Costa del Crime

‘Most wanted’ leader of notorious Latin American drug cartel who ‘faked own death’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE leader of Ecuador’s most notorious drug trafficking organisation has been arrested on the Costa del Sol following a joint operation with Spanish police Wilmer

17 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Málaga

Father and son kidnapped man in Malaga and sent photos to the family with a ham knife against his neck over €50 cocaine debt

A FATHER and son have been sentenced by a Malaga court after being found guilty of holding a man hostage for three days as revenge

6 Nov, 2025 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Scottish mafia shootings: Alleged hitman claims Spanish prison sentence would ‘infringe his human rights’

A BRITISH man alleged to have carried out the brazen Mafia-style assassination of two notorious Scottish underworld figures has claimed his human rights would be

7 Oct, 2025 @ 16:10

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Scottish mafia shootings: How a team of ‘female spotter used phones stolen from Costa del Sol tourists to track mob leaders before Fuengirola massacre’

IT was the brazen Mafia-style hit that sent shockwaves through the Costa del Sol, triggering fears of a vicious gang war not seen since the

9 Sep, 2025 @ 12:41

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: ‘Drug traffickers’ unload stash in front of stunned beach-goers on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the shocking moment a group of brazen narcos unloaded their drug haul on a packed beach on the Costa del Sol. The remarkable

1 Sep, 2025 @ 13:59

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain’s Marbella to wear live-streaming bodycams as ‘Costa del Crime’ image returns

MARBELLA’S local police department has launched a pilot project for body cameras capable of transmitting images in real time to the force’s Command and Control

1 May, 2025 @ 16:02

Lead·Marbella

Gold chain thief is bitten by victim and then captured by chasing pedestrians in Spain's Mallorca

New deadly shooting on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Man is killed after being shot in the back at least four times

THE Costa del Sol has been rocked by another case of gun violence after a man was killed in Malaga following a shooting in the

30 May, 2024 @ 18:45

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Drug boss dubbed ‘The Fly’ who ‘ordered an assassination in Marbella’ is freed during prison transfer after gun-toting thugs open fire on police car and kill two guards

AN international manhunt is underway after a drug lord accused of ordering an assassination in Marbella last year escaped from custody in France following a

15 May, 2024 @ 12:42

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

OPINION: Why YOU could be the secret weapon against fugitives hiding out on Spain’s Costa del Crime

IT’S awful to think one might live next door or could be sitting on the next table enjoying a beer. But there is a very

17 Sep, 2022 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Opinion

Terrifying moment loud gunshots are heard as police shoot man armed with knife in Spain’s Malaga

THIS is the terrifying moment loud gunshots are heard as armed police shot a man brandishing a knife on the Costa del Sol. Video footage

29 Mar, 2022 @ 15:15

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: The moment police swoop in on drug kingpin ‘Don Carlos’ in Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THIS is the shocking moment the accused drug kingpin dubbed ‘Don Carlos’ was arrested by Spanish police in a dramatic sting at a Marbella coffee

17 Mar, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

drugs seized in raid on Marbella coffee shop. Photo: Policia Nacional

Secret ‘cartel cafe’ couple arrested in Spain’s Marbella in joint operation

A MARBELLA couple were handcuffed and searched as police raided a suspected Amsterdam-style cannabis cafe on the Costa del Sol. The pair were among the 20

10 Feb, 2022 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Have you seen him? Police hunt Brit fugitive thought to be on the run in Spain’s Marbella in new appeal for ‘most wanted’

POLICE have made a public appeal for another one of the UK’s most wanted fugitives after it emerged he might be hiding out on the

27 Jan, 2022 @ 10:54

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

From Africa to Spain in 30 minutes: how a crime group smuggled migrants, fugitives and drugs on speedboats

AN organised crime group who used speedboats to smuggle migrants and drugs across the Mediterranean Sea to Spain has been dismantled by Spanish police. Officers

12 Jan, 2022 @ 20:30

Almeria·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Costa del Crime: Man arrested after woman found with serious head injuries following horror wrench attack

DETECTIVES have launched an investigation after a woman was violently attacked with a wrench on Wednesday. Officers have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted

30 Dec, 2021 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Man, 42, arrested after spate of hotel and restaurant robberies in Spain’s Estepona

A MAN, 42, was arrested after a spate of robberies at hotels and restaurants on the Costa del Sol. The suspect is being held in

30 Dec, 2021 @ 20:23

Lead·Malaga

Police in Spain act in Breaking Bad parody in latest Christmas video

BREAKING BAD may have been off of our television screens for years now but the legacy of Walter White and the pseudonym ‘Heisenberg’ continues to

17 Dec, 2021 @ 17:44

Lead·Malaga

Four jailed after man survives kidnap, torture and blackmail horror on Costa del Sol

A CRIMINAL gang who covered their victim in ice packs and placed him in front of an electric fan before torturing him for five days

9 Dec, 2021 @ 13:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

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Police arrest gang behind kidnap and torture of Belgian man in revenge for drug theft on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SPANISH police have arrested a gang of 12 people involved in a plot to kidnap and torture a Belgian man in revenge for a drug

