Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Kinahan mafia member who plunged to death from Marbella hotel balcony ‘took his own life’, police say

POLICE believe the Irish mafia member who plunged to his death in Marbella took his own life. Michael Cumberton, 30, a prominent member of the

11 Dec, 2018 @ 16:40

Crime & Law·Lead

DRUG BUST: Civil servant who led multi-million euro drug empire between Spain’s Costa del Sol and Morocco one of 57 arrested

The town hall worker imported 62 tonnes of hash a year to the Costa del Sol

10 Dec, 2018 @ 11:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Leading Irish Kinahan mafia member falls to death from Marbella hotel in ‘accident’

AN Irish mafia member has been found dead in Marbella after falling from a hotel balcony. Michael Cumberton, a prominent member of the Kinahan cartel,

9 Dec, 2018 @ 16:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain SLAMMED by US official for making ‘no effort’ to return Nazi-looted art from WW2

US official adviser Stuart E Eizenstat slammed Spain for 'taking no steps' to fulfill the principles

8 Dec, 2018 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News

Desperate wife of British expat who mysteriously vanished from Costa del Sol FOUR days ago reveals more details as search continues

Donald Wright, who has not been seen since Monday, has been ‘under a lot of stress at the moment’ and left his mobile phone behind

7 Dec, 2018 @ 12:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Taxi driver who raped British tourist on Costa del Sol sentenced to seven years in prison

He claimed the victim, who was drunk at the time, 'asked for more' yet injuries she sustained proved how she had been attacked

7 Dec, 2018 @ 11:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man with 54 balls of cocaine in belly arrested trying to enter Spain at Malaga airport

The man was carrying 725 grams of cocaine in his stomach

6 Dec, 2018 @ 17:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Dad of teen Amy Fitzpatrick who vanished from Spain’s Costa del Sol reveals family targeted by sick online troll

The anonymous online hater has already sent the family 37 emails this month and also claimed that Amy, who vanished when she was 15, had

6 Dec, 2018 @ 16:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

EU vice president labels Gibraltarians ‘monkeys’ and praises Spain’s illegal warship ‘invasion’ of British waters

The Brussels MEP labelled Gibraltarians 'laughing monkeys' in an explosive Twitter thread, which he swiftly deleted

6 Dec, 2018 @ 13:41

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·National News·Politics

Stephen Lawrence murder suspect who ran €4.5 million cannabis empire ‘fled to Spain and used fake name’ court hears

Those present heard how in two years Acourt's drug runners made 34 600-mile-round trips between London and South Shields to sell cannabis resin

5 Dec, 2018 @ 20:38

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

Expat hot dog seller who stabbed customer to death after food hygiene row in Spain sentenced to 8 years

The murder happened on the night of 12 April in 2017, two days after the victim's son had argued with Adriel about food hygiene

5 Dec, 2018 @ 19:32

Crime & Law·Lead

BREAKING: Body found in search for missing British expat in Spain

A BODY has been found in the search for a missing British expat Amy Gerard. The 23-year-old vanished outside a popular bar in Tenerife in

4 Dec, 2018 @ 14:35

Crime & Law·Lead

Two members of Spain's notorious 'Wolf Pack' sex attackers have their sentences reduced

Outrage after infamous wolfpack judges ACQUIT man who attacked wife with knife and almost strangled her to death in front of kids

The case has further fuelled the indignation of feminist collectives

4 Dec, 2018 @ 10:42

Crime & Law·Lead

British expat rocks Costa del Sol with new crime thriller on London’s criminal underbelly

Manilva author’s Costa del Crime blockbuster keeps Santa busy this Christmas

4 Dec, 2018 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

CUT AND BLOW-DRY CASE? Popular Low Cost hairdressers accused of defrauding taxpayer of millions in Spain’s Andalucia

THE bosses of Low Cost hairdressers are being probed for allegedly defrauding the taxpayer out of millions of euros. A judge in Sevilla has ordered

3 Dec, 2018 @ 18:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Brit suspected of gunning down victim in double murder released on bail after Spain arrest

Shaw was gunned down in Tile Hill on 25 March, while Robbins has never been found and is presumed dead

3 Dec, 2018 @ 12:29

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Do you recognise these burglars breaking into homes on Spain’s Costa del Sol?

https://www.facebook.com/taz675/videos/pcb.10156081843825172/10156081841820172/?type=3&theater&ifg=1 THIS is the moment two burglars were caught breaking into a home on Spain’s Costa del Sol. The CCTV footage, shared on social media,

3 Dec, 2018 @ 11:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga