Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

CASHING OUT: Globix boss led ‘lavish lifestyle’ splashing half a million at Louis Vuitton and €80,000 at Fendi

THE lavish outlays of a crypto-currency conman exposed by the Olive Press were laid bare in court this week. Gibraltar Supreme Court heard how Gibraltarian

13 Jun, 2023 @ 16:10

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Marbella

Benidorm set for major changes: Plans for 20 hotels, 2,300 homes and three shopping centres await final approval

British tourist in Spain’s Benidorm dials his stolen mobile phone with police answering it

A 49-YEAR-OLD Spanish woman has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for stealing a €1,000 mobile phone from a British tourist in Benidorm. While she

13 Jun, 2023 @ 15:15

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

National Police officer in Jaen may have received fatal bullet wound from colleague’s firearm

A NATIONAL POLICE officer who died in Jaen on Sunday while attending a disagreement between neighbours was accidentally shot by a colleague and not stabbed

13 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

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Two residents who allegedly made threats to a Malaga mayor have been released on bail

TWO locals accused of making death threats to the mayor of Alfarnate (Malaga), Juan Jesus Gallardo, have been released on bail. They are further said

12 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Teenage boys hack school computers to get exam questions on Spain’s Mallorca

TWO teenage students from Palma’s Madre Alberta college have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for hacking into the centre’s computer network to obtain Baccalaureate

12 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Clinton Blakey, 38, was arrested in Marbella on May 17 following a surveillance operation.

British fugitive sent back to UK after arrest in Spain’s Marbella

A FUGITIVE from Leeds wanted by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) for trafficking guns and ammunition has been sent back to the UK and

12 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British Tourist In Benidorm Seriously Injured After Motorbike Knocks Him Over In Spain's Costa Blanca

Police arrest 22 in bust of Benidorm-based ring dealing drugs and ripping off rivals

THE SPANISH authorities have arrested 22 people suspected of forming part of a drug-trafficking ring in Benidorm that was also ripping off rivals. A major

11 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Police officer killed in Andalusia after quarrel between neighbours turns violent

A NATIONAL POLICE officer died on Sunday in the Jaen municipality of Andujar, Andalusia region, after he was stabbed by a man involved in a

11 Jun, 2023 @ 13:13

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Photo Man Stabbed In Marbella In The Neck

27-year-old arrested for allegedly raping a woman while she was sleeping in Malaga

A 27-YEAR-OLD accused of sexually abusing a woman while she was sleeping at his house in Malaga has been arrested. The alleged rapist and the

11 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man who refuses to pay restaurant bills strikes yet again on Spain's Costa Blanca

Man who refuses to pay restaurant bills strikes again on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 50-YEAR-OLD man who was arrested 14 times in two months for not paying restaurant bills in Alicante has struck again after a four-month absence.

11 Jun, 2023 @ 09:30

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

Foreign police join patrols in busy tourist areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have welcomed their French and Italian counterparts once again this summer to patrol tourist areas of the Costa Blanca during the summer.

9 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

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

Gay killer gets 25 years in jail with four murder trials still pending in Spain

Mother and son exploited Alzheimer’s sufferer for cheap house purchase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A DENIA mother and son have been convicted by an Alicante court of hoodwinking an Alzheimer’s sufferer into selling her house at over half the

9 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

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

Couple accused of buying young boy as mother in Spain's Madrid says husband ordered sale to distant relatives

Madrid police discover ‘dark room’ for orgies in the back of a local cafeteria

FROM THE outside, it looked like just another of Madrid’s many cafés. But inside this venue in the working-class neighbourhood of Usera, in the south

9 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Wanted terrorist is arrested at a hotel in Spain’s Benidorm

Hostel in Spain’s Benidorm in trouble for not telling police about criminals staying there

A HOSTEL in the Levante beach area of Benidorm had over a dozen criminals as guests with the Policia Nacional not being told about their

9 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

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

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

A 32-YEAR-OLD scammer conned people out of €82,400 by selling them cut price cars they never received. The Guardia Civil arrested the Columbian man after

9 Jun, 2023 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Chief inspector in Spain’s Basque Country offers extra days off for officers who arrest immigrants

A PROBE has been opened in the Basque Country after it emerged that a chief inspector from the National Police offered his officers days off

8 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law

Three Latin gang members set free after shooting a 15-year-old rival in Madrid

THREE members of a Latin gang will not be remanded in custody after murdering a 15-year-old in Villaverde (Madrid). The accused, two men and a

8 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

‘Love Hug’ robber who struck across Spain is finally jailed by Costa Blanca court

A ‘love hug’ robber and her getaway driver have been arrested in Elche after an elderly woman had a gold chain snatched in broad daylight.

8 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Neigbours alert police to mysterious rotting smell and discover dead body in flat that lay there for at least ten days on Spain's Costa Blanca

Man stabs girlfriend but gets hit by taxi during police chase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN stabbed his girlfriend five times in a Guardamar del Segura street on Tuesday before he ran in front of a taxi as he

8 Jun, 2023 @ 10:00

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

Spain’s Supreme Court backs sentence reductions for sex offenders under ‘only yes means yes’ law

THE SUPREME COURT has ratified the decisions of lower tribunals to reduce the prison sentences of some convicted sex offenders after the Spanish government’s so-called

8 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Arrested the three squatters accused of brutally assaulting British homeowner in Costa del Sol

THE three squatters who allegedly brutally assaulted a British man near Marbella have been arrested today (Wednesday June 7). Guardia Civil have conducted a search

7 Jun, 2023 @ 15:34

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

Body of a woman who disappeared almost 10 years ago found in Spain’s Torremolinos

THE body of a woman who disappeared almost 10 years ago in Torremolinos was found yesterday (Tuesday June 7) at the flat where she used

7 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Clandestine cannbis club goes to pot on Spain's Costa Blanca

No dope: Man absolved of cannabis possession in Spain because the drugs ‘were to be shared with friends’

A MAN who was arrested in Spain in March 2020 in possession of more than two kilos of cannabis has been absolved of his crime

7 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Torrevieja wants tough police action against illegal street sellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA council had made a new appeal for tough police action to clear pavements of illegal street sellers ahead of the summer season. The unlicensed

6 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

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

‘Sharpen your knife’: Anti-squatter group Desokupa to kick out three men that brutally assaulted a British man on the Costa del Sol

Desokupa has announced they will be coming to Costa del Sol to kick the squatters who brutally assaulted a British man near Marbella. The controversial

6 Jun, 2023 @ 12:12

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

Russian hackers target Spanish government websites to disrupt Granada immigration summit

Benidorm cybercrooks steal €50,0000 in bank ‘phishing’ con on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN have been arrested in Benidorm for illegally obtaining bank account and credit card details via phone text messages, which netted them around €50,000.

5 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

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

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