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Rolex-snatching gangs arrested in Spain: Huge Italian mafia network terrorised the Costa del Sol and Barcelona

SPANISH police have dismantled a Rolex-snatching crime network from Naples that has been terrorising Spain – with a little help from the Italian police. As

25 Jul, 2024 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Horror in Mijas: Thugs beat up woman in her 80s while robbing her home

Police arrest child rape suspect in Spain wanted by the FBI in the United States

A SPANIARD accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in the United States has been arrested in the Valencia area. The Guardia Civil carried out an

25 Jul, 2024 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Just Stop Oil comes to Spain: Five activists linked to notorious UK eco-protest group are intercepted while ‘attempting to glue themselves to runway’ at Barcelona’s El-Prat airport

FIVE activists linked to the notorious environmental protest group Just Stop Oil were intercepted at Barcelona El-Prat Airport on Wednesday morning after attempting to glue

25 Jul, 2024 @ 11:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

Drunken businessman after office christmas party

Sharing videos of drunk people online can have legal consequences in Spain, warn experts

SHARING recordings of drunk people online could have legal consequences in Spain, even if the videos were taken in public. That’s according to the Andalusian

24 Jul, 2024 @ 16:31

Crime & Law·Lead

Number of young women and girls on anti-depressants DOUBLES in Spain - experts blame 'gender bias'

Doctors in Spain are investigated for giving a patient 20,000 psychotropic pills in just nine months

THREE doctors working for the Andalucian Health Service are being probed for prescribing over 20,000 pychotropic tablets in nine months to the same patient. The

24 Jul, 2024 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Saudi princess is dragged to court in Spain over criminal complaint filed by an ex-employee at her Mallorca mansion

PRINCESS AlJoharah Talal Alsaud, granddaughter of Saudi Arabia’s founder, was stopped by police and ordered to appear in court in Son Sant Joan, Mallorca. She

24 Jul, 2024 @ 13:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Major cocaine and speed gang with €4m of retail-value drugs arrested by police in Spain

A MAJOR drugs gang has been taken down by the Policia Nacional with a dozen simultaneous raids and arrests in the Alicante, Murcia, Valencia, and

24 Jul, 2024 @ 11:18

Crime & Law·Lead

Pensioner who sent letter bombs to Pedro Sanchez and the Ukrainian embassy in Spain is jailed

A BURGOS pensioner has been jailed for 18 years after posting letter bombs to key figures including Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, because he opposed Spain

23 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Pedro Sanchez cancels engagements due to death of wife Begoña Gomez's father

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called to testify in court as part of judicial probe into wife’s business activities

THE Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been notified by a judge that he will have to testify as a witness in an ongoing judicial

22 Jul, 2024 @ 17:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Ana Knezevich latest: Search for body of missing US expat continues in Spain while police in Serbia examine car used by husband

POLICE in Spain are still searching for the body of missing American expat Ana Knezevich, 40, who disappeared from her apartment in Madrid on February

22 Jul, 2024 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Gold chain thief is bitten by victim and then captured by chasing pedestrians in Spain's Mallorca

Stabbing horror in Marbella: Bouncer is slashed in the neck and two others are injured following 4am attack at exclusive five-star resort loved by celebs

THREE bouncers have been stabbed during a terrifying attack at an exclusive resort in Marbella. A 25-year-old tourist has been arrested for attempted murder after

22 Jul, 2024 @ 11:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Benidorm tourist watches bank app in horror as nine charges are made on stolen card within minutes

Group of 20 professional pickpockets who travelled to Spain’s Valencia to target tourists are arrested

THE POLICIA Nacional has arrested 20 members of a travelling pickpocket gang who set up pitch in the Valencia area after arriving from Madrid. The

21 Jul, 2024 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Marbella ‘narcos’ arrested over shisha bar shooting are found with silicone face disguises, AK-47, cocaine and more

THREE alleged gangsters accused of shooting a rival in the leg in Marbella have been arrested. An AK-47, bulletproof vests and 5kg of cocaine were

19 Jul, 2024 @ 14:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

French tourist stabbed to death inside her caravan in Spain was travelling alone, say police

A 60-year-old French woman found stabbed to death in her motorhome next to a Castellon province beach was travelling alone. Her body was discovered around

19 Jul, 2024 @ 14:00

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead

Revealed: Why violent drug gangs are moving to Marbella, according to local criminal expert – following wave of shootings this year

DRUG trafficking gangs are increasingly moving their operations to Marbella because of a continued police crackdown further down the coast, an expert has warned. Ana

19 Jul, 2024 @ 13:50

Algeciras·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

British expat ‘is robbed of €50,000’ by a local female carer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CARER has been accused of stealing over €50,000 from a bank account belong to an elderly British man in Alicante province. The 91-year-old Brit

19 Jul, 2024 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Cruel scammers in Spain are arrested for ‘pretending to find missing dogs and charging their desperate owners compensation’

TWO people have been arrested in Mijas for allegedly defrauding owners of lost dogs seeking information about their missing pets. Three people were conned in

18 Jul, 2024 @ 22:00

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror in Spain after man records himself digging up and beheading his dead brother before sending video to his mother

SPAIN is in shock after a man recorded himself digging up and beheading his dead brother before sending the video to his mother and walking

18 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

French tourist is found ‘stabbed to death’ inside her motorhome in Spain: Police work to find out if she was travelling alone

THE GUARDIA Civil is investigating the violent death of a French woman found inside her motorhome overlooking a Castellon province beach on Thursday. Her body

18 Jul, 2024 @ 18:24

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain bust gang who ‘built more than 1,000 kamikaze drones for Hezbollah’

THE Guardia Civil and German authorities have dismantled a drone logistics structure operating in Europe supplying so-called kamikaze drones to the Lebanese extremist Hezbollah group.

