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Mystery shooter manhunt: 41-year-takes bullet to the face in Costa del Sol holiday hotspot – but refuses to talk to police

POLICE are hunting a gunman after a man was shot in the face in Torremolinos over the weekend. The 41-year-old victim shocked staff at the

11 Dec, 2025 @ 12:58

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Dutch woman goes on stabbing spree in Torrevieja – after attempting to rob a bar armed with a pair of knives

A DUTCH woman went on a stabbing spree in Torrevieja, injuring three people in the process. The 50-year-old tried to rob a bar with a

10 Dec, 2025 @ 15:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Masked men burst into home and brutally tie up mother and daughter on the Costa del Sol

MASKED men burst into a Costa del Sol home where they brutally tied up a mother and daughter with tape before stealing valuable goods. A

10 Dec, 2025 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Russian President Putin Meets Social Organization Leaders

Kremlin off the hook as probe into Costa Blanca hit on Russian helicopter defector is shelved

A JUDGE has closed a probe into the February 2024 shooting of a Russian pilot who defected to the Ukraine because no suspects can be

10 Dec, 2025 @ 11:09

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·International Affairs·Lead·Valencian Community

Kidnapped for crypto: Man tortured, executed and dumped in woods after Danish gang snatch couple on the Costa del Sol

A MAN was tortured and executed in a ‘crypto-kidnapping’ horror on the Costa del Sol. Police have revealed the terrifying final hours of the victim,

10 Dec, 2025 @ 10:37

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Children convicted for sex assault offences doubles over seven years in Alicante area

THE number of children convicted of sex crimes in Alicante province has almost doubled in seven years. The figures relate to 2024 totals compiled by

9 Dec, 2025 @ 17:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminal couple with dozens of arrest warrants for rental home scam are caught on the Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S ‘Most Wanted’ criminal couple have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Torrevieja. The husband and wife team- aged 36 and 44- have been

9 Dec, 2025 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Manhunt in Malaga for child abuser sentenced to 18 years who failed to show for jail

A SEARCH is underway in Malaga for a man who failed to appear in prison to begin serving an 18-year sentence for child abuse. The

9 Dec, 2025 @ 13:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Inside the dark Malaga prostitution ring that enslaved over 40 women – until one managed to escape and free her fellow victims

AUTHORITIES on Costa del Sol have rescued 42 women from a prostitution ring that exploited them for profit – raking in more than €9 million

9 Dec, 2025 @ 11:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

'Whitewash' scammer tries to con Alicante victim out of €400k with 'magic chemical' to change banknote values

‘Whitewash’ scammer tries to con Costa Blanca man out of €400k with ‘magic chemical’ that changes banknotes

POLICE in Alicante have arrested a 58-year-old Nigerian man for trying to scam a victim out of €400,000 by claiming he had a ‘magic chemical’

9 Dec, 2025 @ 10:51

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Phone thief caught red-handed in Torremolinos internet cafe’ dies from cardiac arrest during police struggle

A MAN has died in Torremolinos after suffering a cardio-respiratory arrest while he was being restrained by the Policia Nacional following an alert over an

8 Dec, 2025 @ 18:12

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

British youngster dies after ‘deliberate hit-and-run’ while riding bike in Spain’s Canary Islands

A YOUNG British tourist has died in Tenerife after a suspected hit-and-run while riding his bike. The victim, named only so far as Harry, was

8 Dec, 2025 @ 11:27

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Weight-loss hunters trying to get Ozempic on the cheap are putting Gibraltar at the heart of a new black market with Spain

A NEW illegal business is flourishing in Gibraltar as narco-style ‘couriers’ buy Ozempic legally on the Rock before reselling it on the black market in

7 Dec, 2025 @ 10:30

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Devastation in Andalucia as boy, 4, is found dead on a beach – the mother and partner arrested

A MOTHER and her partner have been arrested in southern Spain after the body of a 4-year-old boy was discovered on an Andalucia beach. According

5 Dec, 2025 @ 11:33

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Tourist warning on the Costa del Sol as man ‘swipes keys from porter’s lodge and robs beachfront holiday flats’

A MAN swiped keys from a porter’s lodge and robbed beachfront holiday flats on the Costa del Sol – sending a warning to all tourists.

4 Dec, 2025 @ 15:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Second shooting in Marbella in just 24 hours as man, 26, is found shot in the leg

A SECOND Marbella shooting in just 24 hours occurred last night when a man, aged 26 years old, was found shot in the leg. Emergency

4 Dec, 2025 @ 10:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

How ‘respectable’ lawyers and bank directors helped Malaga brothels launder millions while women were forced to work 24 hours a day

A BROTHEL gang enslaving women to work 24 hours a day in Malaga managed to build a multimillion-euro operation that relied on white-collar professionals to

3 Dec, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Manilva weekend crime spree: five arrested over serious break-in at vehicle depot and another in Sabinillas

MANILVA’S Policia Local have arrested half a dozen criminals this weekend after intervening in incidents. Five of these arrests were made at a municipal judicial

3 Dec, 2025 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Irish Gaelic Football star cleared of attempted murder after glassing man outside Valencia bar

AN IRISH man has been cleared of attempted homicide after hitting a man with a glass outside a Valencia bar on Christmas Day, 2022. Gerard

