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Costa Blanca real estate agents arrested for scamming foreign customers who ended up virtually penniless

A COUPLE who own an Alicante real estate agency were amongst four people arrested by the Policia Nacional for scamming mainly foreign customers. Three men

24 Feb, 2026 @ 13:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Property

Court blocks jury trial for Begoña Gomez- wife of Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez- who is accused of embezzling public money

Court blocks jury trial for Spanish PM’s wife Begoña Gomez who is accused of embezzling public money

A MADRID court has blocked a judge’s decision to order Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife, Begoña Gomez, to go through a jury trial over the

24 Feb, 2026 @ 11:17

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

Man convicted of animal cruelty after cameras caught him spraying acid at neighbour’s barking dog in Spain

A MAN has been ordered to pay €2,500 in compensation to a Costa Blanca dog owner after spraying acid at his pet because he was

23 Feb, 2026 @ 17:00

Animals·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Social media influencer accused of attempted murder by lacing husband's wine with tranquillisers at their Mallorca home

Social media influencer accused of attempted murder after lacing husband’s wine with tranquillisers at their Mallorca home

A MALLORCA social media influencer with 400,000 Instagram followers has been arrested for attempted murder after putting tranquillisers in her husband’s wine glass. The 46-year-old

20 Feb, 2026 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Incredible tale of hacker, 20, who booked a room in Madrid’s Ritz hotel for just 1 cent a day and racked up €20,000 bills – but then made the most rookie mistake in the book

AN aspiring DJ thought he hacked his way into the high life by staying at exclusive hotels for one cent a night, only to then

19 Feb, 2026 @ 14:13

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Tenerife

Drug user who was 'out of control' in front of his children dies after police taser him in Mallorca

‘Out of control’ Polish drug user is tasered to death in front of his children in Mallorca

A 47-YEAR-OLD Polish man died at his Palma home on Thursday after he was immobilised by a taser fired by a Policia Nacional officer. The

19 Feb, 2026 @ 11:57

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Dangerous Swedish gangster and bomb maker is tracked down hiding out in ‘capsule’ hotel in Madrid

A SWEDISH gangster has been arrested by the Policia Nacional at a hostel in the Cuatro Caminos area of Madrid. The 22-year-old fugitive was wanted

19 Feb, 2026 @ 11:25

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Facebook 'love scam' gang cons woman into paying out €216k in Spain

Facebook ‘love scam’ gang in Spain cons woman into paying out €216k

AN ALMERIA woman looking for love was conned out of €216,839 by a gang who set up a fake online relationship via social media. Four

18 Feb, 2026 @ 16:15

Alicante·Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Barcelona pickpocket pipeline revealed as driver is caught smuggling over 150 stolen phones to Morocco

A TRUCK driver carrying a backpack stuffed with stolen phones has been arrested in the suburbs of Barcelona. The 51-year-old Moroccan national was found with

18 Feb, 2026 @ 14:00

Crime & Law

WATCH: Europe’s biggest fake perfume factory offering knock-off Chanel, Dior and Gucci is uncovered in northern Spain

AUTHORITIES in Catalunya have busted Europe’s biggest counterfeit perfume factory with 1.2 million bottles valued at €94 million seized. Four warehouses were used to produce

18 Feb, 2026 @ 11:10

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Horrified patients witness fatal stabbing of nurse by ex-boyfriend at medical centre in Spain

A 65-YEAR-OLD nurse died in Castellon General Hospital on Monday after her former boyfriend stabbed her at the Benicassim Health Centre. The 70-year-old assailant has

16 Feb, 2026 @ 17:45

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Mystery solved after human skull found in Malaga drain identified as 59-year-old man who disappeared during Covid pandemic

THE baffling case of a skull found in a Malaga drain has finally been cracked after investigators identified the man behind the chilling discovery. The

12 Feb, 2026 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British expats arrested for operating pirate IPTV network out of their Costa Blanca home

TWO British nationals have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for running a pirate IPTV operation out of their Alicante home. The Brits, aged 50

12 Feb, 2026 @ 15:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: How huge narco network used cars with secret compartments to smuggle tonnes of cocaine from Andalucia to Madrid

A MAJOR cocaine trafficking network in Spain hid vast quantities of drugs inside specially adapted vehicles with secret compartments capable of carrying up to 160

12 Feb, 2026 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Malaga

Entire hotel on the Costa del Sol is evicted after scammers 'from Middle East' hijack resort in €3m fraud

The Hotel Vistamar on the Costa del Sol is evicted after scammers ‘from Middle East’ hijack resort in €3m fraud

SIX people alleged to have illegally taken over Benalmadena’s Vistamar hotel- defrauding the owner of around €3 million- have been arrested by the Policia Nacional.

11 Feb, 2026 @ 17:00

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

Police find massive stash of stolen bicycles and electric scooters inside Costa Blanca house

Massive stash of stolen bicycles and electric scooters found inside Costa Blanca house

A BIG stash of stolen bicycles and electric scooters has been discovered by the Guardia Civil inside a Torrevieja house. A 45-year-old man has been

11 Feb, 2026 @ 13:00

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

Angry passenger head-butted and broke teeth of female Ryanair worker during excess luggage dispute at airport in Spain

Passenger head-butts and breaks teeth of female Ryanair worker after she told him his luggage was too big

A PASSENGER assaulted a female Ryanair employeer at Palma de Mallorca in a dispute over the weight of his luggage. The male attacker from South

