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Ex far-left and first female mayor of Manilva arrested for money laundering for Italian mafia on Spain’s Costa del Sol and ‘handing out 900 jobs to pals and allies’

A FORMER Manilva mayor has been arrested for her alleged role in helping launder money for an Italian mafia. Antonia Munoz was cuffed alongside 12

19 Feb, 2020 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

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EXCLUSIVE: Expat, 59, arrested on suspicion of murdering partner in Moraira NAMED as owner of real estate business on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Dutchman arrested on suspicion of murdering his partner and dumping her in a rubbish container in Moraira has been named as Arthur Karvink. Sources

19 Feb, 2020 @ 09:53

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Teen in Spain ‘stabbed her own newborn baby to death in frenzied attack before placing body in rucksack and changing into her pyjamas’ (WARNING: Distressing details)

A TEENAGER is facing up to 22 years in prison after allegedly stabbing her newborn baby to death in Madrid. Sonia Bedoui, 18, is believed

18 Feb, 2020 @ 18:15

Crime & Law·Lead

LETTER: Three tips to spot illegal UK to Spain pet transport operators

THE lamentable animal transport tale revealed by the Olive Press fills my heart with despair – despair because we have been here before. I pity

18 Feb, 2020 @ 17:03

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Dutch expat, 59, turns himself in after Romanian partner found decapitated in rubbish container in Teulada-Moraira on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A DUTCH expat has handed himself in to Guardia Civil after confessing to decapitating and dumping his Romanian partner in a rubbish container in Teulada-Moraira

18 Feb, 2020 @ 15:26

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Four Brits arrested after 231 kilos of hash found in Spain’s Andalucia

231 kilos of hash have been seized along with €3,000, a van and a forklift truck

18 Feb, 2020 @ 14:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Young expat robs Alzheimer’s sufferer out of €15,000 by making 780 charges on his credit card after faking being his friend on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A YOUNG expat has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than €15,000 from an Alzheimer’s sufferer. The 20-year-old is accused of making more than 700

18 Feb, 2020 @ 12:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police investigate discovery of body dumped in rubbish container in Teulada-Moraira on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE are investigating the discovery of a body dumped in a plastic rubbish container in Teulada-Moraira on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Municipal dustmen discovered the woman’s

17 Feb, 2020 @ 22:57

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Five arrested in house containing 3,200 kilos of marijuana and guns in Spain’s Andalucia

The search resulted in two guns being found: an AK-47 assault rifle and a small revolver type gun

17 Feb, 2020 @ 21:28

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

WARNING: Paedo hunters in Spain urge parents to STOP sharing images of their kids on the beach online as they reveal worrying surge in sick crimes

POLICE hunting paedophiles in Spain have urged parents to be more responsible when it comes to their children and the online world. In an extensive

17 Feb, 2020 @ 18:29

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

WATCH: Man arrested as dead and injured roosters found in police raid on cockfight watched by 200 people in Spain’s Andalucia

Cockfighting is illegal in Spain, with the exception of Andalucia and the Canary Islands

17 Feb, 2020 @ 12:13

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Sevilla court reopens case of Marta del Castillo’s disappearance

The 17-year-old Sevillian girl was murdered in 2009, her body has never been located

15 Feb, 2020 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Two arrested for sexual exploitation of children in Spain’s Mallorca

The arrests of the 50-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man come as a result of the investigation for the gang rape of a girl on

14 Feb, 2020 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British drug gang with its own laboratory brought down on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH-Spanish drug gang has been brought down on the Costa del Sol. Made up of four Brits and one Spaniard, the group was operating

14 Feb, 2020 @ 16:10

Crime & Law·Lead

Colombians making a FORTUNE in cocaine trafficking in Spain’s inland Andalucia as two arrested in Granada with €400,000 CASH hidden in car

A SPANISH-Colombian drug trafficking ring has been rumbled in Granada. Police have caged two men and a woman after seizing just under €400,000 in cash

14 Feb, 2020 @ 15:27

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

WATCH: 16 dogs rescued from living HELL with eyes and JAWS missing on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the shocking moment police rescued 16 dogs from an apartment in Malaga. A 49-year-old man has been charged after the animals were found

13 Feb, 2020 @ 18:37

Crime & Law·Lead

Case of missing ‘child painter’ reopened 33 years after disappearing from Spain’s Malaga

His house was 150 meters from the bus stop but he failed to catch the bus and his trail was lost somewhere along this journey

13 Feb, 2020 @ 10:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Fugitive paedophile Irish nabbed near Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICIA Nacional agents have arrested an Irish alleged paedophile who was on the run for three months.

12 Feb, 2020 @ 15:25

Crime & Law·Lead

Woman arrested trying to fly from Malaga airport with 13 kilos of marijuana

The agents found the marijuana inside 24 vacuum-packed plastic wrappers with a total weight of 13.5 kilograms

12 Feb, 2020 @ 14:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Prison guards in Spain jailed for beating up baby-killer

After making initial threats, the two guards went to cell 11 at around 11:45pm that night and told the victim’s cellmate to leave the room

12 Feb, 2020 @ 12:49

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Dramatic moment Marbella police open fire during hot pursuit of three men on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the dramatic moment police chased three men through the streets of Marbella before firing warning shots into the air yesterday. The

12 Feb, 2020 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Hollywood style car chase ends in dramatic crash before police circle car with guns pointing at driver in Spain’s Andalucia

THIS is the dramatic moment a high-speed car chase between police and a suspect was captured in Andalucia. The dashboard cam of another driver records

11 Feb, 2020 @ 23:03

Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

PAPER TRAIL: Clumsy office clerk drops box of ‘A4 sheets’ full of cocaine, leading police in Spain to 1.5-tonne haul of the drug

The boxes had originally come from Brazil

11 Feb, 2020 @ 14:54

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Deaf British dad wanted for blowing up Costa del Sol cash machines can’t stand trial in Spain as he only ‘lip-reads Scouse’

The Liverpool man and his cronies allegedly targeted 14 ATMs at banks between 2013 and 2014

10 Feb, 2020 @ 15:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police cage three after high speed chase in Gibraltar waters last night

MARINE police have caught up with three suspected drug smugglers off Europa Point after a dramatic cat and mouse sea pursuit in another combined operation.

10 Feb, 2020 @ 14:10

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Police release 13 women in human trafficking operation on Spain’s Costa del Sol

It is believed that the women were captured in Romania through the ‘lover boy’ technique

10 Feb, 2020 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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