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Who is Luca Tamburello, the former Morgan Stanley high-flyer now at the centre of a €200 million mafia probe on Spain’s Costa del Sol?

SHOCKWAVES rippled through Marbella on Thursday after a prominent estate agent was arrested as part of a €200 million mafia investigation. Italian-born Luca Tamburello, 42,

30 May, 2026 @ 14:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

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

Fresh Demand For Historic 2,400 Year Old Statue To Return To Costa Blanca City In Spain

Fresh demand for priceless 2,400 year-old statue to return to Costa Blanca city in Spain

ELCHE council has made a fresh appeal to the Ministry of Culture and the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid to return the ‘Lady of Elche’

4 Aug, 2022 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Largest ever cocaine haul made in Spain’s Sevilla as 1000 kilos of the drug smuggled in banana truck

Udyco anti-drug officers from Sevilla and Malaga forces were behind the record raid

23 May, 2019 @ 16:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Police arrest 30 in Costa del Sol gigalo ring that lured young men with FAKE escort jobs, netting ringleaders €700,000

Fake roles, accompanying wealthy older women, with salaries of up to €700 per service were promised

22 May, 2019 @ 15:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Guardia Civil cop among 57 arrested in HUGE Costa del Sol drug bust involving 200 officers

Also seized were a number of weapons, including a submachine gun, as well as cash, and previously stolen boats and cars

16 May, 2019 @ 12:25

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga

Eight arrested in HUGE drug bust in Spain as 200 Guardia Civil officers swoop on Tarifa and Algeciras

It comes as a separate incident saw one of the most notorious hash dealers in Algeciras also detained by police

10 Apr, 2019 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Police SMASH one of Europe’s largest cocaine labs run from luxury Costa del Sol villa

POLICE in Spain have smashed one of the largest cocaine labs in Europe, which was run from a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol.

21 Jan, 2019 @ 12:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

DRUG BUST: Civil servant who led multi-million euro drug empire between Spain’s Costa del Sol and Morocco one of 57 arrested

The town hall worker imported 62 tonnes of hash a year to the Costa del Sol

10 Dec, 2018 @ 11:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police bust Benidorm sex club after Polish gang stole thousands by adding zeros to customer’s bills

Three Polish women aged 22, 23 and 27 were among those arrested at the club frequented by Brits

29 Nov, 2018 @ 19:03

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Homes raided in Malaga in crackdown on electronic fraud

More than 30 arrested in gang bust

3 Oct, 2014 @ 10:42

More than 1,000 arrested in ‘unprecedented’ Europe-wide organised crime crackdown

Total of 250 arrests in Spain, in 'single largest coordinated assault on organised crime in Europe'

25 Sep, 2014 @ 10:39

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Drugs network busted in Velez-Malaga

Cash and narcotics worth thousands of euros were seized

30 Aug, 2014 @ 10:30

Malaga

Who is Luca Tamburello, the former Morgan Stanley high-flyer now at the centre of a €200 million mafia probe on Spain’s Costa del Sol?

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

Fresh demand for priceless 2,400 year-old statue to return to Costa Blanca city in Spain

Largest ever cocaine haul made in Spain’s Sevilla as 1000 kilos of the drug smuggled in banana truck

Police arrest 30 in Costa del Sol gigalo ring that lured young men with FAKE escort jobs, netting ringleaders €700,000

Guardia Civil cop among 57 arrested in HUGE Costa del Sol drug bust involving 200 officers

Eight arrested in HUGE drug bust in Spain as 200 Guardia Civil officers swoop on Tarifa and Algeciras

WATCH: Police SMASH one of Europe’s largest cocaine labs run from luxury Costa del Sol villa

DRUG BUST: Civil servant who led multi-million euro drug empire between Spain’s Costa del Sol and Morocco one of 57 arrested

Police bust Benidorm sex club after Polish gang stole thousands by adding zeros to customer’s bills

Homes raided in Malaga in crackdown on electronic fraud

More than 1,000 arrested in ‘unprecedented’ Europe-wide organised crime crackdown

Drugs network busted in Velez-Malaga

School strike chaos to return to Catalunya after teachers reject €700m deal – including €400-a-month pay rise

Manchester City threaten to sue Real Madrid over presidential candidate’s Erling Haaland signing claim

Malaga’s housing crunch drives growing number of residents into life in motorhomes

FBI fugitive who masterminded ‘world record’ OmegaPro Ponzi scheme is arrested at Tenerife hotel

World Cup warm-up match in Spanish border town cancelled over Ebola outbreak fears

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