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Man arrested for hidden toilet videos in Spain's Valencia

Man hides in bathroom to make videos of women and children in Spain’s Valencia

A 27-YEAR-OLD Romanian man has been arrested after spending 44 minutes making hidden videos in the women’s bathroom at a Valencia shopping centre. Security cameras confirmed the duration of his bathroom stay,

9 Dec, 2023 @ 09:40

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Exposed: How a gang paid Spanish women to marry foreign expats in bid to gain them residency

THE Policia Nacional have arrested 32 people in Andalucia for their involvement in a ‘marriage of convenience’ scam that enabled foreigners to get Spanish residency. Spaniards, North Africans and Moroccans were detained

7 Dec, 2023 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Cordoba·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Malaga

Car salesman cons customers out of €100,000 in Spain's Murcia

Car salesman cons customers out of €100,000 in southern Spain

A SECOND-HAND car salesman from Cartagena has been arrested for scamming seven victims out of €100,000. The 36-year-old Spaniard worked at an undisclosed dealership and the Guardia Civil are continuing their probe

7 Dec, 2023 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Murcia

Imam and Arabic teacher who ‘tried to turn children into jihadists’ is arrested in Spain

AN IMAM who worked as an Arabic language teacher at a Madrid mosque has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for trying to radicalise minors. The 44-year-old man is accused of trying

7 Dec, 2023 @ 12:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Drug cartel members who used cocaine profits to buy hundreds of El Gordo lottery tickets are arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FAMILY gang selling cocaine laundered their proceeds by buying Christmas Lottery tickets with the hopes of scooping a bigger return from their criminal activities. Two women and a man- all Spaniards-

6 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

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

Music event ticket seller cons dozens of people across Spain who end up out of pocket

A FRAUDSTER conned at least 58 people by selling bogus music concert tickets online with customers getting nothing or at best- just a fake ticket. A woman has been arrested by the

5 Dec, 2023 @ 10:45

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Olive oil mafia which ‘sold fake extra virgin shipments abroad’ is exposed following raids in Spain and Italy

THE Guardia Civil has arrested 11 people in Spain and Italy for belonging to a gang trading tampered olive oil. Authorities have seized 16 containers with over 5,200 litres of oil ready

4 Dec, 2023 @ 16:24

Andalucia·Cordoba·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

Mother warns girls in Spain are being targeted by pimps on TikTok and Instagram after her daughter was roped into prostitution and killed by a sadomasochist

THE MOTHER of a 20-year-old woman who was murdered just over a year ago in Madrid has warned that girls in Spain are being targeted by ‘escort and model’ agencies via social

4 Dec, 2023 @ 12:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Fraudsters posing as Denzel Washington and Hugh Jackman scam victims out of €75,000 on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE COSTA del Scam strikes again with victims losing €75,000 to fraudsters posing as famous Hollywood actors. Policia Nacional have reported numerous cases in which victims are contacted by so-called stars on

4 Dec, 2023 @ 12:28

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Illegal taxi boat service shipping migrants and drugs worth €3 million is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has busted a ‘taxi-boat’ gang that shipped over a total 68 kilos of drugs worth over €3 million to Algeria and returned to Spain with illegal migrants. Six Algerians

4 Dec, 2023 @ 11:32

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Valencian Community

Young squatter in Spain faces losing her ARM after sticking it in a barrel of cement to avoid being kicked out during huge police raid on ‘okupa’ building

A FEMALE squatter could lose her arm after putting it into a barrel of cement during a police raid in Catalunya. Mossos d’Esquadra officers entered the Lakasa Estudinou building in Santa Coloma

1 Dec, 2023 @ 19:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

German man is arrested after ‘stabbing his own mother’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Police arrive at scene to discover victim ‘with knife still in her back’

A GERMAN man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing his own mother in the back. Police received a call at around 4pm on Saturday, November 25. They arrived to find the 61-year-old

1 Dec, 2023 @ 14:14

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

How a French mafia made a Marbella man’s life a living hell, including torture, kidnappings and near-fatal beatings after he refused to sell them his business

