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British shop assistant spent over €210,000 on luxury holidays to Spain while still claiming benefits thanks to family-run cocaine business, court hears

A BRITISH shop assistant splashed out £200,000 on luxury holidays with her husband thanks to a family-run cocaine trafficking racket, a court has heard. Colleen Campbell, 33, worked part time for clothes

19 Nov, 2017 @ 17:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spanish police shoot unarmed Moroccan man in terror scare after he ‘shouted Allahu akbar’

SPANISH police have shot and injured an unarmed Moroccan man after he allegedly began shouting ‘Allahu akbar’. The officers said in their report that they thought he had a weapon, adding that

19 Nov, 2017 @ 13:47

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

BREAKING: Man arrested ‘carrying poison’ in Marbella following death of at least 16 dogs

A MAN has reportedly been arrested in Marbella this morning in connection with the dog poisoning case. Local sources say the suspect was picked up in the Lose Tres Jardines in San

19 Nov, 2017 @ 13:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain refuses to comment on reports that imam behind Barcelona terror attack was an informer for government

THE government has refused to comment on reports that the imam behind the Barcelona terror attacks was once an intelligence agency informer. El Pais reported that Abdelbaki Es Satty was an informer for

18 Nov, 2017 @ 14:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

WATCH: Brits arrested after €13 million cash, 18 cars and 3.7 tonnes of coke seized in HUGE anti-drug operation across Spain

GUARDIA Civil have arrested 40 suspects in an anti-drug and money laundering operation covering Girona, Pontevedra, Madrid, Melilla, Malaga and Morocco. Footage released shows cops raiding properties and uncovering 18 cars and

17 Nov, 2017 @ 14:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Spanish clinic probed for working for Nigerian mafia after prostitute minor and friend given abortions within 24 hours and using the same NIE

POLICIA Nacional are investigating a well-known clinic for allegedly providing services for the Nigerian mafia. Two young African girls who had been working as prostitutes for a Nigerian gang had abortions performed

17 Nov, 2017 @ 10:41

Crime & Law·Lead

TWISTED: Woman ‘snatched’ as a baby in Franco era to be JAILED after Andalucia nun who allegedly stole her sues for defamation

A WOMAN is to be jailed after the nun who allegedly helped steal her from her parents as a baby sued for defamation. Ascensión López, 53, was found guilty in 2015 of

17 Nov, 2017 @ 10:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Rafael Nadal wins defamation suit against France’s former health minister who accused him of doping on national TV

RAFAEL Nadal has won a defamation suit against France’s former health minister Roselyne Bachelot. During a national TV broadcast in March 2016, Bachelot had accused the Spanish tennis star of doping. Although

16 Nov, 2017 @ 14:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Sport

Permanent road blocks installed in Costa del Sol hotspot to prevent terror attacks

PEDESTRIAN entrances to Malaga city centre have had road blocks installed in a bid to prevent terror attacks similar to those witnessed in Barcelona this year. The large bollards make it impossible

16 Nov, 2017 @ 14:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Suspended sentence for sick sex club dad who left ‘freezing and screaming’ toddler in car while he visited Andalucia swingers joint

AN Andalucia father has received a six-month suspended sentence for abandoning his four-year-old son in his car while he visited a sex club. Sources say the testimony of the son and mother

16 Nov, 2017 @ 10:56

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Sevilla

Guardia Civil uncover 250 TONNES of illegal tobacco leaf in Europe’s biggest ever haul

GUARDIA Civil officers have uncovered Europe’s biggest ever illegal tobacco haul. Some six people have been arrested after 250 tonnes of tobacco leaves were seized across eight different addresses in Caceres and

16 Nov, 2017 @ 09:57

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Teenage boy arrested on suspicion of butchering his father to death in Cadiz, boy claims he found him murdered

A TEENAGER has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his father to death in Cadiz. Policia Nacional arrested the 18-year-old a day after he handed himself into the police station in Sanlucar de

15 Nov, 2017 @ 17:25

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Manhunt underway after Guardia Civil officer shot in the leg during drug bust shoot out in Andalucia

A MANHUNT is underway after a Guardia Civil officer was shot in the leg during a shoot out in Andalucia this morning. The officer was injured in Algeciras when he engaged fire

