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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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 Nov, 2017 @ 12:01

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Arrest made in Gibraltar murder case

A 42-YEAR-OLD British man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Carolina Lishman. The suspect was arrested at St Bernard’s Hospital where he is recovering from

13 Nov, 2017 @ 11:46

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead