Crime and Law

Singing legend Julio Iglesias sues Spanish news outlet for not retracting sexual assault allegations

SPANISH singing star Julio Iglesias has filed a lawsuit against the news portal elDiario.es for not retracting sexual assault allegations made against him in January.

28 May, 2026 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Arrests made for hate crime offences in Spain after locals caught pushing migrants over as they rode on electric scooters

Valencia locals caught pushing migrants over as they rode on electric scooters are arrested for hate crimes

TWO young Spaniards have been arrested for committing hate crimes against migrants in the Valencia area town of Aldaia in late 2025. Foreign nationals were

24 Apr, 2026 @ 11:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Nightclub owners could be jailed for over eight years over 2023 fire disaster that killed 13 people in Spain

Nightclub owners face eight years in jail for deadly fire that killed 13 people in Spain’s Murcia

PROSECUTORS are demanding jail terms of up to eight and a half years over the Murcia nightclub fire in October 2023 that claimed 13 lives.

21 Apr, 2026 @ 11:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Who’s who in the Begoña Gomez case? All you need to know about the ‘influence peddling’ probe into wife of Spain’s PM

Wife of Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez is formally charged with corruption after two-year probe

BEGOÑA Gomez, the wife of Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been formally charged with corruption. Gomez is accused of bribery, embezzlement of public funds

14 Apr, 2026 @ 09:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics

Police search dental clinic after girl, 4, dies after being put under by anaesthetic and another child is hospitalised in Valencia

Tragedy in Valencia as girl, 6, dies while under anaesthetic ‘dental clinic staff not qualified to administer’

A DENTAL clinic in Alzira has been searched by the Policia Nacional after a girl, 6, died last Thursday after being put under anaesthetic. A

26 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencia

Spain's most famous porn star checks into rehab after drugs trafficking conviction with 'toad poison' trial still pending

Ex-porn star faces four years in prison over toad venom fatally administered to house guest in Valencia

THE Valencia Public Prosecutor wants ex-porn star Nacho Vidal jailed for four years if he’s convicted for killing a photographer in a toad venom drinking

28 Oct, 2025 @ 17:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

British man arrested for pre-Christmas killing of fellow countryman on Spain's Costa Blanca

Steel company bosses in Spain to be investigated by court for supplying material to Israel to make weapons

A NATIONAL Court judge has launched a probe into the president of Spanish steelmaker Sidenor and other company bosses over the alleged illegal export of

24 Oct, 2025 @ 17:28

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Sweden’s ‘Pablo Escobar’ who allegedly pioneered smuggling cocaine to Europe via sailboats has his conviction quashed in Spain

SWEDE Jonas Falk has won his last pending case in Spain’s legal system after the Supreme Court annulled a two-and-a-half year prison term for money

17 Oct, 2025 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Two Brits stand trial over alleged Benidorm group sex attack

TWO British tourists have gone on trial for allegedly raping a British woman at a Benidorm hotel in November 2023. The men have been in

3 Jun, 2025 @ 11:34

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Squatters find new way to beat evictions in Spain after law change

SQUATTERS in Spain are finding ways of getting round a tougher new law to evict them despite the promise of speedy trials. A change to

13 May, 2025 @ 11:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Mayor and developers on trial for building illegal homes in Alicante area

A CORRUPTION trial involving politicians and real estate developers started in Alicante on Tuesday. 11 defendants are facing jail over licences granted to the building

6 May, 2025 @ 13:34

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Is this the end of squatting in Spain? All you need to know about the new rules on evictions coming into effect this week

A MAJOR change in Spanish law that allows property owners to remove squatters far quicker than before comes into effect on Thursday. The important modification

31 Mar, 2025 @ 15:38

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Footballer Dani Alves is cleared of rape after winning court appeal in Spain

Appeal court sensationally CLEARS ex-Barca star Dani Alves of r*pe in Spain

EX-BARCELONA footballer Dani Alves has won an appeal against his February 2024 sexual assault conviction. The Brazilian international was found guilty of raping a 23-year-old

28 Mar, 2025 @ 13:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Judge orders sacked emergency chiefs to explain why Valencia flood warning was sent too late to save many lives

Judge orders sacked emergency chiefs to explain why Valencia flood warning was sent so late

TWO former bosses of Valencia’s emergencies team will have to explain why the October 29 flood alert was sent so late. Ex-emergencies minister, Salome Pradas

10 Mar, 2025 @ 16:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Luis Rubiales ‘kiss’ saga takes dramatic turn with prosecutors demanding new trial due to ‘biased’ judge

THE Public Prosecutor’s Office wants the Luis Rubiales ‘kiss’ case retried and sentencing revoked because the judge was ‘biased’. Rubiales was convicted in February for

6 Mar, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Swedish ‘beauty’ and ‘mafia boss’ Tania Gomez ‘is arrested in Spain’ after making Europe’s ‘most wanted’ list

TANIA Gomez, born to a Swedish mother and Spanish father, was one of the most wanted fugitives in Europe. That is until last week, when

27 Feb, 2025 @ 15:50

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Watch: ‘Armed’ robber is chased out of shop in Spain’s Andalucia by female worker wielding a roll of sellotape

THIS is the moment a hooded man brandishing a plastic gun failed to rob a shop in southern Spain thanks to its no-nonsense owner. Footage

26 Feb, 2025 @ 11:55

Crime & Law·Lead

British pensioner is left paralysed and fighting for his life following ‘unprovoked’ assault in Spain

A BRITISH pensioner has been left with life-changing injuries after suffering a horrific assault while holidaying in Spain. Retired carpenter Marshall Latham, 68, was ‘just

