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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

WATCH: Moment masked gunman robs petrol station in Spain’s Estepona before escaping on an e-scooter

VIDEO has been released showing the moment a masked gunman robs a petrol station in Estepona. The clip shows a man in a black hoodie

4 Jan, 2024 @ 13:59

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

British couple are left with a €200k bill after their sailboat is struck by a flare during New Year celebrations on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE reckless Ukrainian merchant seamen threw around emergency flares to celebrate the New Year at the port of Alicante and set fire to a British-owned

4 Jan, 2024 @ 12:17

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

Paedophile athletics coach who ‘abused girls as young as 12 and put spy cameras in changing rooms’ is jailed

A 49-YEAR-OLD Valencia area athletics coach has been arrested and jailed for sexually assaulting children and recording indecent images on spy cameras placed in bathrooms.

3 Jan, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Young man, 26, ‘is raped by a group of eight men’ in a park in Spain’s Madrid in the early hours of New Year’s Day

A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Honduras has filed a police report in Madrid after he was allegedly gang-raped by eight men in a Madrid park in

3 Jan, 2024 @ 11:42

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Electric scooters will be BANNED on all Renfe trains in Spain from this day in December

Petrol station in Estepona is robbed at gunpoint: Masked attacker makes getaway on an e-scooter and remains on the run

STAFF at a petrol station in Estepona were held up at gunpoint on January 2. The robbery took place at a branch of Galp in

3 Jan, 2024 @ 10:53

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Man shot dead by bullets to the head and stomach in Spain’s Andalucia believed to be related to drug trafficking

POLICE believe the death of a 30-year-old man shot in the head and stomach in Spain’s Andalucia, not far from the Costa del Sol, is

3 Jan, 2024 @ 09:25

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Barcelona landlord who was caught advertising 14 unlicensed holiday flats is fined €420,000

A BARCELONA property owner has been given a record fine for renting out unlicensed tourist apartments ‘for years’ in the Old City area. The man

2 Jan, 2024 @ 16:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Jenni Hermoso testifies against Luis Rubiales: Ousted football boss is accused of ‘non-consensual kiss’ while celebrating Spain’s World Cup victory

FOOTBALLER Jenni Hermoso gave evidence to the National Court in Madrid on Tuesday which is investigating the so-called ‘Rubiales’ case. Hermoso- part of Spain’s 2023

2 Jan, 2024 @ 13:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Sport

Italian mafia boss, 53, is arrested at a luxury hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca – where he had hoped to enjoy a New Year’s Eve party

A LEADING Italian Mafia figure has been arrested at a luxury hotel in the Alicante area. Policia Nacional officers swooped to detain Nicola Rullo on

2 Jan, 2024 @ 11:33

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

Far-right writer gets prison time for using offensive language to say that gay people caused monkeypox virus in Spain

Far-right activist jailed for ‘offensive’ language while claiming gay people caused monkey pox virus in Spain

A VALENCIA court has sentenced a man to 32 months in prison for a hate crime after he published an article on a far-right website

29 Dec, 2023 @ 15:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Expat stabs himself with a knife to get his wife arrested for attempted murder at their home in Spain's Mallorca

Expat stabs himself to get wife arrested for attempted murder in Spain’s Mallorca

A 58-YEAR-OLD Dutchman has been arrested for trying to frame his wife on an attempted homicide charge at their Mallorca home. The man stabbed himself

29 Dec, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Crypto-fraudsters stole €19m from over 200 victims lured by AI-generated celebrity endorsements in Spain

Cyber criminals swindle victim out of €237k over property purchase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 16 people for defrauding a woman out of €237,622 by intercepting and altering emails to trick her during a Costa

29 Dec, 2023 @ 12:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

The year ends with a bang for Spain’s overworked customs police as TWO TONNES of cocaine are seized in Tenerife

IN a year of humongous cocaine busts in Spanish ports, 2023 signs off with a hefty – but by no means record-breaking – haul of

28 Dec, 2023 @ 19:00

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Men using sex contact website extorted to pay hush money totalling thousands of euros in Spain

Blackmailers extort vast sums of money from men wanting sex in Spain

A GANG who blackmailed website users looking to meet young women for sex has been brought down by the Policia Nacional. 13 people have been

28 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla·Valencia·Valencian Community

Violent and dangerous fugitive with links to Italian mafia is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FUGITIVE with links to the Italian mafia who was wanted by Belgian and Dutch authorities has been arrested on a Costa Blanca urbanisation. The

28 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Kidnapped Man Forced To Hide Drugs In His Genital Area From Spain S Murcia Region To Valencian Community

Brazilian kidnap gang snatch elderly man in Portugal and leave him tied to a tree in Barcelona robbed of €100,000: Arrests made in Torremolinos

A WEALTHY Portuguese businessman was kidnapped from his home and driven on a harrowing 1,200km journey across Spain before being left tied to a tree

28 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

BREAKING Christmas jailbreak update: Police issue wanted notice for escaped hitman, 20, as major manhunt gets underway

A MAJOR police manhunt is underway after a ‘highly dangerous’ Ceuta hitman slipped out of a Madrid jail the day before Christmas Eve. The Policia

28 Dec, 2023 @ 14:55

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

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

Police arrest man who gagged, threatened, beat up and extorted his two Colombian housemates in Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE are searching for three suspects who gagged, extorted, threatened with a firearm and beat up two Colombian nationals in Spain’s Costa del Sol. Guardia

28 Dec, 2023 @ 14:16

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Malaga

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