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Ceuta killer and gang member, 20, waltzes out of Madrid jail concealed among his family after they visited him on Christmas Eve

A YOUNG gang member and hitman escaped from jail on Christmas Eve after brazenly walking out of the prison gates hidden among his visiting family.

27 Dec, 2023 @ 15:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Two Gibraltar women are attacked in separate domestic incidents: Police arrest two men – one for attempted murder

A MAN who allegedly attacked a woman in Gibraltar was charged with attemped murder, assaulting police, threats to kill and Actual Bodily Harm during the

27 Dec, 2023 @ 14:33

Crime & Law·Gibraltar

PICTURED: Most wanted criminal in Europe who was found hiding among expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN IMAGE has been released of an Albanian mobster who was arrested by the Policia Nacional earlier this month after a search lasting nearly two

26 Dec, 2023 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Former cleaner steals nun's bank card to make multiple cash withdrawals on Spain's Costa Blanca

Nun’s bank card stolen and used in multiple ATM withdrawals on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ex-cleaner who stole a nun’s bank card and racked up €2,640 of cash withdrawals has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Petrer. The

26 Dec, 2023 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

‘Professional’ thief dresses up as tourist to rob hotel guests on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A THIEF dressed up as a tourist to rob hotel guests staying in premises in the centre of Alicante. The man, 50, was a Moroccan

26 Dec, 2023 @ 12:00

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

Girl, 10. falls to death from eighth-floor of Valencia apartment block in Spain

Heads of cult that ‘cured homosexuality’ with heterosexual sex with leader arrested in Spain’s Caceres

THE HEADS of an alleged cult that ‘cured’ homosexuality via sexual relations with one of its leaders have been arrested in Spain’s Caceres province. The

25 Dec, 2023 @ 14:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain is Europe’s cocaine gateway of choice for the Kinahans and Europe’s new ‘super cartels’, according to Europol conference

SPAIN’S role as a pivotal gateway for cocaine entering Europe was a key talking point at a conference of Europe’s top anti-drug enforcers. It was

25 Dec, 2023 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead

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

British expat wife who abused and ‘humiliated’ her husband in Spain over a 12-YEAR period is jailed

A BRITISH woman has been handed down a 26-month prison term for regularly abusing her husband over 12 years in Arta, Mallorca. A Palma court

22 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British expat and son are dramatically arrested at a Marbella restaurant for ‘trafficking €100m worth of cocaine across the Atlantic’

THREE British nationals have been arrested as part of an international operation against drug trafficking across the Atlantic, which has seen around 1.2 tonnes of

22 Dec, 2023 @ 16:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

British gangster who ‘cut off young man’s fingers and subjected him to a lie detector test’ in a bid to recover a €3m cocaine debt is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH man has been arrested on suspicion of torturing an alleged drug trafficker over the loss of a €3million cocaine shipment. The 24-year-old victim

22 Dec, 2023 @ 12:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Attacker in Darth Vader mask stabs rent collector inside popular shopping mall on Spain’s Costa del Sol before making off with €80,000 cash

A DARTH Vader masked assailant has stabbed a shopping centre rent collector in broad daylight before making off with €80,000 on Spain’s Costa del Sol.

22 Dec, 2023 @ 08:46

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Malaga

Nearly100 deer die in a natural park in Spain’s Andalucia due to weather-related lung disease

‘Illegal’ hunter who ‘beheaded majestic deer in the dead of night after slaying them with a gun and silencer’ is arrested in southern Spain

A MAN who hunted deer with a silencer and night-vision goggles in Spain’s Andalucia to use their heads as trophies was arrested in a police

22 Dec, 2023 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Police rescue robber who clung onto top floor window railing with one hand in Spain's Murcia

Robber saved by police after clinging onto top floor window railing with one hand in Spain’s Murcia

A ROBBER needed police help after trying to escape their clutches in a Murcia region apartment block. The man got himself into a tangle at

21 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Murcia

Police arrest man who made gunpowder and upgraded weapons including machine guns at his home on Spain's Costa Blanca

Police arrest man who made gunpowder and upgraded machine guns at his Costa Blanca home in Spain

A FORMER solider has been arrested in Villajoyosa for operating a clandestine workshop where he upgraded weapons and made gunpowder and metal gun cartridges. The

21 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Shocking levels of violence against children in Spain are revealed in ground-breaking survey

Independent report declares child sexual abuse a ‘serious problem’ within Spain’s Catholic church after calculating at least 2,056 victims

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH in Spain made public on Thursday an independent report on sexual abuse in the Church prepared by solicitor Javier Cremades and his

21 Dec, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Revealed: How a British school in Spain received a ‘bomb threat email’ which sparked closures nationwide

THE British School of Villarreal in Castellon province has confirmed that it was one of several international schools in Spain that received an email threatening

20 Dec, 2023 @ 16:30

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Footballer Dani Alves is cleared of rape after winning court appeal in Spain

Dani Alves’s sexual assault trial date is confirmed: Footballer is accused of attacking young woman in Spain’s Barcelona

THE TRIAL of former Barcelona footballer Dani Alves on sex assault charges will begin on February 5. Alves is accused of assaulting a 23-year-old woman

20 Dec, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

This European city could legalise COCAINE in a desperate bid to stop cartels in Spain and the Lowlands from flooding the area with the drug

SUPER wealthy Switzerland is considering a groundbreaking proposal to legalise cocaine for recreational use. In what would be a first-of-its-kind pilot scheme, the Swiss capital

20 Dec, 2023 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Health·Lead

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

Police in Spain’s Toledo launch investigation after brothers found gunned down in remote country road

SPAIN’S Civil Guard has launched an investigation after two brothers were found shot dead in a remote country road in Toledo province. The victims, aged

20 Dec, 2023 @ 12:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Spanish journalist accuses actor Gerard Depardieu of rape dating back to 1995

French actor Gerard Depardieu, 74, is accused of rape by a journalist on Spain’s Costa del Sol – bringing number of his alleged victims to 13

JOURNALIST and writer Ruth Baza has reported the French actor Gerard Depardieu to the police in Torremolinos for raping her in Paris 28 years ago.

