International boiler room gang – based in Spain – handed combined sentence of more than 50 years

EXCLUSIVE: Lawrence S. Hartman, the last of the notorious investment fraud gang, based out of Barcelona was sentenced in Florida this week. By Imogen Calderwood

3 Apr, 2014 @ 18:33

Crime & Law·Lead

Barcenas amassed personal fortune from PP slush fund

Jailed former PP treasurer diverted a fortune from the party's infamous slush fund

3 Apr, 2014 @ 11:28

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

UK cop paid €90 for duty-free designer watch he never wanted

The police officer unwittingly 'bought' the Swatch watch at Alicante airport's duty-free

2 Apr, 2014 @ 13:15

Crime & Law

Guardia Civil reveal their ten most wanted criminals

The most wanted include Italians, Moroccans, French and Venezuelans, but no Brits

1 Apr, 2014 @ 13:11

Crime & Law·Lead

Woman commits suicide one night into six month prison sentence

The housemaid was arrested for not paying the fee after being handed a suspended sentence for theft

28 Mar, 2014 @ 11:01

Crime & Law·Malaga

Fire, barricades and 53 arrests as Madrid student protest gets underway

Students protests cause chaos at Madrid’s Complutense University

27 Mar, 2014 @ 23:38

Crime & Law·National News·Other News

Max Clifford ‘abused girl living in care-home’

Witnesses of his alleged sexual abuse continue to testify in the prosecution case against Costa del Sol regular Max Clifford

25 Mar, 2014 @ 17:54

Crime & Law·Malaga

Gurtel ringleaders refuse to testify before High Court

The five year Gurtel/Barcenas investigation has hit another wall, with Francisco Correa citing a 'loss of trust'

21 Mar, 2014 @ 12:36

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Theft of copper wire in Marbella costs town €56,000 a year

Around 27km of copper wire was stolen from the town in 2013

20 Mar, 2014 @ 13:32

Crime & Law·Malaga

Estepona fraudster found guilty of conning millions of dollars globally

The conman was sentenced to 20 years for fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud

19 Mar, 2014 @ 13:25

Crime & Law·Malaga

Mayor of Marbella sues top lawyer over alleged undeclared assets

Maria Angeles has accused Antonio Flores of 'professional misconduct' following recent media reports

19 Mar, 2014 @ 12:07

Crime & Law·Malaga

Alvarez refuses to resign from European Investment Bank over ERE slush fund scandal

The ex-socialist minister is currently being investigated for fraud and corruption charges

18 Mar, 2014 @ 11:18

Crime & Law·Lead

Ryanair flight attendant sacked for eating a sandwich

Madrid steward loses second appeal against dismissal

14 Mar, 2014 @ 16:17

Crime & Law·National News

Seven arrested in Spanish terror bust

One of the suspects has recently returned from spending time with al-Qaida group

14 Mar, 2014 @ 10:37

Crime & Law

Sotogrande killer found dead in cell

The man arrested for murdering his partner and their child in a Sotogrande home was found dead today

7 Mar, 2014 @ 12:44

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

African migrant smuggled in a suitcase

Border police spotted his friend struggling with the weight of the bag

7 Mar, 2014 @ 10:45

Crime & Law·National News

Spain to fortify North African borders to deter more migrants

The Spanish government has announced a €2.3 million plan to fortify the borders of Ceuta and Melilla

7 Mar, 2014 @ 10:31

Crime & Law·National News

Spanish police stop more than a thousand migrants crossing Ceuta border

Police have stopped a second wave of 1,600 migrants at the Ceuta border

6 Mar, 2014 @ 12:19

Crime & Law·National News

Expats lose battle to save Costa de la Luz homes from demolition

On March 12 they must leave their homes in Zahara de los Antunes before they are torn down. By Imogen Calderwood

6 Mar, 2014 @ 11:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

UK’s most wanted captured in La Linea

David Paul Mather was convicted of smuggling 10kg of heroin in 2010

6 Mar, 2014 @ 10:12

Crime & Law·Malaga

Estepona boiler room has ruined our lives!

Boiler room victims in Almeria face financial ruin and the loss of their home. By Tom Powell.

5 Mar, 2014 @ 11:40

Almeria·Crime & Law·Malaga

Boiler rooms busted across Spain in biggest ever clampdown

A British graduate has been arrested for his role in the vast boiler room scam network, as well as more than 100 fraudsters in Marbella,

5 Mar, 2014 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spanish ‘selfie’ student driver caught by social media

A student made himself the subject of a social-media man-hunt after posting video on YouTube

1 Mar, 2014 @ 08:02

Crime & Law·National News·Other News

More than 50 people arrested in country-wide investment scam investigation

Suspects held in Malaga, Madrid and Barcelona

26 Feb, 2014 @ 16:11

Crime & Law·Malaga·National News

Spanish border guards banned from firing rubber bullets

Melilla and Ceuta have seen mass migration attempts from Morocco in recent weeks

26 Feb, 2014 @ 12:24

Crime & Law·National News

Spanish Government bans party donations from companies

The government is pushing plans for more transparent party funding in light of the Barcenas case

25 Feb, 2014 @ 11:12

Crime & Law·National News

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International boiler room gang – based in Spain – handed combined sentence of more than 50 years

Barcenas amassed personal fortune from PP slush fund

UK cop paid €90 for duty-free designer watch he never wanted

Guardia Civil reveal their ten most wanted criminals

Woman commits suicide one night into six month prison sentence

Fire, barricades and 53 arrests as Madrid student protest gets underway

Max Clifford ‘abused girl living in care-home’

Gurtel ringleaders refuse to testify before High Court

Theft of copper wire in Marbella costs town €56,000 a year

Estepona fraudster found guilty of conning millions of dollars globally

Mayor of Marbella sues top lawyer over alleged undeclared assets

Alvarez refuses to resign from European Investment Bank over ERE slush fund scandal

Ryanair flight attendant sacked for eating a sandwich

Seven arrested in Spanish terror bust

Sotogrande killer found dead in cell

African migrant smuggled in a suitcase

Spain to fortify North African borders to deter more migrants

Spanish police stop more than a thousand migrants crossing Ceuta border

Expats lose battle to save Costa de la Luz homes from demolition

UK’s most wanted captured in La Linea

Estepona boiler room has ruined our lives!

Boiler rooms busted across Spain in biggest ever clampdown

More than 50 people arrested in country-wide investment scam investigation

Spanish border guards banned from firing rubber bullets

Spanish Government bans party donations from companies

Spain on alert as websites go dark across Europe after AI uncovers critical flaw in software powering 70% of the internet

EXCLUSIVE: Former modelling boss with links to Epstein handed Ibiza lawsuit over claims he raped American supermodel Carre Otis

‘Good Samaritan’ loses kidney defending woman from crazed knife attacker in Malaga city centre

Revolut users in Spain locked out of account for 12 hours after ‘power event’ at Google data centre in London hits banks

Inside the luxury €500m Marriott hotel planned for Marbella’s Las Dunas seafront going ahead despite activist outcry

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