3 Dec, 2025 @ 11:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

New Costa del Sol sex horror : Two men arrested for drugging and assaulting woman on Sabinillas beach

A YOUNG woman woke up naked and half-conscious on Sabinillas beach after allegedly being drugged and sexually assaulted. It sparked a major Guardia Civil investigation

2 Dec, 2025 @ 18:09

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

‘She was happy and never bullied’: Father calls ‘suicides’ of two teens found hanging from trees in Andalucia ‘the perfect murder’

THE father of one of two teenage girls found dead in a suspected double suicide in Andalucia has cast doubt over the official hypothesis, instead

2 Dec, 2025 @ 13:34

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

Shock in Malaga as men who ‘lured girl out of disco to take turns raping her’ had targeted other women previously

THREE men have been jailed after allegedly luring an 18-year-old girl out of a disco and then taking turns to rape her in a nearby

2 Dec, 2025 @ 12:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Anti-ageing cream heist with €500k of cosmetics stolen while lorry driver snoozed in his cab on the Costa Blanca

Anti-ageing cream heist as €500k of cosmetics are stolen while lorry driver snoozed in his cab on the Costa Blanca

FIVE people have been arrested after nearly €500k of anti-ageing cream was stolen from a lorry in Alicante while the driver was asleep. The shipment

2 Dec, 2025 @ 11:23

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm ‘best in Europe’ coffee shop and a bar are busted for selling drugs in city’s tourist zone

A BENIDORM coffee shop and a bar have been raided for selling drugs in the tourist area of the city. Six people have been arrested

1 Dec, 2025 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

New evidence shows Brit who died in Benidorm ‘was driven to the cliff he fell off’ as police try to brush it off as an accident

THE family of a Welsh holidaymaker who claim he died in Benidorm as a result of foul play has revealed new evidence to back their

1 Dec, 2025 @ 16:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Shock as two nuns are arrested for flogging priceless works of art from their monastery in northern Spain

TWO former nuns have been arrested in northern Spain after priceless works of art from their rebel monastery were spotted on-sale in an antiques market.

1 Dec, 2025 @ 14:31

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

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Mystery shooter manhunt: 41-year-takes bullet to the face in Costa del Sol holiday hotspot – but refuses to talk to police

Dutch woman goes on stabbing spree in Torrevieja – after attempting to rob a bar armed with a pair of knives

Masked men burst into home and brutally tie up mother and daughter on the Costa del Sol

Kremlin off the hook as probe into Costa Blanca hit on Russian helicopter defector is shelved

Kidnapped for crypto: Man tortured, executed and dumped in woods after Danish gang snatch couple on the Costa del Sol

Children convicted for sex assault offences doubles over seven years in Alicante area

Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminal couple with dozens of arrest warrants for rental home scam are caught on the Costa Blanca

Manhunt in Malaga for child abuser sentenced to 18 years who failed to show for jail

Inside the dark Malaga prostitution ring that enslaved over 40 women – until one managed to escape and free her fellow victims

‘Whitewash’ scammer tries to con Costa Blanca man out of €400k with ‘magic chemical’ that changes banknotes

‘Phone thief caught red-handed in Torremolinos internet cafe’ dies from cardiac arrest during police struggle

British youngster dies after ‘deliberate hit-and-run’ while riding bike in Spain’s Canary Islands

Weight-loss hunters trying to get Ozempic on the cheap are putting Gibraltar at the heart of a new black market with Spain

Devastation in Andalucia as boy, 4, is found dead on a beach – the mother and partner arrested

Tourist warning on the Costa del Sol as man ‘swipes keys from porter’s lodge and robs beachfront holiday flats’

Second shooting in Marbella in just 24 hours as man, 26, is found shot in the leg

How ‘respectable’ lawyers and bank directors helped Malaga brothels launder millions while women were forced to work 24 hours a day

Manilva weekend crime spree: five arrested over serious break-in at vehicle depot and another in Sabinillas

Irish Gaelic Football star cleared of attempted murder after glassing man outside Valencia bar

New Costa del Sol sex horror : Two men arrested for drugging and assaulting woman on Sabinillas beach

‘She was happy and never bullied’: Father calls ‘suicides’ of two teens found hanging from trees in Andalucia ‘the perfect murder’

Shock in Malaga as men who ‘lured girl out of disco to take turns raping her’ had targeted other women previously

Anti-ageing cream heist as €500k of cosmetics are stolen while lorry driver snoozed in his cab on the Costa Blanca

Benidorm ‘best in Europe’ coffee shop and a bar are busted for selling drugs in city’s tourist zone

New evidence shows Brit who died in Benidorm ‘was driven to the cliff he fell off’ as police try to brush it off as an accident

Shock as two nuns are arrested for flogging priceless works of art from their monastery in northern Spain

EXCLUSIVE: Expats left devastated after Costa del Sol removal man vanishes with their belongings en route to Spain

‘Dad has killed Mum’: Horror in Malaga’s Alhaurin el Grande as British woman, 33, is murdered in front of her children

Secret ‘superfood’ boosts protein intake, combats anaemia and projects your heart – and its cheap and native to Spain

Sex abuse complaints against legendary singer Julio Iglesias dropped by Spanish prosecutors over a technicality

Train sensors had previously detected ‘anomalies’ at the point of the Adamuz disaster – as final death toll reaches 45