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Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Military aeroplane equipment smugglers arrested in Spain with gear destined for Russia

THE Policia Nacional and Tax Agency have arrested two people in the Basque Country for smuggling military aeronautical equipment to Russia- breaching an EU ban

5 Apr, 2023 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead

British Men Arrested For Kissing And Groping Semi Conscious British Woman Inside Valencia Nightclub In Spain

British men arrested in Spain’s Valencia for sex assault on British woman inside beach area nightclub

TWO British men have been arrested by Valencia’s Policia Local for sexually assaulting a British woman inside a popular beach area nightclub in the city

5 Apr, 2023 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Scammer With Nearly 600 Identities Stayed In Hotels Across Spain And Had Over 300 Bank Accounts

Scammer with 576 stolen identities stayed in hotels across Spain and had over 300 bank accounts

A MAN from the Murcia region may have earned the title of the biggest individual scammer in Spain. The Policia Nacional only this week revealed

5 Apr, 2023 @ 12:17

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Gang produces bogus documents to get people identified as Ukraine refugees on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE in Torrevieja have busted a group who produced fake documents for East Europeans for them to mascarade as Ukraine nationals fleeing the war in

5 Apr, 2023 @ 11:21

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

Key figure in multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam is arrested at Barcelona airport in Spain

EXCLUSIVE: Liquidators probing Globix close in on suspicious payments taken out of the company

THE bosses of a beleaguered crypto company ‘took out €11 million’ just months before the company collapsed, it can be revealed. Documents seen by the

4 Apr, 2023 @ 19:53

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read

Police officer has part of ear bitten off during squatter showdown in Spain’s Valencia area

THREE Alaquas Policia Local officers were injured on Monday evening when responding to a call about noise coming from a building occupied by squatters. Police

4 Apr, 2023 @ 18:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police Seize Biggest Cocaine Stash 'for Years' In Spain's Costa Blanca

Police seize biggest cocaine stash seen ‘for years’ in Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have seized what they described as the ‘largest cocaine stash seen for years’ in Alicante province. 35 kilos of the drug was

4 Apr, 2023 @ 14:43

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

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

Woman refuses to move in with ex-boyfriend and is killed by him in Spain’s Andalucia

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has arrested a 30-year-old man in Huelva province after he stabbed his former girlfriend to death after she refused to live with

4 Apr, 2023 @ 11:07

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

Prostitute ring that threatened exploited women with voodoo to be tried in Malaga

The Provincial Court of Malaga will try four people for allegedly forcing Nigerian women into prostitution. The defendants, two men and two women, practised voodoo

3 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Infamous Teenage Hacker Arrested And Jailed By Court In Spain's Madrid

Infamous teenage hacker called ‘Alcasec’ jailed by court in Spain’s Madrid

THE NATIONAL COURT imprisoned a teenage cybercriminal on Monday for accessing a server where all documents related to criminal trials in Spain are kept. 19-year-old

3 Apr, 2023 @ 17:35

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Two Men Accused Of Killing British Businessman Are Bailed After Three Years Behind Bars In Spain's Andalucia

Two men accused of killing British businessman are bailed by court in Spain’s Andalucia

TWO MEN accused of the 2019 murder of a British businessman on the Costa del Sol have been bailed by a Fuengirola court. Aaron Asquith,

3 Apr, 2023 @ 16:08

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Murcia

Vending Machine Thief Armed With Drill Caught In Special Police Operation In Spain's Valencia

Spain’s Civil Guard busts gang scamming holidaymakers with adverts that were too good to be true

THE SPANISH Civil Guard has busted a gang that was allegedly scamming holidaymakers by offering fake accommodation, as part of an operation dubbed ‘Rent Scam’.

2 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Travel News

The true-life Galician tragedy that inspired hit Spanish movie ‘The Beasts’

THE 2022 Spanish film As Bestas, known in English as The Beasts, is a taught, almost unbearably tense thriller. It tells the story of a

31 Mar, 2023 @ 16:18

Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead

British tourist arrested for attempted murder after deliberately driving into two people on Spain's Mallorca

British tourist arrested for attempted murder after driving into two people on Spain’s Mallorca

A BRITISH tourist, 29, has been arrested in Magaluf for attempted murder after deliberately driving into two people he had argued with earlier on Thursday

31 Mar, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

13 new victims of alleged pedophile have been found

A man arrested last September accused of sexually assaulting five minors between 10 and 12 years of age has been linked to 13 new victims.

31 Mar, 2023 @ 12:45

Almeria·Granada·Lead·Murcia

Angry Benidorm residents to stage protest this weekend over big local tax rises

British man arrested in Spain’s Benidorm after stabbing customer in ‘English Zone’ bar argument

A British man has been arrested after stabbing a man he was arguing with at a Benidorm bar in the city’s ‘English Zone’ on Thursday

31 Mar, 2023 @ 12:00

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

British man accused of stabbing wife to death is jailed by court on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 69-YEAR-OLD British man has been jailed as investigations continue into Sunday’s killing of his wife at their Lomas de Cabo Roig urbanisation home on

30 Mar, 2023 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Irish man stabs fellow tourist in Benidorm holiday apartments on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FIGHT involving two Irish holidaymakers staying in a Benidorm tourist apartment ended up with one of them being stabbed and requiring hospital treatment. The

30 Mar, 2023 @ 16:46

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

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Death of a man in Costa del Sol investigated as a possible murder

The Guardia Civil is investigating the circumstances of the death of a Czech national near a beach in Maro, a small village in Nerja. The

30 Mar, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·Malaga

Hospital in Spain's Valencia becomes first in Europe to implant miniature pacemaker in premature baby

Lebanese mutlimillionaire sentenced to prison for attempted illegal organ transfer in Valencia

A Lebanese multimillionaire has been sentenced to eight months in prison by the Provincial Court of Valencia after attempting to buy a liver. Hatem Akkouche,

29 Mar, 2023 @ 21:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia

Exposed: Hidden brothel behind a bar in upmarket resort on Spain's Costa Blanca which 'forced women to perform sex acts for 12 hours per day'

Former Benidorm policeman ran brothel exploiting young women on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE brothel owner who exploited young, vulnerable and underage women has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The 50-year-old Spaniard ordered his victims to

29 Mar, 2023 @ 14:37

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

Couple in Spain’s Valencia attack alleged killer of their son with a knife

A COUPLE in Valencia were arrested on Tuesday after using a knife to attack a minor who is accused of killing their son in 2021.

28 Mar, 2023 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Drug Traffickers Growing Marijuana For Export Are Detained On Spain's Costa Blanca

Drug traffickers busted for growing marijuana for export on Spain’s Costa Blanca

NINE Albanian men have been arrested, with all bar one of them jailed, for growing marijuana destined for the European market. A joint Guardia Civil-Policia

28 Mar, 2023 @ 13:08

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