10 Feb, 2026 @ 17:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

British man arrested for pre-Christmas killing of fellow Brit, 29, on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH man has been arrested and jailed for the fatal Costa Blanca shooting of a fellow countryman on December 21 last year. The 29-year-old

9 Feb, 2026 @ 10:35

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Thieves made special journey to steal 26 V-16 emergency lights in one night from parked cars in Costa Blanca town

Thieves steal over two dozen V-16 emergency lights in one night from parked cars in Costa Blanca town

THREE people have been arrested for stealing 26 V-16 emergency lights from parked cars in San Vicente del Raspeig. The trio made a special 30

6 Feb, 2026 @ 14:00

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

Spain’s corrupt police chief ‘helped smuggle 58 tonnes of cocaine worth €2 billion’ while head of the Economic Crimes unit

FORMER head of Spain’s UDEF anti-money laundering unit helped a criminal network smuggle at least 58,000 kilos of cocaine into Spain, making more than €30

6 Feb, 2026 @ 12:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Father live-streamed sex assaults on underage daughter in Spain with seedy subscribers paying in crypto coins

Depraved father live-streams sex assaults on underage daughter in Spain while seedy subscribers paid in crypto to watch

A MADRID man has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for live-streaming sex assaults that he committed on his underage daughter. Perverts who wanted to

6 Feb, 2026 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Two members of violent luxury watch robbery gang operating in Spain are arrested and jailed in the UK

Police swoop on luxury watch thieves in the UK over string of thefts worth half a million in Mallorca and Ibiza

TWO members of a luxury watch theft gang operating in the Balearic Islands last summer have been arrested in the UK and jailed. A third

4 Feb, 2026 @ 18:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Kindergarden owner in Spain is arrested for allegedly hitting and locking up children

THE owner of a Valencia province nursery has been arrested for allegedly hitting and locking up children. Staff at the Algemesi facility handed over videos

2 Feb, 2026 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Home invasion crew nabbed after €200,000 loot bust on Costa del sol

A GANG behind a string of high-value home burglaries has been jailed after selling thousands of euros’ worth of stolen goods through a Malaga jewellery

2 Feb, 2026 @ 14:08

Costa del Sol·crime·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Walking sticks and wiretaps: Fake elderly gang linked to €200k theft spree across Spain

A CRIMINAL gang who disguised themselves as elderly and disabled people are suspected of carrying out a string of high-value thefts across Spain, police have

30 Jan, 2026 @ 14:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Malaga

Police in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ intercept luxury car carrying large slab of cocaine

TWO people have been arrested in Benidorm after a car carrying a 580-gram slab of cocaine was intercepted at a police checkpoint. Two Ukrainians aged

29 Jan, 2026 @ 16:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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Costa Blanca real estate agents arrested for scamming foreign customers who ended up virtually penniless

Court blocks jury trial for Spanish PM’s wife Begoña Gomez who is accused of embezzling public money

Man convicted of animal cruelty after cameras caught him spraying acid at neighbour’s barking dog in Spain

Incredible tale of hacker, 20, who booked a room in Madrid’s Ritz hotel for just 1 cent a day and racked up €20,000 bills – but then made the most rookie mistake in the book

‘Out of control’ Polish drug user is tasered to death in front of his children in Mallorca

Dangerous Swedish gangster and bomb maker is tracked down hiding out in ‘capsule’ hotel in Madrid

Facebook ‘love scam’ gang in Spain cons woman into paying out €216k

Barcelona pickpocket pipeline revealed as driver is caught smuggling over 150 stolen phones to Morocco

WATCH: Europe’s biggest fake perfume factory offering knock-off Chanel, Dior and Gucci is uncovered in northern Spain

Horrified patients witness fatal stabbing of nurse by ex-boyfriend at medical centre in Spain

Mystery solved after human skull found in Malaga drain identified as 59-year-old man who disappeared during Covid pandemic

British expats arrested for operating pirate IPTV network out of their Costa Blanca home

WATCH: How huge narco network used cars with secret compartments to smuggle tonnes of cocaine from Andalucia to Madrid

The Hotel Vistamar on the Costa del Sol is evicted after scammers ‘from Middle East’ hijack resort in €3m fraud

Massive stash of stolen bicycles and electric scooters found inside Costa Blanca house

Passenger head-butts and breaks teeth of female Ryanair worker after she told him his luggage was too big

British man arrested for pre-Christmas killing of fellow Brit, 29, on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Thieves steal over two dozen V-16 emergency lights in one night from parked cars in Costa Blanca town

Spain’s corrupt police chief ‘helped smuggle 58 tonnes of cocaine worth €2 billion’ while head of the Economic Crimes unit

Depraved father live-streams sex assaults on underage daughter in Spain while seedy subscribers paid in crypto to watch

Police swoop on luxury watch thieves in the UK over string of thefts worth half a million in Mallorca and Ibiza

Kindergarden owner in Spain is arrested for allegedly hitting and locking up children

Home invasion crew nabbed after €200,000 loot bust on Costa del sol

Walking sticks and wiretaps: Fake elderly gang linked to €200k theft spree across Spain

Police in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ intercept luxury car carrying large slab of cocaine

British tourists make up over half of Benidorm’s hotel bookings in something ‘not seen for a long time’

Divers and drones deployed in search for missing American tourist – as police reveal he didn’t leave Barcelona night club alone

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves rolls into Madrid to sign series of deals including €20bn investment plan

Energy shock fears mount after Iranian attack on vital Qatar plant sends gas prices soaring by 25%

Ukraine signs deal with Spanish defence company to build air defence missiles after Pedro Sanchez makes €1 billion investment pledge

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