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Neo-Nazi terror group The Base is trying to get foothold in Spain – to ‘bring down liberal democracy’ from its stronghold in Russia

A VIOLENT neo-Nazi terror group banned throughout the western world has targeted Spain for expansion. A three-man cell has been accused of preparing for attacks

1 Dec, 2025 @ 13:58

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Two Italian mafia members wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

WATCH: Two Italian mafia mobsters wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

TWO members of a notorious Italian mafia gang have been arrested in Spain by the Policia Nacional. The fugitives were wanted for an array of

28 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Almeria·Andalucia·Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Horror in Andalucia as man ‘murders girlfriend for trying to leave him’ 24 hours after widespread protests for International Day Against Gender Violence

A SMALL town in Malaga has been rocked by the murder of a young woman by her partner – just 24 hours on from huge

28 Nov, 2025 @ 13:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Terrified Alicante woman paid €13k to ‘priestess’ who threatened to put a curse on her family

AN ALICANTE woman paid €13,000 to a priestess who threatened a curse on her family if she stopped making payments to help her sick husband.

28 Nov, 2025 @ 13:12

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Police seize two tons of cocaine in Valencia shipped in from Ecuador- hidden in fruit crates

AUTHORITIES have seized two tons of cocaine that arrived at the port of Valencia within a cargo of fruit from Ecuador. The drugs had been

27 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Corruption deepens in Andalucia: New ‘masks’ scandal in Almeria now linked to narco gang with Barcelona port police on the payroll

A PROBE into dodgy Covid contracts in Andalucia has exploded into a full-blown corruption storm after investigators uncovered alleged links to a narco gang using

27 Nov, 2025 @ 14:57

Almeria·Andalucia·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Politics

Costa Blanca thief snatches €5,800 from victim- leaving trail of banknotes on the pavement

Costa Blanca thief snatches €5,800 from woman who won big in gaming salon – only to be tracked down from trail of banknotes he left behind

AN Alicante street thief was caught after snatching a bag containing €5,800 in cash and leaving a trail of banknotes strewn over the pavement. The

27 Nov, 2025 @ 11:08

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police search dental clinic after girl, 4, dies after being put under by anaesthetic and another child is hospitalised in Valencia

Tragedy in Valencia as girl, 6, dies while under anaesthetic ‘dental clinic staff not qualified to administer’

A DENTAL clinic in Alzira has been searched by the Policia Nacional after a girl, 6, died last Thursday after being put under anaesthetic. A

26 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencia

WATCH: The sick array of whips and toys a child sex predator was arrested with after luring teenage girl from her home in northern Spain

A 39-year-old man has been arrested in La Rioja for grooming an underage girl via social media and then luring her away from home to

26 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Ryanair makes welcome changes to carry-on luggage size after bruising battle with Spain’s airports

Man who grabbed Ryanair worker’s neck, slammed her against glass counter and threatened to kill her over suitcase row at Costa Blanca airport is spared jail

A MAN who threatened to kill a Ryanair worker at Alicante-Elche airport over his oversized suitcase has been given a three-month prison term. The 40-year-old,

24 Nov, 2025 @ 11:48

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror after ‘man throws his elderly mother to her death from apartment window’ near Barcelona

RESIDENTS in a Catalan neighbourhood have accused local authorities of ‘not giving a damn’ after a ‘violent’ man allegedly threw his mother out of an

23 Nov, 2025 @ 12:05

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

The perils of ‘Bargain Blitz’ are huge in Spain as the ‘ciberdelincuentes’ multiply on Black Friday

BLACK Friday is Christmas come early for fraudsters. Every online scammer around the world is looking to make a fast buck at the expense of

23 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·EXPLAINER·Lead

Pope accepts resignation of Spain’s Bishop of Cadiz after investigation launched into historic child abuse claims

POPE Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Cadiz after an official investigation was launched into an allegation of historic child sexual

23 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Shock as leading Costa del Sol lawyer is hospitalised in ‘vicious’ police beating outside notorious tourist bar on the Algarve

A WELL known expat lawyer has been hospitalised after police and bouncers attacked him on a night out in Portugal. The solicitor, based between Marbella

22 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

WATCH: Traffickers ambush police confiscating speed boat in Andalucia drug hotspot – as police chief says the Atlantic is ‘infested with narcos’

AUDACIOUS drug gangsters ambushed police to reclaim a high-speed vessel abandoned on the Andalucian coast. The attack occurred early this week on a rural road

22 Nov, 2025 @ 12:56

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

Fury as case is closed in killing of Brit expat in Andalucia tourist town

A POLICE file into the death of an expat in Andalucia has revealed strong evidence of a violent robbery – yet the case has been

21 Nov, 2025 @ 18:54

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

British pilot jailed for chemsex murder of boyfriend in drug-fuelled stabbing frenzy near Barcelona

A BRITISH pilot who stabbed his Spanish lover to death during a drug-fuelled sex session has been jailed for 20 years. Aaron Rainbow, 50, was

21 Nov, 2025 @ 16:11

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Bungled Malaga kidnapping exposes corruption plot within Marbella’s local police with links to a mysterious foreign national

A FAILED kidnap attempt on a Chinese businessman has exposed an astonishing corruption plot within the Marbella Policia Local that links to a mysterious foreign

21 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Málaga

Spain’s top prosecutor is banned for two years after leaking information about boyfriend of Madrid mayor

