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

Home invasion gang posing as Guardia Civil officers threaten to cut off baby’s ear in Spain’s Valencia

A brutal gang is still at large after torturing a well-known Valencian businessman and threatening to cut off an ear belonging to his baby son.

19 Jan, 2023 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

Businessman in Spain’s Valencia tortured with electric dog collar by organised gang of thieves

A BUSINESSMAN in Valencia was held captive by a gang of four hooded individuals, who tortured him using an electric dog collar in a bid

19 Jan, 2023 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Vending machine thief armed with drill caught in special police operation in Spain’s Valencia

A Valencia area vending machine thief struck so frequently that the Guardia Civil had to launch a special probe to catch him. Operation Baldy started

18 Jan, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Home robbers caught in the act in Costa Blanca area of Spain

FOUR members of a Torrevieja home robbery gang have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The men- aged between 30 and 45- were caught red-handed

18 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

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

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Trial begins of man accused of abusing his partner’s daughter and running away to hide in a shack when confronted

A man who literally ran away from his partner when she confronted him during a driving lesson about sexual abuse of her daughter is facing

18 Jan, 2023 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Birthday tears flow for Lisa Brown feared murdered in Spain, prime suspect still at large

Lisa Brown, feared murdered in Spain, would have celebrated her 40th birthday on Friday. Instead, tears flowed for the mother-of-one at the grave site of

18 Jan, 2023 @ 10:30

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read·National News

Angry patient who attacked two ER doctors gets prison sentence in Spain

Spanish doctor extradited to Uruguay amid shocking allegations of torture

A Spanish doctor will be extradited over accusations he helped the military torture prisoners during a right-wing dictatorship movement in the 1970s. The country’s High

17 Jan, 2023 @ 20:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

THE FRENCH CONNECTION: Cocaine gang based in Marbella and Paris busted

AN international criminal gang that shipped cocaine to Europe using sailing boats has been broken up. The organisation was based in Marbella and Paris, and

17 Jan, 2023 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Gay couple arrested for domestic violence after just a month living together in Spain's Alicante area

Gay couple arrested for domestic violence after one month of living together in Spain’s Alicante area

A gay couple came to blows in their Petrer home with both men arrested for domestic violence. One of them was taken to hospital with

17 Jan, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Elderly bank customers hit by distraction robbery gang in Spain’s Valencia and Murcia areas

A distraction robbery gang that stole from elderly people who made bank withdrawals in the Valencia and Murcia regions has been arrested by the Guardia

17 Jan, 2023 @ 11:15

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencia·Valencian Community

Wheel Of Fortune As Fraudsters Drill Hole In Roulette Machine To Net €50,000 In Spain's Murcia

Wheel of fortune with drilled hole in roulette machine netting fraudsters €50,000 in Spain’s Murcia

A roulette wheel game in a Aguilas gambling saloon was sabotaged to pay out €50,000 in five days. The ringleader of the fraudsters smuggled in

16 Jan, 2023 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Police Simultaneously Raid Six Indoor Marijuana Farms On Spain's Costa Blanca And Murcia

Police simultaneously raid six indoor marijuana farms in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Murcia

AN investigation spanning several months has culminated in simultaneous raids on six indoor marijuana farms in Alicante Province and Murcia. 2,181 plants were removed by

16 Jan, 2023 @ 18:30

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

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

Mother viciously assaults son, 10, with toy just because he was doing homework in Spain’s Valencia

A 33-year-old Valencia woman has been arrested for family ill-treatment after hitting her son, 10, with a toy. The boy had bruises all over his

16 Jan, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Gang drugged girls and sexually assaulted them in Spain’s Valencia

TWO men have been arrested for drugging and sexually assaulting girls at a Gandia house in Valencia Province. The mother of one of the victims

16 Jan, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca Parcel Delivery Man Stole To Items To Sell Online Across Spain

Costa Blanca parcel delivery man stole items for online resale in Spain

A 20-year-old Alicante parcel delivery driver stole at least €5,000 of items to make money selling them online. His ruse was rumbled after a woman

16 Jan, 2023 @ 12:45

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

Watch: The mysterious case of the headless and handless corpse that washed up next to a Marbella restaurant

Around this time last Sunday, a woman was being murdered, decapitated, and her body dumped in the sea. Investigators do not even know yet if

15 Jan, 2023 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Malaga

Man accused of killing wife and burning body on barbecue set to be bailed in Spain’s Canary Islands

A man who has been behind bars for four years awaiting trial for the murder of his wife in Lanzarote will be freed on bail

14 Jan, 2023 @ 08:15

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

SLIPPERY CUSTOMERS: How eel smugglers in Spain make a fortune sending elvers to Asia

THE recent arrest of two men trying to smuggle 190 kilos of elvers through the port of Algeciras has once more thrown the spotlight of

13 Jan, 2023 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Other News

Land owner accused of starting big forest fire in Spain’s Valencia area

TWO people are being investigating for starting a forest fire in Valencia Province that incinerated a 2,000 m2 area. A land owner in Cerda is

13 Jan, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Family of missing X-Factor star fear he was kidnapped by British gangs in Barcelona

The family of missing Levi Davis fear the former X-Factor star was kidnapped off the streets of Barcelona by British gang members. Levi’s mother Julie

13 Jan, 2023 @ 12:48

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Police close marijuana farms in ‘upmarket’ urbanisations on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Guardia Civil have shut down three indoor marijuana farms in rented properties on what they described as ‘upmarket’ urbanisations in Calpe. Over a thousand

13 Jan, 2023 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

A thief and a gentleman: Notorious cat burglar finally arrested at grand old age of 74

A LEGENDARY cat burglar responsible for a string of jewellery thefts across Mallorca has finally been arrested at the age of 74. He is thought

12 Jan, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Escort website users blackmailed via instant messaging app used by Valencia gang in Spain

Man from Mallorca sentenced to 14 years for blackmail scheme to extort naked pictures from teenage girls in Spain

A Mallorcan man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for blackmailing six teenage girls into sending him naked pictures. The 22-year-old approached a

12 Jan, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Mallorca

Case solved: Ex-boyfriend confesses to murdering his ex-partner whose headless and handless corpse washed up on a Marbella beach

The case of the woman whose headless and handless body washed up next to a group of Sunday diners in Marbella has been solved after

12 Jan, 2023 @ 17:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Sedition charges dropped by Spain’s Supreme Court against ex-Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont

SPAIN’S Supreme Court has dropped a sedition charge against the exiled former Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont, but a new move will be made to extradite

12 Jan, 2023 @ 16:30

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Teenager threatens police officer with fake semi-automatic pistol on Spain’s Mallorca

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after pointing a fake gun at a Guardia Civil officer in Alcudia. The incident happened on Monday when an

12 Jan, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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