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Spanish tennis player gets 15-year ban for match-fixing and bribery despite not playing since 2018

A SPANISH tennis player has been banned until 2039 for match-fixing, despite hanging up his racket six years ago. Aaron Cortes Alcaraz, 29, has been suspended from competing for 15 years after

10 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Sport·Valencian Community

Anti-drugs police chief faces 15 years in prison for being part of massive cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROSECUTORS want the former head of the Policia Nacional’s anti-drug unit in Alicante jailed for 15 years for his role in the biggest-ever cocaine distribution gang in the Valencian Community. The El

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Galicia·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Benidorm-based British paedophile given 133 year prison term by court in Spain

Russian mafia trial on Spain’s Costa Blanca will see five face charges of money laundering – including powerful ‘lobbyist’ connected to the conservative PP party

A BENIDORM judge is to prosecute five members of a Costa Blanca-based Russian money laundering gang- almost three years after they were arrested. The judge’s decision to move forward to trial can

24 Oct, 2023 @ 12:28

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

Barcelona president says La Liga salary caps caused Lionel Messi to leave the Spanish club

President of Spanish football club FC Barcelona formally accused of bribery over €7.3 million payments made to high-ranking referee

THE CURRENT president of Spanish football club FC Barcelona has been formally accused by a judge of bribery thanks to evidence that multi-million-euro payments were made to a high-ranking referee. The charges

18 Oct, 2023 @ 13:39

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Costa Blanca Fraud Had Fake Companies Using Brothel Address To Defraud Spanish Social Security

Costa Blanca fraudsters created 30 bogus companies to make €10 million by conning Spanish authorities

125 people have been arrested during an 18-month Policia Nacional investigation into a gang who created 30 fake companies to defraud social security and offer Spanish residency to migrants. It’s estimated that

26 Apr, 2022 @ 19:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Council Official On Spain's Costa Blanca Stole €40,000 From Clubs And Charities And Took Bungs Over Awarding Of Contracts

Council official on Spain’s Costa Blanca stole €40,000 from clubs and charities and took bungs for contracts

A 52-year-old Santa Pola council official has been charged with 19 crimes of bribery committed over the last decade. The woman took bungs from two businessmen to approve the hiring of their

26 Jan, 2022 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Vaccine queue-jumping Costa Blanca mayors in Spain test positive for COVID-19

A Costa Blanca mayoral couple at the centre of a vaccine queue-jumping scandal are self-isolating after catching COVID-19 The PSOE mayors of El Verger and Els Poblets, Ximo Coll and Carolina Vives,

26 Jan, 2022 @ 12:04

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa Blanca mayor cleared of Covid-19 vaccine queue-jumping in Spain following two earlier dismissals

Costa Blanca mayor faces COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumping trial after judge in Spain throws out appeal

A Villajoyosa judge has rejected an appeal from a Costa Blanca mayor that there’s not enough evidence for him to be prosecuted for illegally getting a COVID-19 vaccination. La Nucia’s Bernabe Cano

4 Dec, 2021 @ 12:00

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

Costa Blanca queue-jumping COVID vaccine mayor is set to be tried for bribery in Spain

Costa Blanca queue-jumping COVID-19 vaccine mayor set for bribery trial in Spain

A Villajoyosa judge says there’s enough evidence to try La Nucia mayor, Bernabe Cano, for COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumping. The Partido Popular mayor got an injection at a nursing home on January 6

8 Oct, 2021 @ 20:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British gang among 85 arrests for ‘explosives and murder’ in HUGE drugs bust that seized AK-47, five tonnes of hash and 49 vehicles in Spain’s Andalucia

The gang of four Brits operated from a house in Istan and are believed to have trafficked hash to the UK

28 Aug, 2019 @ 13:59

Crime & Law·Lead

Expert claims Francisco Correa rigged contracts in latest development of Gürtel case

Correa, a businessman accused of bribing PP officials, supposedly reached out to 37 companies, all of which have affiliations with the PP, giving them a competitive edge through hand-me-down documents,

20 Sep, 2017 @ 12:37

Crime & Law·Malaga·National News·Politics

World Cup game involving Spain under scrutiny amid FIFA corruption probe

South Korea's progress to the 2002 semi-final has been called into question

2 Jun, 2015 @ 17:44

Lead·National News·Sport

Spain among UEFA nations to betray FIFA vote pact

Spain, France and Russia all among nations to vote for scandal-ridden Sepp Blatter in FIFA presidential election

1 Jun, 2015 @ 17:12

Lead·Politics·Sport

go back to your tractors corruption in spain

Over two-thirds of Spanish bosses justify corruption, says new report

A massive 69% of Spanish managers ‘justify corruption’

26 May, 2015 @ 21:07

Business & Finance·Lead

Reopening of controversial Los Frailes mine cancelled amid corruption scandal

A probe was launched in March after a rival bidder filed a denuncia, claiming negotiations were illegally carried out for the mine in Aznalcollar

15 May, 2015 @ 16:48

Environment·Lead

Disgraced mayor of Alhaurin el Grande has returned to office

Juan Martin Seron has resumed his position as mayor of Alhaurin el Grande after serving a year's suspension

11 Nov, 2014 @ 12:10

Lead·Malaga

‘I paid Roca three million euros for occupancy licences’ claims builder in Malaya case

Fidel San Roman makes shocking confession to the court and insists he was the victim of blackmail

31 Jan, 2012 @ 18:21

Crime & Law·Lead

Bribes inspector faces jail

He was meant to stop illegal construction, but took thousands to allow it

14 Aug, 2010 @ 09:16

Crime & Law·Property

Bribery probe in just a year

Mayor of town only given independence in 2009 is arrested

21 Jul, 2010 @ 10:09

Crime & Law·Malaga

Take a bung, m’lud?

As judge is jailed for bribery, half of Spain believes money buys freedom

14 Jul, 2010 @ 12:11

National News

Police detain councillor for alleged town planning offence

Industrial park project in Alhendín under Supreme Court investigation

6 Mar, 2007 @ 05:20

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