Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

EXCLUSIVE: Read the full charges facing Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner just days before the German paedophile, 47, stands trial for sex crimes – including ‘attack on 14-year-old girl’

DETAILS of the heinous charges facing Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner can be revealed for the first time today. The 47-year-old German paedophile will stand

18 Jan, 2024 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read·Other News

Couple who ‘tricked auction houses around Spain to sell their fake designer bags for up to €10,000 a pop’ are finally arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TORREVIEJA couple have been arrested for selling fake luxury high-end branded leather goods to auction houses across Spain. The Policia Nacional said the quality

17 Jan, 2024 @ 11:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Woman facing trial in Gibraltar for £3 million fraud after allegedly putting cheques into her own bank account

NEARLY 400 people have been summoned by a Gibraltar court for jury service ahead of a £3 million fraud case. Gillian Balban of Varyl Begg

17 Jan, 2024 @ 08:11

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Other News

Italian ‘mafia boss’ who ‘used a pizzeria in Benidorm as a front for a cocaine racket’ WILL be extradited from Spain – despite his family and children having ‘settled in well’ among the expat community

SPAIN’S National Court has thrown out an appeal to stop the extradition of a major figure in an Italian mafia gang. Francesco Faillace, 40, rented

16 Jan, 2024 @ 16:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

City council is hacked in major British expat hotspot in Spain: Cyber criminals are demanding a €10million ransom while the government is forced to suspend ALL administrative deadlines

A MALLORCA council computer network has been hacked since Saturday with the attackers demanding a €10 million ransom to get it back on line. The

16 Jan, 2024 @ 15:12

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Tourist warning: Person gets fined for buying sunglasses from illegal street seller in Mallorca

Are your designer sunglasses FAKE? Supplier to ‘prestigious’ nationwide opticians in Spain is arrested for ‘selling knock off luxury shades’ as police raid 12 stores in popular tourist areas

A DISTRIBUTOR who supplied fake Italian sunglasses to a ‘prestigious’ nationwide chain of opticians in Spain has been arrested following a complaint from the manufacturer.

16 Jan, 2024 @ 11:05

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Young woman wins 'right to die' case following first euthanasia law challenge in Spain

Serial fraudster Mark Acklom is living in Spain with his family following his early release from prison – as courts in the UK attempt to recover some of the money he swindled

A UK court trying to recover some of the money swindled by British fraudster Mark Acklom has heard that he’s living in Spain with his

15 Jan, 2024 @ 18:48

Crime & Law·Murcia·National News

Quad bike user accused of exposing himself to passersby on Spain’s Costa del Sol is vindicated: Woman ‘made a FALSE allegation because she was sick of bikes using the same path as her’

A QUAD biker has been vindicated after allegations that he exposed himself to passersby were revealed to be ‘false’ and motivated by a neighbour who

15 Jan, 2024 @ 17:05

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Loan sharks give businessman €3k and extort ten times the original amount with violent threats on Spain's Costa Blanca

Loan shark warning after man on Spain’s Costa Blanca sees debt soar from €3,000 to €30,000 within months and is subjected to threats and demands

THREE Alicante area loan sharks have been arrested after lending €3,000 to a business owner and then threatening violence against him to bank €30,000 of

14 Jan, 2024 @ 09:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Child hooligan gang attacks people of all ages but they are too young to be prosecuted in Spain's Valencia

How a ‘child gang’ led by a 10-year-old attacked and terrorised random people in the street in Spain’s Valencia – but are too young to be prosecuted

A GANG of children led by a 10-year-old boy has been accused of attacking youngsters indiscriminately in Gandia without fear of prosecution because of their

13 Jan, 2024 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Climate activists who ‘caused €500k worth of damage’ are arrested in Spain: ‘Futuro Vegetal’ members have stormed museums and painted over luxury cars and jets

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested 22 members of the ‘Futuro Vegetal’ environmental group for ‘forming a criminal structure’ and causing over €500,000 damage to cultural

12 Jan, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Madrid·National News

EXCLUSIVE: Boyfriend of British expat is ‘keeping to himself’ in Spain’s ‘VIP prison’ ahead of trial for ‘terror assassination plot’ – but is struggling without vegetarian meals

THE father of a young man accused of carrying out a terrorist assassination plot in Spain says he is struggling with certain aspects of life

