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Finnish expat who killed and dismembered his partner before dumping her remains in bins around Torrevieja is jailed: Victim’s head was never found

A FINNISH man, 73, has been jailed for 22 years after killing his partner, 68, before cutting her up and dumping parts of her body

4 Feb, 2025 @ 07:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Rubiales trial latest: Jenni Hermoso denies giving permission for infamous kiss following World Cup victory

JENNI Hermoso told day one of a Madrid trial on Monday that she gave no permission to have the ‘infamous’ kiss planted on her by

3 Feb, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

‘Biggest’ illegal Botox trafficking gang busted in Spain after patients suffer severe adverse reactions

AUTHORITIES have smashed Spain’s biggest illegal Botox trafficking network that imported illegal medication from South Korea. Products not authorised for use due to safety concerns

3 Feb, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Delivery drivers stole €1m of clothes from Spain’s top fashion retailer to sell cut-price sales to markets and warehouses

11 PEOPLE have been arrested on the Costa Blanca after over €1 million of clothes were stolen from the Inditex fashion group and sold off

3 Feb, 2025 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Luis Rubiales and his long-awaited trial begins

THIS Monday, Luis Rubiales faces the heat in court as his trial over the Jenni Hermoso kiss begins. The incident happened after Spain’s female national

3 Feb, 2025 @ 11:13

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Sport

Troubled TOWIE star Jack Fraser, 34, facing extradition to Spain over cocaine smuggling plot

SPAIN is seeking the extradition of British reality TV star Jack Fraser in connection with a major cocaine trafficking operation, according to reports in the

3 Feb, 2025 @ 10:45

Celebrity·Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead

Exclusive: Brit expat’s warning after falling prey to ‘old school’ scam in Spain

A BRITISH expat has sounded the alarm after falling prey to a ‘classic’ scam on the Costa del Sol. Gomer Evans, from Wales, and his

2 Feb, 2025 @ 14:35

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Illegal’ campers spark fury by dumping human waste onto Costa del Sol beach – as police ‘do nothing’

A FRUSTRATED expat has spoken out after ‘illegal’ campers were spotted throwing rubbish and human waste onto a Torrox beach. Doug Fairchild, 78 from Australia

1 Feb, 2025 @ 14:00

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man ‘spiked his friend’s 17-year-old daughter and filmed aftermath’ during a party at a tourist hotspot in Spain’s Balearics

A MAN is facing 10 years in prison for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting his female friend’s 17-year-old daughter during a party in Menorca. A

1 Feb, 2025 @ 07:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

John George killing: Two people summoned to answer questions about the murder from judge in Spain

John George killing: Judge summonses two people to answer questions about Belfast man’s murder on Costa Blanca

TWO people were scheduled to appear at a Torrevieja court on Friday to answer questions over the murder of Belfast man, John George. Mr. George’s

31 Jan, 2025 @ 15:57

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Violent Albanian gang stole more than €10m by robbing luxury homes across southern Spain

A VIOLENT Albanian gang has been arrested in connection with at least 16 robberies from luxury homes in southern Spain that netted items worth at

31 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

‘I’m so scared’: Trans woman suffers horrific attack on the streets of Madrid

POLICE are looking for two men who brutally assaulted a trans woman in the Madrid area last Sunday. The attack took place at around 3.45am

30 Jan, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

WATCH: Spanish police find nearly 300kg of hash floating in the Strait of Gibraltar after a week of intense narco activity

SPANISH police have discovered nearly 300kg of hash floating in the Strait of Gibraltar just a day after narco speed boats were spotted up and

30 Jan, 2025 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Video

Irish mobster John Gilligan jailed after pink cocaine laboratory is found at his Costa Blanca villa

IRISH mobster John Gilligan is back behind bars after he was arrested last month when police discovered a pink cocaine drugs lab at his Orihuela

30 Jan, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Fugitive Russian mafia mobster arrested on Costa Blanca after Italian court gave him long jail term

BMW driver jailed in southern Spain after killing a baby in a hit-and-run while high on a cocktail of drugs

A BMW driver who killed a baby while high on a cocktail of drugs in a hit-and-run in Sevilla has been sent to jail for

30 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Pictured: US priest, 80, found ‘brutally murdered’ inside Malaga tourist flat

AN American priest found dead in a Malaga tourist flat has been named as Father Richard Gross. The 80-year-old’s body was discovered on January 21,

30 Jan, 2025 @ 11:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

German expat whose body was found in a torched caravan in Cadiz ‘was killed by man she met 24 hours earlier’

A GERMAN expat whose charred body was found inside a burnt out caravan in Cadiz was killed by a man she met just 24 hours

30 Jan, 2025 @ 07:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Frustrated expat blasts ‘illegal vanlifers’ who ‘throw human waste’ onto beach

A FRUSTRATED expat has spoken out after ‘illegal’ campers were spotted throwing rubbish and human waste onto a Torrox beach. Doug Fairchild, 78 from Australia

29 Jan, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

‘La Modelo’ cocaine trafficker sentenced to five years in prison

‘THE LAST cocaine queen’ has been sentenced to five years in prison by Malaga Provincial Court. Maria Teresa J.C., known as ‘The Model’ was found

