of alarm declared unconstitutional

THE government has hit back after Spain’s top court ruled that last year’s strict coronavirus lockdown was unconstitutional. In a statement, the Minister of Justice

15 Jul, 2021 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Two Men Fill Up A Trolley In Possible 'starvation' Theft At A Lidl Supermarket In Mar Menor Area Of Spain

Armed men suspected of ‘starvation’ robbery at a Lidl supermarket in Mar Menor area of Spain

TWO men brandished a gun at a Lidl supermarket in San Javier this morning(July 15) to steal a full trolley of food items. The duo

15 Jul, 2021 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Children Hooked On Drugs Were Forced To Rob Homes On Spain's Costa Blanca To Pay Off Debts To Criminal Gang

Children hooked on drugs are forced to rob homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca to pay off debts to criminal gang

A Torrevieja gang supplied drugs to children and forced them to rob homes as payment. 11 people, including four minors, were arrested for belonging to

15 Jul, 2021 @ 12:10

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Medics In Murcia Area Of Spain Accuse A Man Of Assault After They Removed His Pregnant Wife's Hijab

Medics accuse a man of assault in Spain’s Murcia after they removed his pregnant wife’s hijab

THREE Alhama de Murcia emergency health workers have complained about a man who lost his temper over the removal of his pregnant wife’s hajib. A

14 Jul, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Car salesman threatened with knife during test drive as customer steals car in Valencia area of Spain

Car hire firms defrauded by gang who sub-leased vehicles to criminals in the Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol areas of Spain

A gang defrauded Spanish car rental companies by hiring vehicles and then leasing them out to criminals who wanted to stay anonymous. 12 people have

14 Jul, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia

Man admits to claiming his dead mother’s pension for 16 years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante man has pled guilty to claiming over €91,000 of his dead mother’s state pension for 16 years. He was given a two-year jail

14 Jul, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

BAD APPLE: Farmer in Spain’s Valencia investigated for exploiting 26 workers and housing them in ‘precarious and unsanitary’ conditions

A CITRUS fruit farmer in Picassent (Valencia) is being investigated by the Guardia Civil after he was found to be employing 26 workers without contracts

14 Jul, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Family of five-year-old killed by a drunk-driving legionnaire speak of ‘devastation’ as killer walks free in Spain’s Roquetas de Mar

THE family of the five-year-old girl that was killed by a drunk driving soldier on July 6, in Roquetas de Mar, are devastated that the

13 Jul, 2021 @ 19:00

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Dogfighting gang who bred and abused animals for organised illegal fights to the death across Spain to go on trial in Madrid

POLICE have uncovered a network of 23 people across Spain, including a vet and members of the security forces, accused of breeding and abusing animals

13 Jul, 2021 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Costa Blanca Gang Occupied Empty Homes In Torrevieja Area Of Spain And 'sold' Them For Virtually Nothing Or Converted Them Into Drug Farms

Costa Blanca squatters ‘sold’ properties for virtually nothing or used them as drug farms in Torrevieja area of Spain

A Torrevieja gang occupied empty properties which they sold off for a miniscule amount of money or used them to grow and sell drugs. 11

12 Jul, 2021 @ 17:04

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

COVID-19 positive teenager found by police at illegal party in Spain’s Mallorca after refusing quarantine orders

The youngster had been directed to stay at home after testing positive for COVID-19

12 Jul, 2021 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British Resident On Spain's Costa Blanca Tried To Extort Underage British Girl Into Having Sex With Him By Threatening To Share An 'explicit' Video

British man on Spain’s Costa Blanca accused of ‘sextortion’ of British child over an explicit video

A British man has been arrested over sexually abusing and extorting a British child in the Alicante area. He’s also been charged with drugs possession

12 Jul, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police Raid Illegal 'birthday' Party At A Costa Blanca Villa Where Guests Came From All Over Spain

Police raid illegal ‘birthday’ party at a Costa Blanca villa with guests from across Spain

OVER a hundred people were rounded up by police for attending an illegal ‘birthday’ party at a La Cañada villa in the Alicante area. Some

12 Jul, 2021 @ 12:50

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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

British man in Benidorm bar admits trying to stab fellow Brit to death on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A British man has been jailed for five years after repeatedly stabbing a fellow Brit in a Benidorm bar. He pled guilty to attempted homicide

12 Jul, 2021 @ 11:47

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Demonstration Against Hate Crime In Madrid, Spain 5 Jul 2021

Two teenagers arrested over brutal killing of gay man Samuel Luiz outside a nightclub in Spain

TWO underage teenagers have been arrested over the suspected homophobic killing of a 24-year-old man in A Coruña last Saturday(July 3). Samuel Luiz was beaten

9 Jul, 2021 @ 15:56

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

‘MAIL ORDER DRUGS’ as Costa Blanca gang send out marijuana parcels from Alicante-Elche airport in Spain

FOUR men have been arrested over a major marijuana growing and shipping operation that dispatched customer orders from Alicante-Elche airport. The criminal enterprise was co-ordinated

