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HOLY FAIL: Trio arrested for nicking three chalices worth €1,500 and some jamon from Marbella church in Spain

THREE men have been arrested in Marbella for allegedly stealing a trio of valuable chalices and some jamon. The chalices, worth €1,500, were stolen from

13 Jan, 2020 @ 13:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British paedophile, 77, arrested in expat hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH paedophile was arrested last month after allegedly sharing sexual images of children while living among the expat community on the Costa del Sol.

13 Jan, 2020 @ 13:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Massive police operation breaks up migrant smuggling ring that used Gibraltar to reach all of Europe

The organised crime group made over €1million since the ring was first detected in November 2018, smuggling around 130 Moroccans into the EU.

12 Jan, 2020 @ 15:18

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Jealous ex-boyfriend and Vox party candidate beats up pal so badly on Spain’s Costa del Sol he needs plates and screws in his FACE and spent 10 DAYS in ICU

A VOX party candidate has been arrested after savagely beating a friend of his ex-partner in Estepona. Ismael A.S., 55, who was number two on

10 Jan, 2020 @ 20:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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Record 133 airport workers hauled before judges 10 years after their strike which led to eight Spanish airports closing and 300,000 stranded

They are charged with ‘the crime of abandoning public service’ and causing the financial damages of the passengers that were involved

10 Jan, 2020 @ 17:42

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Police run over cyclist and buy him a new bike to apologise on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A GROUP of kind hearted policemen have bought a man a new bike after they hit him with their car.

10 Jan, 2020 @ 14:26

Crime & Law·Lead

Conman accused of stealing expat’s BMW claims his transport company left it in northern Spain due to ‘paperwork problems’

A CONVICTED British conman has been accused of striking again in a car transport scam running up and down the Costa Blanca. Simon Davies, 58,

10 Jan, 2020 @ 10:09

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

UK ‘failing children’ as numerous paedophiles allowed to travel to Spain and other countries to commit sexual abuse, new report finds

The disclosure and barring service is ‘confusing, inconsistent and in need of reform’

9 Jan, 2020 @ 15:33

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Secret underground bunker stashed with ‘weapons of war’ found by police near Spain’s Costa del Sol

A SECRET bunker stashed full of weapons has been uncovered by police in Malaga. Guardia Civil from Velez Malaga discovered the haul in Periana, just

9 Jan, 2020 @ 11:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Malaga FC coach suspended after ‘sexually intimate’ video of him leaked online by hackers – and ANYONE who shared it may get locked up under Spanish law

MALAGA FC coach Victor Sanchez has been suspended after a ‘sexually intimate’ video of him went viral on social media this week. The controversial suspension

9 Jan, 2020 @ 09:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Sport

Gay couple from France savagely attacked in LGBTQ hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The men, one of them a doctor, had come to Torremolinos for a few days break

9 Jan, 2020 @ 08:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police arrest six in ‘sex gang’ in Spain’s Andalucia, freeing five trapped women each forced into 70 hours of prostitution a week

They are thought to have got the women to pose as tourists and get them to jet into Malaga Airport

8 Jan, 2020 @ 12:48

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Rubik’s cubes, drumsticks and selfies – the most bizarre illegal activities caught by Spain’s traffic regulator as part of its ’12 wishes of Christmas’ video

SPAIN’S traffic regulator has released its ’12 wishes of Christmas’ with a video capturing 12 crimes committed by Spanish road users. The video released via

7 Jan, 2020 @ 21:17

Crime & Law·Lead

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Spanish police warn against ‘once-in-a-hundred-year’ opportunity for scammers to falsify dates in 2020

POLICE in Murcia have issued a stern warning to anyone signing or filling out important documents in 2020. Dates can this year be written as

7 Jan, 2020 @ 20:37

Crime & Law·Lead

Drunken tourist three times over alcohol limit drives 10km WRONG WAY up dual carriageway in Spain’s Andalucia

“From rates higher than 0.75 milligrams per litre, the risk of having an accident can be multiplied by up to 15”

7 Jan, 2020 @ 08:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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Three-time presidential candidate and author of ‘Make Wealth Anywhere’ arrested for posing as UN president and raising money on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SPANISH-NIGERIAN woman has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and misappropriation of funds after she was caught posing as a UN president on Spain’s

6 Jan, 2020 @ 13:50

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Man ‘kills wife and 3-year-old daughter’ in Spain’s first gender violence crime of 2020

A MAN has been arrested after allegedly killing his wife and young daughter in Spain. The unnamed 27-year-old is accused of murdering his wife, 28,

6 Jan, 2020 @ 12:57

Crime & Law·Lead

Dog dead and another near death after sick owner leaves them locked inside home for over TWO WEEKS in Spain’s Sevilla

A PET owner will have his day in court after abandoning two dogs in his Seville home, leading to the death of one of them.

3 Jan, 2020 @ 11:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Manhunt after THREE young American sisters raped and sexually assaulted in savage New Years Eve attack in Spain’s Murcia

A MANHUNT is underway for three men accused of raping and sexually assaulting three American sisters in southern Spain. The shocking assault is said to

2 Jan, 2020 @ 19:47

Crime & Law·Lead

CANNED: British gang busted smuggling drugs in olives and beer from Spain’s Costa del Sol

SEVERAL British individuals have been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs by using their drink businesses as a cover. Policia Nacional had been tracking a British

2 Jan, 2020 @ 19:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Three men arrested after police caught them red-handed loading 2,000 kilos of hash into van on THIS beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

In total 56 bundles of hash were also seized

2 Jan, 2020 @ 16:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British man is ‘important’ witness in investigation into how dad and two kids died in swimming pool on Spain’s Costa del Sol

“By the time assistance came, the three of them were under the water”

2 Jan, 2020 @ 14:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British man arrested after ‘ripping’ €23.5 million Picasso painting depicting Spanish artist’s lover Dora Maar

Malaga-born Pablo Picasso created the piece, which portrays his lover Dora Maar in Nazi-occupied Paris

1 Jan, 2020 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News

Police close investigation into swimming pool deaths of British dad and kids on Spain’s Costa del Sol, concluding ‘family could not swim’

The spokesperson added that there is no accountability on the part of Club La Costa World

31 Dec, 2019 @ 12:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British mum found dead by her dad on family holiday to Spain was ‘attacked’ just weeks earlier

"It is possible her death’s linked to an injury she suffered during the assault"

31 Dec, 2019 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Police catch drug smugglers at gun-point in dramatic Costa Calida raid

GUARDIA Civil have dismantled at gun-point a drug smuggling gang in the Mar Menor region of Murcia. Investigations began in September, when the number of

30 Dec, 2019 @ 13:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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