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Pablo Escobar’s estranged British-educated son signs ‘extraordinary’ book deal in Mallorca

PABLO Escobar’s long-lost son has signed a publishing to tell the extraordinary story of his life. Roberto Sendoya Escobar is an acclaimed artist who goes

25 May, 2019 @ 12:30

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Mallorca

Jet2 removes Costa del Sol beaches from its website after Olive Press probe into raw sewage pumped into sea

Other package holiday firms TUI and Thomas Cook, are still promoting the affected beaches on their websites

25 May, 2019 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

ISIS video threatens tourists in Spain after death of British ‘punk rock jihadi’

The final three minutes of the clip appear to threaten attacks on Barcelona or Madrid similar to those suffered by Paris in 2015

24 May, 2019 @ 14:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Expat pensioners assaulted as luxury apartment block is ‘mobbed’ by squatters on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A GROUP of British pensioners are pleading for help after their block of flats descended into ‘hell’ due to squatters. The expats – who have

24 May, 2019 @ 10:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Largest ever cocaine haul made in Spain’s Sevilla as 1000 kilos of the drug smuggled in banana truck

Udyco anti-drug officers from Sevilla and Malaga forces were behind the record raid

23 May, 2019 @ 16:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Agnese Klavina’s family to take case to Supreme Court after ‘shock verdict’ sees Marbella based Brits accused of kidnap ‘walk free’ on lesser charge

The charge of kidnapping - for which the British pair faced 12 years in prison - could not be proved, leaving Latvia Klavina’s family ‘stunned’

23 May, 2019 @ 13:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

‘HUMOUR HAS NO LIMITS’: Man in Spain defends his jokes about little Julen who died down well

If found guilty of the crime of ‘degrading treatment’ the controversial poet could face a prison sentence of between six months to two years

23 May, 2019 @ 12:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

BUSTED: €600 million empire which trafficked drugs into the UK and laundered money into Spain’s property market

At least 22 other suspects have been arrested across the continent

22 May, 2019 @ 18:38

Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

Judge allows convicted British criminal to go on Spain holiday after taser and cocaine bust

Judge Jenkins agreed to postpone the crook’s sentencing as ‘an act of mercy’ but campaigners have said it sends mixed messages to crime victims

22 May, 2019 @ 16:56

Crime & Law·Lead

Police arrest 30 in Costa del Sol gigalo ring that lured young men with FAKE escort jobs, netting ringleaders €700,000

Fake roles, accompanying wealthy older women, with salaries of up to €700 per service were promised

22 May, 2019 @ 15:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Tourist dies after being hit by bus in Benidorm

A TOURIST has been killed after a bus ploughed into her on a pavement in Benidorm. The woman, of Portuguese nationality, was hit on Calle

22 May, 2019 @ 01:18

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

British expat arrested for starting forest fire on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH expat has been arrested over a forest fire which broke out in Nerja today. The 43-year-old is believed to have confessed to lighting

20 May, 2019 @ 21:15

Crime & Law·Lead

ANOTHER British holidaymaker scammed as Spanish villa rental companies use SAME website under different names

A STRING of Spanish villa rental companies have been allegedly defrauding British holidaymakers by using the SAME website under different names. The Olive Press uncovered

20 May, 2019 @ 15:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Costa del Sol expat fighting for life after feral dog attack left him naked on floor and severely wounded

The man has now been stabilised after being put on oxygen, and has had his wounds treated in surgery

20 May, 2019 @ 11:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British expat benefits cheat who stole more than €90,000 from UK coffers while living on Spain’s Costa del Sol given 900 YEARS to pay back debt

The mother-of-two, from Grimsby, claimed income support, disability living allowance and carers allowance but failed to reveal she had left the country

20 May, 2019 @ 10:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

GUILTY: Westley Capper and Craig Porter verdict in but ‘both will AVOID JAIL’ over Agnese Klavina disappearance, Capper to appeal

Both Brits are believed to have been ordered to pay €10,000 to the family of Agnese and pay one third of their legal costs

17 May, 2019 @ 19:48

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Irish fugitive dies in Benidorm after he stripped man naked, battered him and carved up his body in wheelie bin

The victim, who was also bound in masking tape, and thus suffered PTSD, was only freed 12 hours later when a dog-walker heard his screams

17 May, 2019 @ 13:03

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Fraudsters ‘stole €8 million’ from holidaymakers in 2018 with SPAIN among ‘most affected’ countries

More than 5,000 people fell victims to holiday booking fraud last year, with losses totalling €8 million, new research suggests. Travel association ABTA said victims

17 May, 2019 @ 12:01

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Travel News

SNIFFED OUT: Group in Spain fined €86,000 for cooking stew of protected birds after police smelt it from cliff

The group’s lawyers claimed the meat was lamb, but judges said that defence was ‘not at all credible’

17 May, 2019 @ 11:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Nature

Guardia Civil cop among 57 arrested in HUGE Costa del Sol drug bust involving 200 officers