12 Oct, 2021 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police in Spain's Valencia search for beggar who killed bar owner who refused to give him money

Spain’s most notorious con artist Little Nicolas, 27, hospitalised after fight in Marbella

A BABY-FACED con artist who became Spain’s most notorious gatecrasher has been hospitalised following an alleged brawl at a concert in Marbella. Former law student

24 Aug, 2021 @ 18:45

Lead·Malaga

Seven British fugitives nabbed in Spain within fortnight proving Costa del Sol is still favoured hangout for criminals on the run

SEVEN British fugitives have been tracked down and arrested in Spain within a fortnight, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed. The fugitives, all

20 Jul, 2021 @ 11:18

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Nowhere to hide: Is the Costa del Sol still the safest place for fugitives?

Suspects on the run are being forced look for alternative hiding places as police clamp down on criminals in the Costa del Sol

29 May, 2021 @ 17:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

WATCH: Two Britons and an Irishman arrested for punishment shooting of Brit in Spain’s Marbella

POLICE have swooped on a luxury Marbella villa to arrest three men accused of shooting a Brit four times in the legs in a gangland

23 Jun, 2020 @ 17:00

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SPECIAL REPORT: After coining the phrase ‘Costa del Crime’ in the 80s, it’s not surprising we’re STILL living in a gangster’s paradise, writes David Baird

He was sleeping with an axe and a machete under his pillow to fend off murderous rivals

21 Dec, 2019 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

REVEALED: Notorious Costa del Sol trickster David Klein’s €1 million euro tax avoidance scam in Spain

He hadn’t been declaring the income to the Spanish tax authorities

5 Dec, 2019 @ 13:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Neighbours of British man shot dead outside luxury house on Spain’s Costa del Sol say they remain in the dark

The British man was shot in broad daylight at around 3:15pm yesterday afternoon

22 Nov, 2019 @ 16:55

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

‘Most wanted’ leader of notorious Latin American drug cartel who ‘faked own death’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Father and son kidnapped man in Malaga and sent photos to the family with a ham knife against his neck over €50 cocaine debt

Scottish mafia shootings: Alleged hitman claims Spanish prison sentence would ‘infringe his human rights’

Scottish mafia shootings: How a team of ‘female spotter used phones stolen from Costa del Sol tourists to track mob leaders before Fuengirola massacre’

WATCH: ‘Drug traffickers’ unload stash in front of stunned beach-goers on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Police in Spain’s Marbella to wear live-streaming bodycams as ‘Costa del Crime’ image returns

New deadly shooting on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Man is killed after being shot in the back at least four times

WATCH: Drug boss dubbed ‘The Fly’ who ‘ordered an assassination in Marbella’ is freed during prison transfer after gun-toting thugs open fire on police car and kill two guards

OPINION: Why YOU could be the secret weapon against fugitives hiding out on Spain’s Costa del Crime

Terrifying moment loud gunshots are heard as police shoot man armed with knife in Spain’s Malaga

WATCH: The moment police swoop in on drug kingpin ‘Don Carlos’ in Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Secret ‘cartel cafe’ couple arrested in Spain’s Marbella in joint operation

Have you seen him? Police hunt Brit fugitive thought to be on the run in Spain’s Marbella in new appeal for ‘most wanted’

From Africa to Spain in 30 minutes: how a crime group smuggled migrants, fugitives and drugs on speedboats

Costa del Crime: Man arrested after woman found with serious head injuries following horror wrench attack

Man, 42, arrested after spate of hotel and restaurant robberies in Spain’s Estepona

Police in Spain act in Breaking Bad parody in latest Christmas video

Four jailed after man survives kidnap, torture and blackmail horror on Costa del Sol

Police arrest gang behind kidnap and torture of Belgian man in revenge for drug theft on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Spain’s most notorious con artist Little Nicolas, 27, hospitalised after fight in Marbella

Seven British fugitives nabbed in Spain within fortnight proving Costa del Sol is still favoured hangout for criminals on the run

Nowhere to hide: Is the Costa del Sol still the safest place for fugitives?

WATCH: Two Britons and an Irishman arrested for punishment shooting of Brit in Spain’s Marbella

SPECIAL REPORT: After coining the phrase ‘Costa del Crime’ in the 80s, it’s not surprising we’re STILL living in a gangster’s paradise, writes David Baird

REVEALED: Notorious Costa del Sol trickster David Klein’s €1 million euro tax avoidance scam in Spain

Neighbours of British man shot dead outside luxury house on Spain’s Costa del Sol say they remain in the dark

Foreign driver ‘high on drugs’ flees scene after killing 18-year-old motorcyclist on Costa del Sol road

Acting Valencia president Carlos Mazon ‘roasted’ by Spain’s parliamentarians over his response to 2024 flood disaster

Wealthy Arab travellers to Marbella warned against ‘jumping the queue by visa shopping around the EU’

The notorious ‘ant roundabout’ between Estepona and Sabinillas – where crashes now happen almost daily

One solution to building the impossible Costa del Sol train? Dig a tunnel under the A7 motorway