29 Jan, 2025 @ 16:11

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Sexual abuse complaint against Estepona mayor is dismissed: Misuse of public funds case to go ahead next month

A JUDGE has dismissed a complaint of sexual harassment by a local policeman against the high-flying mayor of Estepona. The complainant had alleged that the

29 Jan, 2025 @ 12:32

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Narco gang smuggled 334 kilos of cocaine into Spain hidden in industrial machinery on a container ship

WATCH: Narcos try to smuggle nearly half a tonne of cocaine into Spain in industrial machinery on a container ship

POLICE and customs authorities have busted a Benidorm and Valencia area gang that imported large quantities of cocaine from South America. Nine people have been

29 Jan, 2025 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Child sex offender, 63, who did ‘unspeakable things for quarter of a century’ jailed for 39 years in Gibraltar

CONVICTED paedophile Graham Southwell has been sentenced to 39 years in imprison for a series of child sex offences spanning nearly three decades. The landmark

28 Jan, 2025 @ 19:29

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Teenage terrorists planned to detonate a ‘mother of Satan bomb’ inside a church in Alicante, say police

POLICE have revealed teenage terrorists were planning to detonate a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb inside an Alicante church. The pair planned to attack the Santa

28 Jan, 2025 @ 13:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Moment armed kidnappers are arrested in dramatic police chase after a man is snatched in Malaga seaside town

THIS is the moment Spanish Policia Nacional intercepted a car speeding down the motorway carrying a drug kidnap gang on the Costa del Sol. Police

28 Jan, 2025 @ 12:45

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

RGP slams ‘appalling’ attack on officers ‘doing their job’ after three police are assaulted in Gibraltar

THE Royal Gibraltar Police has launched a blistering broadside after three officers were assaulted and left requiring medical treatment by a bottle-wielding mob. A violent

27 Jan, 2025 @ 18:36

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

British villa looted with hundreds of pounds taken during burglary spree in popular expat area of Costa Blanca

A BRITISH-owned villa was among a string of properties burgled by four men in Calpe on the northern Costa Blanca. The 25-year-old ringleader was remanded

23 Jan, 2025 @ 16:17

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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Finnish expat who killed and dismembered his partner before dumping her remains in bins around Torrevieja is jailed: Victim’s head was never found

Rubiales trial latest: Jenni Hermoso denies giving permission for infamous kiss following World Cup victory

‘Biggest’ illegal Botox trafficking gang busted in Spain after patients suffer severe adverse reactions

Delivery drivers stole €1m of clothes from Spain’s top fashion retailer to sell cut-price sales to markets and warehouses

Luis Rubiales and his long-awaited trial begins

Troubled TOWIE star Jack Fraser, 34, facing extradition to Spain over cocaine smuggling plot

Exclusive: Brit expat’s warning after falling prey to ‘old school’ scam in Spain

‘Illegal’ campers spark fury by dumping human waste onto Costa del Sol beach – as police ‘do nothing’

Man ‘spiked his friend’s 17-year-old daughter and filmed aftermath’ during a party at a tourist hotspot in Spain’s Balearics

John George killing: Judge summonses two people to answer questions about Belfast man’s murder on Costa Blanca

Violent Albanian gang stole more than €10m by robbing luxury homes across southern Spain

‘I’m so scared’: Trans woman suffers horrific attack on the streets of Madrid

WATCH: Spanish police find nearly 300kg of hash floating in the Strait of Gibraltar after a week of intense narco activity

Irish mobster John Gilligan jailed after pink cocaine laboratory is found at his Costa Blanca villa

BMW driver jailed in southern Spain after killing a baby in a hit-and-run while high on a cocktail of drugs

Pictured: US priest, 80, found ‘brutally murdered’ inside Malaga tourist flat

German expat whose body was found in a torched caravan in Cadiz ‘was killed by man she met 24 hours earlier’

Frustrated expat blasts ‘illegal vanlifers’ who ‘throw human waste’ onto beach

‘La Modelo’ cocaine trafficker sentenced to five years in prison

Sexual abuse complaint against Estepona mayor is dismissed: Misuse of public funds case to go ahead next month

WATCH: Narcos try to smuggle nearly half a tonne of cocaine into Spain in industrial machinery on a container ship

Child sex offender, 63, who did ‘unspeakable things for quarter of a century’ jailed for 39 years in Gibraltar

Teenage terrorists planned to detonate a ‘mother of Satan bomb’ inside a church in Alicante, say police

WATCH: Moment armed kidnappers are arrested in dramatic police chase after a man is snatched in Malaga seaside town

RGP slams ‘appalling’ attack on officers ‘doing their job’ after three police are assaulted in Gibraltar

British villa looted with hundreds of pounds taken during burglary spree in popular expat area of Costa Blanca

British property hunters face ban as Balearic Islands clamp down on foreign buyers and holiday rentals amid soaring prices

Revealed: Where foreigners are looking to buy on Spain’s costas – with one location a runaway favourite

WATCH: Activists troll mayor with birthday cake shaped like the illegal Algarrobico mega hotel on Almeria coast he refuses to demolish

Hard luck: Spain withdraws ‘Love Nectar’ aphrodisiac drink from shelves after discovering hidden Viagra ingredient

Malaga hospitals in chaos as doctors’ strike cancels 200,000 appointments – what happens now?