18 Jul, 2024 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

British-Norwegian gang which ‘created and sold fake IDs’ in Spain is busted

FOUR British and Norwegian men have been arrested for running a gang that produced fake ID cards to rip-off phone companies and banks. Six people-

17 Jul, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Ryanair will fine disruptive passengers €500 if they are kicked off a flight

Brit found guilty of sexually assaulting male Ryanair flight attendant during trip to Spain

A BRITISH tourist has been given a one-year suspended jail sentence after pinching a nipple of a Ryanair cabin crew member on a flight between

16 Jul, 2024 @ 21:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Benidorm brothel exploited vulnerable women round-the-clock with four victims rescued by police

FOUR women have been rescued by the Policia Nacional in Benidorm after being forced to work as prostitutes in a city apartment converted into a

15 Jul, 2024 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Masked violent gang robbed luxury holiday villas by following owners into homes across Spain’s Costa Blanca

A VIOLENT robbery gang targeting luxury villas across Alicante province has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Three men and three women were detained in

15 Jul, 2024 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Alicante man kills his wife and then turns shotgun on himself during weekend of four domestic murders in Spain

A MAN allegedly killed his wife with a shotgun on Sunday and then took his own life at their home in the El Postiguet beach

15 Jul, 2024 @ 11:08

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Search underway for British man, 48, who went missing in Spain on Thursday after ‘arguing with his wife’

A SEARCH is underway in the northern Spanish province of Leon for a British man who has not been seen since a row with his

14 Jul, 2024 @ 14:54

Crime & Law·Lead

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Rolex-snatching gangs arrested in Spain: Huge Italian mafia network terrorised the Costa del Sol and Barcelona

Police arrest child rape suspect in Spain wanted by the FBI in the United States

Just Stop Oil comes to Spain: Five activists linked to notorious UK eco-protest group are intercepted while ‘attempting to glue themselves to runway’ at Barcelona’s El-Prat airport

Doctors in Spain are investigated for giving a patient 20,000 psychotropic pills in just nine months

Saudi princess is dragged to court in Spain over criminal complaint filed by an ex-employee at her Mallorca mansion

Major cocaine and speed gang with €4m of retail-value drugs arrested by police in Spain

Pensioner who sent letter bombs to Pedro Sanchez and the Ukrainian embassy in Spain is jailed

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called to testify in court as part of judicial probe into wife’s business activities

Ana Knezevich latest: Search for body of missing US expat continues in Spain while police in Serbia examine car used by husband

Stabbing horror in Marbella: Bouncer is slashed in the neck and two others are injured following 4am attack at exclusive five-star resort loved by celebs

Group of 20 professional pickpockets who travelled to Spain’s Valencia to target tourists are arrested

Marbella ‘narcos’ arrested over shisha bar shooting are found with silicone face disguises, AK-47, cocaine and more

French tourist stabbed to death inside her caravan in Spain was travelling alone, say police

Revealed: Why violent drug gangs are moving to Marbella, according to local criminal expert – following wave of shootings this year

British expat ‘is robbed of €50,000’ by a local female carer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Cruel scammers in Spain are arrested for ‘pretending to find missing dogs and charging their desperate owners compensation’

Horror in Spain after man records himself digging up and beheading his dead brother before sending video to his mother

French tourist is found ‘stabbed to death’ inside her motorhome in Spain: Police work to find out if she was travelling alone

Police in Spain bust gang who ‘built more than 1,000 kamikaze drones for Hezbollah’

British-Norwegian gang which ‘created and sold fake IDs’ in Spain is busted

Brit found guilty of sexually assaulting male Ryanair flight attendant during trip to Spain

Benidorm brothel exploited vulnerable women round-the-clock with four victims rescued by police

Masked violent gang robbed luxury holiday villas by following owners into homes across Spain’s Costa Blanca

Alicante man kills his wife and then turns shotgun on himself during weekend of four domestic murders in Spain

Search underway for British man, 48, who went missing in Spain on Thursday after ‘arguing with his wife’

‘Out of control’ Polish drug user is tasered to death in front of his children in Mallorca

Scandal deepens for Estepona mayor as plush restaurant he handed to son’s girlfriend ‘doesn’t have licence or pay any fees’

Dangerous Swedish gangster and bomb maker is tracked down hiding out in ‘capsule’ hotel in Madrid

EXPLAINER: How British and American landlords in Spain finally have the same tax rights as EU neighbours

Hallelujah! Spain’s shockingly low birth rate rises for the first time in a decade – but one in ten new mothers are now over 40