SPAIN’S Attorney General has been convicted of leaking confidential information about the partner of a major political rival. Alvaro Garcia Ortiz has been banned from

21 Nov, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Benidorm police arrest violent French fugitive who inflicted life-changing injuries on victim

British fugitive convicted of sexual assault and jailed for 10 years is arrested at Benidorm hotel

A BRITISH fugitive convicted of two sexual assaults who skipped his sentencing hearing has been arrested in a Benidorm hotel. The 44-year-old man had an

21 Nov, 2025 @ 11:48

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Text fraud warning in Spain: How hundreds of parents sent €850,000 to scammers posing as their children in distress

REVEALED: How fake police and bank officials are targeting expats in Spain-wide phone scam

EASTERN European phone scammers have been preying on fellow expats across Spain, an Olive Press investigation has revealed – siphoning at least €45,000 from just

21 Nov, 2025 @ 11:44

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Valencia

British man survives hail of bullets while in his car and is 'out of danger' at Costa Blanca hospital

Schoolboy rushed to hospital for emergency operation after classmate stabs him in the chest on Costa Blanca street

A SCHOOLBOY, 16, needed emergency surgery after being stabbed by a classmate in a Torrevieja street. The attack happened on the city’s Avenida de las

20 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Opportunistic thief used April blackout to steal 2,200 items of jewellery worth €1m from Madrid shop

Opportunistic thief used April blackout to break into Madrid jewellery shop and steal items worth one million Euros

A MAN who stole 2,200 items of jewellery worth €1m from a Madrid area store during the April 28 nationwide blackout has been arrested by

19 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Police rumble narcos loading up on fuel on popular Marbella beach loved by expats and tourists

THE Policia Nacional have intercepted a van carrying 127 bottles of fuel which being loaded onto a narco boat at a beach off the Marbella

19 Nov, 2025 @ 13:11

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Spain's crack police unit demand to be deployed to Andalucia's narco hotspots after officer is shot with military assault rifle

Spain’s crack police unit demands to be deployed to Andalucia’s narco hotspots after officer is shot with military assault rifle

A SPECIALIST Policia Nacional unit wants to fight narco traffickers operating in the Campo de Gibraltar but claims to have been blocked by Spain’s Interior

19 Nov, 2025 @ 12:06

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

British 'narco' fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after getting life prison sentence

Child horror as ruthless Swedish mafia bosses treat teenagers as ‘disposable contract killers’ for hits on the Costa del Sol

SWEDISH mafia bosses are causing chaos by hiring teenagers as ‘disposable contract killers’ for hits on the Costa del Sol. Preying on adolescents, addicts, and

18 Nov, 2025 @ 15:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

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Neo-Nazi terror group The Base is trying to get foothold in Spain – to ‘bring down liberal democracy’ from its stronghold in Russia

WATCH: Two Italian mafia mobsters wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

Horror in Andalucia as man ‘murders girlfriend for trying to leave him’ 24 hours after widespread protests for International Day Against Gender Violence

Terrified Alicante woman paid €13k to ‘priestess’ who threatened to put a curse on her family

WATCH: Police seize two tons of cocaine in Valencia shipped in from Ecuador- hidden in fruit crates

Corruption deepens in Andalucia: New ‘masks’ scandal in Almeria now linked to narco gang with Barcelona port police on the payroll

Costa Blanca thief snatches €5,800 from woman who won big in gaming salon – only to be tracked down from trail of banknotes he left behind

Tragedy in Valencia as girl, 6, dies while under anaesthetic ‘dental clinic staff not qualified to administer’

Man who grabbed Ryanair worker’s neck, slammed her against glass counter and threatened to kill her over suitcase row at Costa Blanca airport is spared jail

Horror after ‘man throws his elderly mother to her death from apartment window’ near Barcelona

The perils of ‘Bargain Blitz’ are huge in Spain as the ‘ciberdelincuentes’ multiply on Black Friday

Pope accepts resignation of Spain’s Bishop of Cadiz after investigation launched into historic child abuse claims

Shock as leading Costa del Sol lawyer is hospitalised in ‘vicious’ police beating outside notorious tourist bar on the Algarve

WATCH: Traffickers ambush police confiscating speed boat in Andalucia drug hotspot – as police chief says the Atlantic is ‘infested with narcos’

Fury as case is closed in killing of Brit expat in Andalucia tourist town

British pilot jailed for chemsex murder of boyfriend in drug-fuelled stabbing frenzy near Barcelona

Bungled Malaga kidnapping exposes corruption plot within Marbella’s local police with links to a mysterious foreign national

Spain’s top prosecutor is banned for two years after leaking information about boyfriend of Madrid mayor

British fugitive convicted of sexual assault and jailed for 10 years is arrested at Benidorm hotel

REVEALED: How fake police and bank officials are targeting expats in Spain-wide phone scam

Schoolboy rushed to hospital for emergency operation after classmate stabs him in the chest on Costa Blanca street

Opportunistic thief used April blackout to break into Madrid jewellery shop and steal items worth one million Euros

Police rumble narcos loading up on fuel on popular Marbella beach loved by expats and tourists

Spain’s crack police unit demands to be deployed to Andalucia’s narco hotspots after officer is shot with military assault rifle

Child horror as ruthless Swedish mafia bosses treat teenagers as ‘disposable contract killers’ for hits on the Costa del Sol

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