Teenager suffers brain damage after brutal assault by ‘up to 20 mad men’ near Costa Blanca nightclub
A MOTHER has appealed for witnesses to come forward after her son was beaten up close to an Alicante night club early last Sunday morning.
Police probe whether Italian mafia executed two men- including gang leader- in same area of Spain
THE Guardia Civil are investigating whether two killings in the same area of the Murcia region on Tuesday were linked to the Italian mafia. The
Mystery in Formentera as tourism boss wakes up to find his Italian girlfriend, 45, dead in his apartment
AN Italian entrepreneur who awoke to find his girlfriend dead in his Formentera apartment has been cleared of suspicion – but the woman’s death remains
Man ran residency fraud with his mother illegally getting free health treatment on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN ALICANTE man has been accused of running a residency scam for his family which allowed his mother to get €9,000 of free public health
Shock in Marbella as 84-year-old man repeatedly stabs his wife, 83, to death
AN 84-year-old Marbella man has been arrested for fatally stabbing his wife, 83, at their home. A court on Monday placed him into pre-trial detention
Brit living in Mallorca who ‘shattered eye’ of passerby is finally arrested – after trying to ‘lay low and blend back into daily life’
A BRITISH expat in Palma has been arrested over a brutal August assault that left the victim partially blinded. The Policia Nacional detained the suspect
Brit detained at Palma airport on drug trafficking warrant from South Korea
A BRITISH man was arrested at Palma de Mallorca airport after the Policia Nacional discovered he was wanted for drug offences in South Korea. The
Police arrest man who stole €7k of jewellery from his aunt and was flying to UK from Costa Blanca airport
A MAN stole €7,000 of jewellery from his aunt and was arrested before he could board a UK-bound flight at Alicante-Elche airport. Authorities have not
Spain’s Attorney General to stand trial over allegations he leaked secret files on the Madrid president’s boyfriend
THE Supreme Court has announced a November trial of Spain’s Attorney General over alleged leaking details about the partner of a leading opposition figure. 40
French murder fugitive chased on Costa Blanca motorway with vehicle towing stolen boat
A FRENCH fugitive wanted for murder stole a boat from his native country but was arrested on a Costa Blanca motorway- after the craft’s GPS
British expat conned out of €310k in Mallorca pyramid scam involving two Swedes and a Brit
THREE people have been arrested in Mallorca over a pyramid scam that swindled victims out of at least half-a-million euros. A British expat says he
Ex-mayor committed fraud over ‘illegal’ villas sold to British buyers in picturesque Alicante area town
A FORMER mayor of Lliber, Jose Mas, has been convicted of fraud over licences granted to the building of 290 illegal villas. The properties were
Ex-police chief cleared of hate crime charge after saying ‘virtually all arrests’ in Spain involve foreigners
A FORMER Valencia police commissioner has been cleared of committing a hate crime after claiming that most immigrants arriving by boat in Spain are criminals.
Homeless man stabbed to death with umbrella during sleeping area argument in Valencia
A ROW between two homeless men in a Valencia doorway escalated into a violent assault with one of them fatally stabbed by part of an
Squatters spark outrage by calling police on three burglars trying to break into ‘their’ home in Malaga town
A GROUP of Malaga area squatters called police to say the property they were occupying illegally was being robbed. The break-in happened on September 22,
WATCH: Drunk British stag party en route to Benidorm are removed by police after forcing Ryanair plane to land in France
AN UNRULY drunken British mob jetting off on a Benidorm stag weekend forced an Ryanair flight to Alicante-Elche airport to land at Toulouse-Blagnac in France.
OnlyFans model and wife of John George murder suspect arrested for drug trafficking on Costa Blanca
THE wife of the alleged killer of John George, whose body was found dumped in a Costa Blanca ditch last January, has been arrested after
Crafty burglars used glue threads on front doors to check if Costa Blanca homes were unoccupied
A BURGLARY gang used glue to confirm that homes were empty before ransacking them. The two ring-leaders of the Torrevieja-based crew were jailed after a
Spanish police catch narcos dumping drugs into the Strait of Gibraltar and seize almost seven tonnes
THE Guardia Civil has seized almost seven tonnes of hashish after stopping two drug shipments in the Strait of Gibraltar. The operation took place over
Spanish professor who heads up Russian cyber terrorism cell named in Europe’s most wanted list
A SPANISH academic once welcomed as an expert on terrorism and extremism has now been branded a cyberterrorist and placed on Europe’s “most wanted” list.
Retired police chief-turned-security boss for top Spanish company ‘attacks three cops in Madrid restaurant while heavily intoxicated’
A RETIRED police chief inspector in charge of security for a top Spanish Ibex 35-listed company has been arrested for assault at a Madrid restaurant.
REVEALED: The top crime hot spots on Spain’s Costa Blanca in first half of 2025
ALICANTE province’s crime rate has risen by 4.7% during the first six months of 2025- compared to the same period last year. The figures from
Benidorm police catch French fugitive jailed for 10 years for drug and sex offences
A FRENCH fugitive who skipped a 10-year prison sentence was caught driving around Benidorm with bogus ID documents on him. He had been jailed for
Man is shot dead at ‘point blank range’ in front of shocked town centre shoppers in Valencia
A MAN was shot dead in the centre of Xirivella- outside Valencia City- amidst multiple eye-witnesses at around 9.45am on Thursday. The brazen assassin escaped
Tranquil Costa del Sol resort town has seen a shocking rise in crime – with sex attacks jumping 133% in a year
ESTEPONA, long considered one of the quieter corners of the Costa del Sol, has seen crime rise sharply in the first half of 2025. The
Costa Blanca bank phone scam conned victims across Spain out of €100k
SEVEN people have been arrested on the Costa Blanca for being part of a phone scam where 42 victims across Spain were conned out of