24 Feb, 2025 @ 14:43

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Health·Lead

Jenni Hermoso challenges sexual assault penalty for 'kisser' Luis Rubiales as well as coercion rejection by judge in Spain

Jenni Hermoso challenges sexual assault penalty for ‘kisser’ Luis Rubiales as well as coercion acquittal in Spain

FOOTBALLER Jenni Hermoso will appeal a fine and restraining order given to former Spanish football federation president, Luis Rubiales, over his controversial kiss after the

21 Feb, 2025 @ 14:59

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Luxury Villa Turned Into Marijuana Farm In Spain's Valencia With Drugs Sent To Uk

More than a third of stolen electricity in Malaga is used by drug cartels, figures reveal

CASES of electricity theft to power indoor marijuana plantations are surging in Malaga, with drug cartels consuming more than 36% of the stolen energy, according

21 Feb, 2025 @ 14:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Comedian faces hate crime charges for asking radio listeners in Spain to ‘stone paedophile priests’

A MADRID judge will pursue hate crime charges against a comedian who joked about blowing up the Franco-built ‘Valley of the Fallen’ mausoleum cross and

19 Feb, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Trans woman in Malaga is dragged 500 metres by a CAR during horrific attack by group of men

A TRANS woman in Malaga was harassed, beaten, and dragged along the road in a moving vehicle by four men in the early hours of

18 Feb, 2025 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Young Costa Blanca cyclist goes berserk and attacks police officers after refusing to take a breath test

Warning in Torremolinos after violent thugs place expat, 64, into a chokehold and rob him – following wave of identical attacks in Barcelona

AN elderly man who lives in Torremolinos was the victim of an attack which could have resulted in brain damage and even death. Originally from

18 Feb, 2025 @ 14:53

Crime & Law·Lead

Rubiales ‘kiss’ trial ends in Spain with verdict on Jenni Hermoso incident expected ‘within weeks’

THE trial ended on Friday of former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales over the infamous kiss planted on Jenni Hermoso. A verdict and possible

14 Feb, 2025 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Real Madrid sparks backlash for playing Raul Asencio against Manchester City despite him facing charges over explicit video of a minor

REAL Madrid started wonderkid Raul Asencio last night just hours after he lost an appeal to have a child pornography case thrown out in Spain.

12 Feb, 2025 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Luis Rubiales tells Spanish court he’s ‘totally sure’ Jenni Hermoso gave consent for ‘controversial’ kiss

THE ex-Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales has told a judge that Jenni Hermoso gave him consent for a kiss at the 2023 Women’s World

11 Feb, 2025 @ 16:04

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Singing legend Julio Iglesias sues Spanish news outlet for not retracting sexual assault allegations

Valencia locals caught pushing migrants over as they rode on electric scooters are arrested for hate crimes

Nightclub owners face eight years in jail for deadly fire that killed 13 people in Spain’s Murcia

Wife of Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez is formally charged with corruption after two-year probe

Tragedy in Valencia as girl, 6, dies while under anaesthetic ‘dental clinic staff not qualified to administer’

Ex-porn star faces four years in prison over toad venom fatally administered to house guest in Valencia

Steel company bosses in Spain to be investigated by court for supplying material to Israel to make weapons

Sweden’s ‘Pablo Escobar’ who allegedly pioneered smuggling cocaine to Europe via sailboats has his conviction quashed in Spain

Two Brits stand trial over alleged Benidorm group sex attack

Squatters find new way to beat evictions in Spain after law change

Mayor and developers on trial for building illegal homes in Alicante area

Is this the end of squatting in Spain? All you need to know about the new rules on evictions coming into effect this week

Appeal court sensationally CLEARS ex-Barca star Dani Alves of r*pe in Spain

Judge orders sacked emergency chiefs to explain why Valencia flood warning was sent so late

Luis Rubiales ‘kiss’ saga takes dramatic turn with prosecutors demanding new trial due to ‘biased’ judge

Swedish ‘beauty’ and ‘mafia boss’ Tania Gomez ‘is arrested in Spain’ after making Europe’s ‘most wanted’ list

British pensioner is left paralysed and fighting for his life following ‘unprovoked’ assault in Spain

Jenni Hermoso challenges sexual assault penalty for ‘kisser’ Luis Rubiales as well as coercion acquittal in Spain

More than a third of stolen electricity in Malaga is used by drug cartels, figures reveal

Comedian faces hate crime charges for asking radio listeners in Spain to ‘stone paedophile priests’

Trans woman in Malaga is dragged 500 metres by a CAR during horrific attack by group of men

Warning in Torremolinos after violent thugs place expat, 64, into a chokehold and rob him – following wave of identical attacks in Barcelona

Rubiales ‘kiss’ trial ends in Spain with verdict on Jenni Hermoso incident expected ‘within weeks’

Real Madrid sparks backlash for playing Raul Asencio against Manchester City despite him facing charges over explicit video of a minor

Luis Rubiales tells Spanish court he’s ‘totally sure’ Jenni Hermoso gave consent for ‘controversial’ kiss

British father blames vape oil sold to their teenage son while on holiday in Benidorm for his sudden death

Unsolved mystery of American woman feared murdered by her husband in Madrid returns to spotlight in NBC Dateline special

Mallorca mourns fatal apartment fire triggered by faulty fridge that killed two as British woman, 77, fights for life

Wrecking crews arrive at the Gibraltar frontier with Spain as the Rock prepares for life with an open border

EU gives Spain two months to end tax discrimination against foreign property owners

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