9 Jul, 2021 @ 12:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police bust criminal gang that preyed on unsuspecting tourists in Spain’s Mallorca

Policia Nacional arrested nine gang members in S'Arenal in the early hours of this morning

8 Jul, 2021 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

IN PICS: EU task force rescues 25 victims of sexual exploitation during raids in Spain and Romania

EU FUNDING helped a task force of Spanish and Romanian police rescue 25 victims of sexual exploitation in both countries. All had been lured into

8 Jul, 2021 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

British fugitive brothers ram a police car before getting arrested on the Costa Blanca in Spain

TWO British brothers wanted in the UK for drug trafficking and being part of a million pound robbery have been arrested in Torrevieja. The men

8 Jul, 2021 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Top cybercrime fighter says child pornography cases increased in Spain because of COVID-19 lockdown

SPAIN’S top cybercrime police officer has blamed last years’ COVID-19 lockdown for a rise in child pornography cases. Chief commissioner of the Policia Nacional’s central

8 Jul, 2021 @ 12:20

Crime & Law·Lead

Attempted Murder Mother And Daughter Valencia

Mother faces 13 years in prison for attempted murder of teenage daughter over sexual relationship with stepfather in Spain’s Valencia

Her partner was arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a minor.

8 Jul, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Knife-wielding father kills son, 11, just two days after youngster's birthday in Spain's Valencia area

Violent robber arrested in Benidorm hotel after breaking jaw of a female security guard on a Costa Blanca finca in Spain

A man who broke the jaw of a female security guard at an Orihuela Costa finca has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in a

7 Jul, 2021 @ 20:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Two arrested for over death of more than 20 migrants attempting to reach Spain’s Canary Islands

TWO men were arrested for their alleged roles in the deaths of more than 20 migrants including a five-year-old girl who perished last month while

7 Jul, 2021 @ 20:30

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

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Pregnant and abused woman throws a note off her apartment balcony calling for help on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Four Benidorm area gang rapists are jailed for over 60 years in Spain’s Costa Blanca

Russian computer hacker from the Costa Blanca who stole €4 million from banks is jailed by Spain’s National High Court

Government responds as Spain’s first state of alarm declared unconstitutional

Armed men suspected of ‘starvation’ robbery at a Lidl supermarket in Mar Menor area of Spain

Children hooked on drugs are forced to rob homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca to pay off debts to criminal gang

Medics accuse a man of assault in Spain’s Murcia after they removed his pregnant wife’s hijab

Car hire firms defrauded by gang who sub-leased vehicles to criminals in the Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol areas of Spain

Man admits to claiming his dead mother’s pension for 16 years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BAD APPLE: Farmer in Spain’s Valencia investigated for exploiting 26 workers and housing them in ‘precarious and unsanitary’ conditions

Family of five-year-old killed by a drunk-driving legionnaire speak of ‘devastation’ as killer walks free in Spain’s Roquetas de Mar

Dogfighting gang who bred and abused animals for organised illegal fights to the death across Spain to go on trial in Madrid

Costa Blanca squatters ‘sold’ properties for virtually nothing or used them as drug farms in Torrevieja area of Spain

COVID-19 positive teenager found by police at illegal party in Spain’s Mallorca after refusing quarantine orders

British man on Spain’s Costa Blanca accused of ‘sextortion’ of British child over an explicit video

Police raid illegal ‘birthday’ party at a Costa Blanca villa with guests from across Spain

British man in Benidorm bar admits trying to stab fellow Brit to death on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Two teenagers arrested over brutal killing of gay man Samuel Luiz outside a nightclub in Spain

‘MAIL ORDER DRUGS’ as Costa Blanca gang send out marijuana parcels from Alicante-Elche airport in Spain

Police bust criminal gang that preyed on unsuspecting tourists in Spain’s Mallorca

IN PICS: EU task force rescues 25 victims of sexual exploitation during raids in Spain and Romania

British fugitive brothers ram a police car before getting arrested on the Costa Blanca in Spain

Top cybercrime fighter says child pornography cases increased in Spain because of COVID-19 lockdown

Mother faces 13 years in prison for attempted murder of teenage daughter over sexual relationship with stepfather in Spain’s Valencia

Violent robber arrested in Benidorm hotel after breaking jaw of a female security guard on a Costa Blanca finca in Spain

Two arrested for over death of more than 20 migrants attempting to reach Spain’s Canary Islands

The EES deadline has caused chaos across Europe for beleaguered travellers – but how have Spain’s airports fared?

Fuengirola’s BIOPARC is helping to keep this endangered tiger species alive

Illegal Botox clinics with links to the UK performed unlicensed operations across the Costa Blanca and Valencia

Barcelona fights back against petty street crime: Six foreign criminals responsible for dozens of thefts and muggings are finally deported

Step inside Toledo’s hidden convents and chapels this weekend as historic city opens its ‘closed’ doors for free