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Mallorca's former top anti-drug cop arrested in money laundering probe linked to Ibiza cocaine pipeline

Bulgarian man, 47, allegedly ‘beats Spanish wife to death and dumps her body near petrol station’ in Spain’s Marbella

A BULGARIAN man, 47, went to the Policia Nacional in Marbella on Saturday to confess that he had killed his wife. The body of a

9 Jun, 2025 @ 11:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Half decade milestone since Christian Brueckner was named prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case – where are we now?

Olive Press editor Jon Clarke recalls the week he started probing the German paedophile during the Covid lockdown in June 2020 IT is exactly five

6 Jun, 2025 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Two Brits cleared of Benidorm group sex attack after languishing in Spanish jail for 20 months

TWO British men have been acquitted of raping a British woman at a Benidorm hotel in November 2023. The duo, whose ages have not been

6 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Dangerous Belgian fugitive on the run from psychiatric unit is arrested at Costa Blanca hospital

Dangerous escaped mental patient from Belgium is recaptured at Costa Blanca hospital

A DANGEROUS Belgian fugitive who escaped from a psychiatric prison facility has been arrested in Alicante province. The man, 48, had been admitted for reasons

6 Jun, 2025 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Irish brothers arrested over alleged serious sexual assault in Mallorca hotel

TWO Irish brothers have been arrested over an alleged rape of a woman- also Irish- at a Magaluf hotel. The men, aged 20 and 23,

6 Jun, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Chinese nationals arrested for importing €6m of fake goods to sell in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has seized counterfeit items valued at around €6 million stored in warehouses around Spain. The goods were foreign-made fake clothes, toys, electrical

6 Jun, 2025 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Police plead for backup as gangland shootings rock Costa del Sol

A BLOODY gangland execution on the Costa del Sol has sparked furious calls for more police, as locals warn the holiday hotspot is turning into

6 Jun, 2025 @ 09:25

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Half decade milestone since Christian Brueckner was named prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. Where are we now?

Olive Press editor Jon Clarke recalls the week he started probing the German paedophile during the Covid lockdown in June 2020 IT is exactly five

5 Jun, 2025 @ 19:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Scam Alert: Alicante motorists find bogus parking tickets on car windscreens

ALICANTE City Council has warned about a spate of fake parking tickets being plastered on cars in the Central Market area. Around 30 bogus tickets

5 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Blackspot Branded As The 'road Of Death' On The Costa Blanca In Spain Claims Another Victim In A Head On Collision Horrific crash at blackspot known as the ‘Road of Death’ on the Costa Blanca in Spain claims another victim

Irish woman, 37, is arrested for ‘fondling young Swedish tourist’s genitals’ in Mallorca Turkish baths

A MALLORCA hotel’s Turkish baths got very steamy when an Irish woman allegedly fondled a man’s penis without permission. The female- on holiday with her

5 Jun, 2025 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man's body locked away for two months as couple claimed his pension on Costa Blanca

Costa Blanca couple arrested for keeping man’s body locked in a room to claim his pension

AN ALICANTE couple have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for living with a man’s dead body for at least two months in order to

5 Jun, 2025 @ 12:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror in Malaga: Police officer and three ‘thieves’ die in head on car crash

Four people have died in a horrific head-on collision during a high-speed police chase on the Costa del Sol. A POLICIA Nacional officer and three

5 Jun, 2025 @ 09:26

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Gay killer gets 25 years in jail with four murder trials still pending in Spain

‘Gay Killer’ gets 25 years in jail with four other murders still to be resolved in Spain

A MAN branded as the ‘Gay Killer’ who is suspected of killing five men in Bilbao following dating app hook-ups, has been jailed for 25-and-a-half

4 Jun, 2025 @ 18:30

Basque Country·Crime & Law·Lead

‘We live in a world where crime knows no borders’: Costa del Sol town demands more police to combat mafia wars

THE mayor of Fuengirola has asked for more police units and assistance from the federal government, following a shooting in a bar on the promenade

3 Jun, 2025 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Expert warns ‘it’s a disgrace that squatting is great business’ as scourge rises 7% in Spain

SQUATTING continues to rise all over Spain, with a 7% increase in all cases last year. The most shocking thing is perhaps the fact that

3 Jun, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Telefonica investigates major hack of Movistar customer records

A CYBERHACKER named ‘Dedale’ has accessed Movistar’s customer record base which has 22 million names and details. Movistar’s parent company, the Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica,

3 Jun, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Technology

WATCH: Portuguese police search once again for Madeleine McCann with German help

A team of German detectives briefs bosses of Portugal’s Policia Judiaria as the first of up to two dozen searches begin for missing Madeleine McCann

3 Jun, 2025 @ 12:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Video

Mallorca hotel worker who suffered broken jaw after punch from British tourist says his life 'has been ruined'

Brit, 33, arrested in Mallorca for ‘breaking security guard’s jaw’ after trying to enter woman’s hotel room