Also seized were a number of weapons, including a submachine gun, as well as cash, and previously stolen boats and cars

16 May, 2019 @ 12:25

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Dramatic rescue after two ‘narco boats’ collide off Spain’s Costa del Sol

A Policia Nacional helicopter was already circling above at around 2pm yesterday when it picked up the collision on its video camera

15 May, 2019 @ 15:29

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga

Mystery as expat and two Lithuanians found in busted van carrying €1 MILLION CASH en route to Malaga – but NONE of them claim ownership

Some of the money was spread across the road when officers arrived to the scene while the driver - who tested positive for drugs and

15 May, 2019 @ 12:31

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga

‘SERIOUS CONCERN’: Huge rise in murders and assassinations on Costa del Sol, public prosecutor says

Explosives used by ‘narco terrorists’ in ‘score-settling’ between rival gangs was also highlighted by the Ministry, as a concerning trend

15 May, 2019 @ 11:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Wife of crooked British fraudster mocks scam victims in holiday pic from Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE wife of a convicted fraudster has sparked fury after a holiday pic of her on the Costa Blanca was posted with the caption: ‘Who

15 May, 2019 @ 11:27

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British couple win €72,000 after retirement home never built by bankrupt Costa Blanca construction firm

A BRITISH family who lost their investment in a retirement home when a Costa Blanca construction company folded have 15 years later been paid damages.

15 May, 2019 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Rapist Jeffrey Waite JAILED over 40-year-old attacks following extradition from the Costa Blanca

A BRITISH man who raped two teenage girls 40 years ago has been jailed following an extradition from the Costa Blanca. Jeffrey Waite, 66, carried

14 May, 2019 @ 17:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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Pablo Escobar’s estranged British-educated son signs ‘extraordinary’ book deal in Mallorca

Jet2 removes Costa del Sol beaches from its website after Olive Press probe into raw sewage pumped into sea

ISIS video threatens tourists in Spain after death of British ‘punk rock jihadi’

Expat pensioners assaulted as luxury apartment block is ‘mobbed’ by squatters on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Largest ever cocaine haul made in Spain’s Sevilla as 1000 kilos of the drug smuggled in banana truck

Agnese Klavina’s family to take case to Supreme Court after ‘shock verdict’ sees Marbella based Brits accused of kidnap ‘walk free’ on lesser charge

‘HUMOUR HAS NO LIMITS’: Man in Spain defends his jokes about little Julen who died down well

BUSTED: €600 million empire which trafficked drugs into the UK and laundered money into Spain’s property market

Judge allows convicted British criminal to go on Spain holiday after taser and cocaine bust

Police arrest 30 in Costa del Sol gigalo ring that lured young men with FAKE escort jobs, netting ringleaders €700,000

Tourist dies after being hit by bus in Benidorm

British expat arrested for starting forest fire on Spain’s Costa del Sol

ANOTHER British holidaymaker scammed as Spanish villa rental companies use SAME website under different names

Costa del Sol expat fighting for life after feral dog attack left him naked on floor and severely wounded

British expat benefits cheat who stole more than €90,000 from UK coffers while living on Spain’s Costa del Sol given 900 YEARS to pay back debt

GUILTY: Westley Capper and Craig Porter verdict in but ‘both will AVOID JAIL’ over Agnese Klavina disappearance, Capper to appeal

Irish fugitive dies in Benidorm after he stripped man naked, battered him and carved up his body in wheelie bin

Fraudsters ‘stole €8 million’ from holidaymakers in 2018 with SPAIN among ‘most affected’ countries

SNIFFED OUT: Group in Spain fined €86,000 for cooking stew of protected birds after police smelt it from cliff

Guardia Civil cop among 57 arrested in HUGE Costa del Sol drug bust involving 200 officers

WATCH: Dramatic rescue after two ‘narco boats’ collide off Spain’s Costa del Sol

Mystery as expat and two Lithuanians found in busted van carrying €1 MILLION CASH en route to Malaga – but NONE of them claim ownership

‘SERIOUS CONCERN’: Huge rise in murders and assassinations on Costa del Sol, public prosecutor says

Wife of crooked British fraudster mocks scam victims in holiday pic from Spain’s Costa Blanca

British couple win €72,000 after retirement home never built by bankrupt Costa Blanca construction firm

Rapist Jeffrey Waite JAILED over 40-year-old attacks following extradition from the Costa Blanca

How a brutal Latin American gang war has broken out in the streets of Madrid after top bosses were jailed

Prosecutors request 24-year jail term for wife of Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez over corruption charges

WATCH: Spain’s most famous bullfighter in ‘very serious’ condition after suffering 10cm gore wound to bottom at Sevilla’s Feria de Abril

US airline JetBlue launches daily flights between Barcelona and Boston during summer season

Spain offers to share jet fuel with EU allies as Iran war squeezes global supplies