15 Nov, 2017 @ 16:23

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

British insurance company to pay part of €1.8 billion in damages to Spain government for disastrous 2002 oil spill

A SPANISH court has ordered a British insurance firm to cough up part of €1.8 billion in damages to the Spanish government. The A Coruña court ruled that The London P&I Club

15 Nov, 2017 @ 14:57

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Mallorca·Nature·Politics

Disgraced former Marbella town planner Juan Roca to lose €28 million ‘crown jewel’ from property portfolio

DISGRACED former Marbella town planner Juan Antonio Roca is to lose the crown jewel of his property portfolio. The courts have declared the convicted fraudster’s La Loma property, in Los Alcazares, will

15 Nov, 2017 @ 13:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Spanish cops bust €1.5 million international car smuggling ring

GUARDIA Civil have busted an international car smuggling ring worth at least €1.5 million. Supported by the Bulgarian Police, Portuguese Police and Europol, ‘Operation Historic’ resulted in the arrest of 19 suspects

15 Nov, 2017 @ 13:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Tolo Cursach set to face jury for illegal rifle possession

AN AMERICAN firearm not available in Spain was found under ‘ King of the Night’ Tolo Cursach’s bed, causing another charge to be added to his rap sheet. The charge for an

15 Nov, 2017 @ 10:04

Crime & Law·Mallorca

‘I don’t know why I survived and he didn’t’: Mum of Julian Cadman, 7, killed in Barcelona terror attack reveals ongoing grief

THE mother of seven-year-old Julian Cadman has revealed her ongoing heartbreak after he was killed in August’s Barcelona terror attack. Jumarie Cadman told the Daily Telegraph that she struggles to understand why

14 Nov, 2017 @ 17:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Biting Brit avoids jail but is handed a suspended sentence for assault

A BRITISH tourist who bit off part of a man’s ear has been fined €18,000 euros and handed a two year prison sentence. The 29-year-old threatened to kill his Spanish victim after

14 Nov, 2017 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s more than 220 new ‘super’ roadside cameras can detect seat belt offenders – with fines of €200

SPAIN is to roll out more than 220 roadside cameras that can detect whether or not drivers are wearing seatbelts or using their phones. Some 50 were setup yesterday, with 227 penned

14 Nov, 2017 @ 15:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·National News

Spain detects 25 forced marriages between 2020 and 2022

Five Sevilla men stand trial for rape of teenage girl at bull running festival

THE trial is underway for five Sevilla men accused of raping a teenager at a bull-running festival. The alleged assault happened at last year’s Sanfermines bull run in Pamplona. The 18-year-old victim

14 Nov, 2017 @ 14:44

Crime & Law·Lead

Nine men have been arrested following a number of robberies in Calvia

A GROUP of burglars have been rounded up for a string of Calvia robberies. The nine men were rounded up in raids last week following some 50 break-ins in hotels and apartments

14 Nov, 2017 @ 14:00

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

British expats who lost €20 million rage at ‘unauthorised’ pension deals

BRITISH expats who lost up to €20 million in a failed pension advisory firm believe their signatures may have been photocopied onto investment documents. Around 300 Brits, most living in Spain, are

14 Nov, 2017 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Another pet dog killed by poison on Costa del Sol as Estepona town hall refuses to comment on pesticide use

ANOTHER dog has been killed by poison on the Costa del Sol. The pet podenco Yellow dropped dead within minutes of allegedly ingesting the toxic substance in the area Peñas Blancas, in

14 Nov, 2017 @ 09:35

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Former nightlife king Tolo Cursach refused bail as he returns to jail in Palma

CRIME lynchpin Tolo Cursach is being transferred back to prison in Palma… but he won’t get bail. It comes after the judge in his corruption case ruled that the ‘king of the

13 Nov, 2017 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Londoner accuses Mallorca car rental firm of fleecing him out of hundreds of euros

A BRITISH holidaymaker has slammed rental firm Record Go after the Mallorca office overcharged him hundreds of euros for a broken door handle he did not break. The 62-year-old Londoner says he was

13 Nov, 2017 @ 12:01

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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