A MALLORCA hotel security guard suffered a broken jaw after getting punched by a British man. The incident happened early on Monday morning in the

3 Jun, 2025 @ 12:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Two Brits stand trial over alleged Benidorm group sex attack

TWO British tourists have gone on trial for allegedly raping a British woman at a Benidorm hotel in November 2023. The men have been in

3 Jun, 2025 @ 11:34

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE PICS: The Maddie search site where cops hope to find vital clues to finally charge German Christian Brueckner

By Jon Clarke in Praia da Luz THESE are the first pics of police working at the initial search site for the body of missing

3 Jun, 2025 @ 08:33

Crime & Law·Lead

Warhol and Dali ‘fakes’ seized in €1.2m art package sent to Valencia auction house

A JOB lot of 41 fake or unattributable paintings and prints including works ascribed to Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali have been seized by Valencian

2 Jun, 2025 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

OLIVE PRESS REPORTS: New search for Madeleine McCann set to start in Portugal this week

EXCLUSIVE By Jon Clarke in Praia da Luz UP to 100 Portuguese police will support German detectives as they begin a new round of detailed

2 Jun, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Squatters set up marijuana farm with side-hustle of robbing neighbours on Costa Blanca

THREE squatters set up a marijuana farm at a Denia finca and also set up an illegal electricity supply to power up equipment. They were

2 Jun, 2025 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Woman arrested for deliberately drowning dog at canine beach on Costa Blanca

A WOMAN has been arrested for deliberately drowning her dog at an Alicante canine beach. The owner- a French national- was seen repeatedly submerging her

2 Jun, 2025 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror in Mijas: Thugs beat up woman in her 80s while robbing her home

‘Escape room’ horror in Spain: Woman was ‘tied up, doused in petrol and set alight’ in macabre game gone wrong

THREE defendants face a two-year prison sentence after a woman was seriously burned after being sprayed with gasoline in a sadistic game. The events date

2 Jun, 2025 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

British woman quizzed over ‘unprovoked’ drunken attack in Mallorca street

A BRITISH woman has been quizzed by Palma’s Policia Local after a drunken attack in a city street. The 33-year-old has been accusing of punching

2 Jun, 2025 @ 11:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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Bulgarian man, 47, allegedly ‘beats Spanish wife to death and dumps her body near petrol station’ in Spain’s Marbella

Half decade milestone since Christian Brueckner was named prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case – where are we now?

Two Brits cleared of Benidorm group sex attack after languishing in Spanish jail for 20 months

Dangerous escaped mental patient from Belgium is recaptured at Costa Blanca hospital

Irish brothers arrested over alleged serious sexual assault in Mallorca hotel

Chinese nationals arrested for importing €6m of fake goods to sell in Spain

Police plead for backup as gangland shootings rock Costa del Sol

Half decade milestone since Christian Brueckner was named prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. Where are we now?

Scam Alert: Alicante motorists find bogus parking tickets on car windscreens

Irish woman, 37, is arrested for ‘fondling young Swedish tourist’s genitals’ in Mallorca Turkish baths

Costa Blanca couple arrested for keeping man’s body locked in a room to claim his pension

Horror in Malaga: Police officer and three ‘thieves’ die in head on car crash

‘Gay Killer’ gets 25 years in jail with four other murders still to be resolved in Spain

‘We live in a world where crime knows no borders’: Costa del Sol town demands more police to combat mafia wars

Expert warns ‘it’s a disgrace that squatting is great business’ as scourge rises 7% in Spain

Spain’s Telefonica investigates major hack of Movistar customer records

WATCH: Portuguese police search once again for Madeleine McCann with German help

Brit, 33, arrested in Mallorca for ‘breaking security guard’s jaw’ after trying to enter woman’s hotel room

Two Brits stand trial over alleged Benidorm group sex attack

EXCLUSIVE PICS: The Maddie search site where cops hope to find vital clues to finally charge German Christian Brueckner

Warhol and Dali ‘fakes’ seized in €1.2m art package sent to Valencia auction house

OLIVE PRESS REPORTS: New search for Madeleine McCann set to start in Portugal this week

Squatters set up marijuana farm with side-hustle of robbing neighbours on Costa Blanca

Woman arrested for deliberately drowning dog at canine beach on Costa Blanca

‘Escape room’ horror in Spain: Woman was ‘tied up, doused in petrol and set alight’ in macabre game gone wrong

British woman quizzed over ‘unprovoked’ drunken attack in Mallorca street

Horror on the Costa del Sol as woman’s legs are crushed beneath reversing bus bound for Marbella

‘We’re all really worried’: Every centimetre added to full Montejaque dam could cause 20 million litres of water to overflow

Bargain boom in Spain: Low-cost supermarkets grab record market share with more shoppers hunting for cut-price deals

Mystery solved after human skull found in Malaga drain identified as 59-year-old man who disappeared during Covid pandemic

WATCH: Iconic Barcelona tower shakes violently as Catalunya is battered by 160km/h hurricane-force gusts