A MARBELLA man has gone through hell at the hands of the French mafia after he refused to sell them his business, enduring beatings, kidnappings and torture . National police have detained

29 Nov, 2023 @ 17:05

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Mamma Mia! Italian family-run pizzeria is exposed as a front for mafia’s drug trafficking ring on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Italian-owned pizzeria on the Costa Blanca served up cocaine and hashish to its customers along with its more traditional fare according to the Policia Nacional. A father and son used their

29 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British expat’s home is taken over by squatters who turn it into mammoth marijuana farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO people have been arrested for running an indoor marijuana farm out of an Aspe property belonging to a British national who died in 2022. The Spaniards, aged 54 and 28, identified

28 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

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

British man arrested in drug den selling marijuana to tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AT LEAST one British man was part of a ten-strong group arrested for their role in a bogus l’Alfas del Pi ‘social club’ that acted as a front for drugs sales. An

28 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

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

Prostitution soars in Marbella as pimps across Spain move to running operations out of apartments – thanks to legal loophole

MARBELLA has become a prostitution hotspot after a legal loophole lets pimps operate out of unassuming apartments. In the centre of Marbella, people explore the old town, enjoy cocktails and sunbathe at

28 Nov, 2023 @ 11:01

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Ay, caramba! Moment a huge €130m haul of ‘Bart Simpson cocaine’ sent from South America is seized in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has seized 600 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container on a Quart de Poblet industrial estate in Valencia province. Some of the cocaine packs- with a total retail

27 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter

British tourist has expensive gold chain stolen by Benidorm ‘love hug’ thief who foolishly publishes social media photos of her showing it off

A WOMAN stole a gold chain from a British tourist in Benidorm but was arrested days later after posting social media images of her wearing it. The Brit was waiting for an

27 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

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

Man arrested in Madrid after allegedly murdering 25-year-old ex-wife and their five-year-old daughter

POLICE in Madrid have arrested a 26-year-old man after he allegedly stabbed to death both his 25-year-old ex-wife and their five-year-old daughter. The shocking crime took place in the Carabanchel district in

27 Nov, 2023 @ 15:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Have-a-go' shop worker dragged by robbers getaway car for 100 metres on Spain's Costa Blanca

‘Have-a-go’ shop worker dragged down the street by robbers getaway car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO robbers ran over an Alicante shop worker who clung onto the hood of their getaway car for around 100 metres. The Policia Nacional went to a store in the north of

27 Nov, 2023 @ 11:21

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

Man who kidnapped, attacked and bound a woman in Burgos has been arrested after she escaped with a CHAIN around her neck

A KIDNAP suspect has been jailed in Spain after being released on bail despite his victim turning up at a local hospital with chains still around her neck. Authorities in Miranda de

25 Nov, 2023 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Robbers travel on 'days out' to rob shop safes on Spain's Costa Blanca

Gang from Madrid which robbed safes at shopping centres on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought down

A MADRID-BASED gang travelled to the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to rob store safes in large shopping centres after hiding inside premises before closing time. The Policia Nacional have arrested five

25 Nov, 2023 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Mar Menor·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Catholic Church in Spain to pay reparations to sex abuse victims without needing a court ruling

THE Roman Catholic Church in Spain is to set up a ‘comprehensive’ reparation plan for victims of sexual abuse. The secretary general of the Episcopal Conference, Cesar Garcia Magan, announced on Friday

24 Nov, 2023 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Kidnap victim turns up at hospital in Spain with a chain and padlock around her NECK – as convicted paedophile suspect is RELEASED on bail

A KIDNAP suspect has been released on bail in Spain after a woman fled to a local hospital with chains still around her neck. Authorities in Miranda de Ebro (Burgos) have confirmed

23 Nov, 2023 @ 17:09

Crime & Law·Lead

Cult leader who ‘fed his followers mercury’ to ‘revitalise’ them and lived in a ‘cave with multiple women’ is finally arrested in southern Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL has arrested the leader of a Murcia region cult who is accused of administering mercury to his followers. The Spaniard named as Jose Manuel C. called himself Trascendencia Total

23 Nov, 2023 @ 11:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

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