12 Jan, 2024 @ 13:32

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read

Key figure linked to record-breaking cocaine seizure is arrested on Spain's Costa Blanca

Three Brits are arrested for ‘trafficking 300kg of Balkan mafia cocaine’: Hair-raising police chase ends in a supermarket car park of popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE British men and two Albanians have been arrested after a motorway chase ended in a Costa Blanca supermarket car park with 300 kilos of

11 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

CCTV clears young expat of rape in Spain – almost two YEARS after the allegation was made

A YOUNG man has been cleared of rape some two years after the original allegations were made, thanks to new CCTV evidence. On June 4,

11 Jan, 2024 @ 10:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

‘State of emergency’ in Ecuador: Nationwide cartel violence directly fuelled by the mountains of cocaine passing through Spain’s ports each year

ECUADOR has declared a state of emergency after brutal violence erupted between drug cartels vying for control of lucrative cocaine trafficking routes into Spain and

10 Jan, 2024 @ 17:34

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Woman in Spain’s Sevilla arrested after her newborn baby was found abandoned in a rubbish bin

A WOMAN has been arrested in Seville after her newborn baby girl was discovered abandoned on December 19 in a rubbish bin with her umbilical

10 Jan, 2024 @ 13:36

Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain’s Barcelona suspect man found dead with children killed them with gas before committing suicide

THE REGIONAL police in Catalonia believe that a man who was found dead along with his two children in his Barcelona apartment on Monday may

9 Jan, 2024 @ 17:17

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Corrupt former mayor gets convicted and jailed for taking public cash on Spain's Costa Blanca

Corrupt ex-mayor is convicted yet again and jailed for stealing public money on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of the most corrupt ex-mayors in Alicante province has been in court again to pick up a a four-and-a-half year jail term and an

9 Jan, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics·Valencian Community

Mother dumps children, 6 and 8, on dangerous road as a punishment on Spain's Costa Blanca

Mother dumps two children, aged 6 and 8, on a busy highway on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘as punishment’

A MOTHER faces prosecution after dumping her two children, aged six and eight, on a Costa Blanca highway as a punishment. An Elche Policia Local

8 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Bizarre twist in ‘kidnap’ case in Spain’s Jaen, as victim is arrested by police after they found a marijuana plantation in her house

THE APPARENT kidnapping of a woman and her seven-year-old daughter in Jaen, Andalusia took a bizarre twist after she ended up being arrested by the

8 Jan, 2024 @ 17:23

Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: British expat’s warning after a ‘rock is launched at her windshield’ while driving on the A-7 motorway from Malaga to Marbella

A BRITISH expat is sounding the alarm after her car windshield was ‘hit by a rock’ while driving under a bridge on the A-7 motorway.

8 Jan, 2024 @ 16:37

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Marbella

Price of cocaine falls by almost a HALF in Spain: Why the drug is cheaper despite ‘record’ seizures by police

THE tidal wave of cocaine engulfing Europe has seen its price nearly halve in Spain due to overproduction in Latin American countries. An enormous surge

8 Jan, 2024 @ 12:04

Algeciras·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Teenagers arrested over Estepona petrol station stick-up: Pair ‘wanted to spend the stolen money on a new electric scooter’

TWO teenagers have been arrested for a broad daylight armed robbery on a petrol station in Estepona last week. The pair had made off with

8 Jan, 2024 @ 10:58

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Police free 16 women who were forced into prostitution in Spain’s Andalucia region

SPAIN’S National Police on Friday arrested 10 members of a suspected pimping gang that forced 16 women into prostitution in Sevilla and Cadiz provinces. The

7 Jan, 2024 @ 13:52

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Female cook is forced to prostitute herself on roundabouts in Spain after being tricked by a gang who promised her a job in a restaurant

Woman freed after being forced into prostitution for six years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 28-YEAR-OLD woman has been rescued by the Guardia Civil in Villajoyosa after being forced into prostitution during her six year stay in Spain The

7 Jan, 2024 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

French couple who ‘plotted to kill their 5-year-old son in the Sahara desert’ because they believed he was ‘possessed’ are arrested in southern Spain

SPANISH police have arrested a French couple in Algeciras for allegedly plotting to murder their five-year-old son in Morocco. According to authorities, the couple, originally

6 Jan, 2024 @ 11:22

Algeciras·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

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