20 Dec, 2023 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Thief steals manhole covers worth thousands of euros for scrap sales on Spain's Costa Blanca

Thief steals manhole covers worth thousands of euros to sell for scrap on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A THIEF with a penchant for stealing manhole covers to sell to scrapyards has been arrested in Elche. The 43-year-old man removed around 100 covers

20 Dec, 2023 @ 08:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British woman 'went our of her mind due to abuse' and strangled Benidorm flatmate with vacuum cleaner cord

Brits sold drugs to Benidorm bar and hotel clients with quick delivery by electric scooter

THREE British men have been arrested in Benidorm by the Policia Nacional for running a drugs delivery service to the city’s bars, hotels, and restaurants.

19 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

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

Thousands of 'unsafe' toys seized during raids on stores in Spain's Valencia

Thousands of unsafe toys seized from shops during Christmas campaign in Spain’s Valencia

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has seized 10,696 toys from six shops in Manises for failing to follow European Union safety marking rules. The Christmas campaign raids

19 Dec, 2023 @ 15:21

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Gun threat: Man vows to kill police after his car is towed away on the Costa del Sol

A MAN furious that his car had been towed away armed himself with two shotguns and hailed a cab to the police station vowing to

19 Dec, 2023 @ 13:18

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

WATCH: Brave citizen pursues man who allegedly masturbated in front of children in Spain’s Andalucia

A DRIVER has been praised after pursuing a man in Spain’s Andalucia who allegedly masturbated in front of minors. The Policia Nacional have opened an

19 Dec, 2023 @ 11:48

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Nightclub owners face eight years in jail for deadly fire that killed 13 people in Spain's Murcia

Emergency exits in nightclub where 13 died in Spain’s Murcia were closed with PADLOCKS

THE EMERGENCY exits at the Teatre and Fonda Milagros nightclubs in the Spanish city of Murcia were closed with padlocks on the night that a

19 Dec, 2023 @ 09:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

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Ceuta killer and gang member, 20, waltzes out of Madrid jail concealed among his family after they visited him on Christmas Eve

Two Gibraltar women are attacked in separate domestic incidents: Police arrest two men – one for attempted murder

PICTURED: Most wanted criminal in Europe who was found hiding among expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Nun’s bank card stolen and used in multiple ATM withdrawals on Spain’s Costa Blanca

‘Professional’ thief dresses up as tourist to rob hotel guests on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Heads of cult that ‘cured homosexuality’ with heterosexual sex with leader arrested in Spain’s Caceres

Spain is Europe’s cocaine gateway of choice for the Kinahans and Europe’s new ‘super cartels’, according to Europol conference

British expat wife who abused and ‘humiliated’ her husband in Spain over a 12-YEAR period is jailed

British expat and son are dramatically arrested at a Marbella restaurant for ‘trafficking €100m worth of cocaine across the Atlantic’

British gangster who ‘cut off young man’s fingers and subjected him to a lie detector test’ in a bid to recover a €3m cocaine debt is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Attacker in Darth Vader mask stabs rent collector inside popular shopping mall on Spain’s Costa del Sol before making off with €80,000 cash

‘Illegal’ hunter who ‘beheaded majestic deer in the dead of night after slaying them with a gun and silencer’ is arrested in southern Spain

Robber saved by police after clinging onto top floor window railing with one hand in Spain’s Murcia

Police arrest man who made gunpowder and upgraded machine guns at his Costa Blanca home in Spain

Independent report declares child sexual abuse a ‘serious problem’ within Spain’s Catholic church after calculating at least 2,056 victims

Revealed: How a British school in Spain received a ‘bomb threat email’ which sparked closures nationwide

Dani Alves’s sexual assault trial date is confirmed: Footballer is accused of attacking young woman in Spain’s Barcelona

This European city could legalise COCAINE in a desperate bid to stop cartels in Spain and the Lowlands from flooding the area with the drug

Police in Spain’s Toledo launch investigation after brothers found gunned down in remote country road

French actor Gerard Depardieu, 74, is accused of rape by a journalist on Spain’s Costa del Sol – bringing number of his alleged victims to 13

Thief steals manhole covers worth thousands of euros to sell for scrap on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Brits sold drugs to Benidorm bar and hotel clients with quick delivery by electric scooter

Thousands of unsafe toys seized from shops during Christmas campaign in Spain’s Valencia

Gun threat: Man vows to kill police after his car is towed away on the Costa del Sol

WATCH: Brave citizen pursues man who allegedly masturbated in front of children in Spain’s Andalucia

Emergency exits in nightclub where 13 died in Spain’s Murcia were closed with PADLOCKS

Mocromafia ‘gangsters’ walk free after jury acquits them of murdering ‘Butcher of Amsterdam’ police informer on Spain’s southern coast

Two out of three adults under 34 still live with their parents as Spain breeds an entire generation of poor people

Get ready for Spain’s once-in-a-century total eclipse with a dress rehearsal this week while the sun is in the same position in the sky

Tourism summit set for Malaga after drawing 600+ attendees last year

‘Tongue of Saharan dust’ sweeps across Spain: These regions can expect the dreaded ‘blood rain’ this week