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WATCH: Police arrest love-hug robbery gang that struck in tourist areas of Spain and parcelled up stolen goods to Romania

A LOVE-HUG robbery gang has been busted by the Policia Nacional and their Romanian counterparts in an operation coordinated by Europol. 21 arrests have been

14 Apr, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Millions of illegal cigarettes seized as police bust gang who exported product from Spain

Millions of illegal cigarettes seized as police bust factories in Spain

A MASSIVE counterfeit cigarette racket has been busted in Alicante province. The gang had a network of factories and warehouses making and distributing the fake

11 Apr, 2025 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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: Police in Spain bust importers of 2,000 tons of counterfeit sports shirts, watches, and phones shipped from China

THE Policia Nacional has busted a network of companies importing nearly 2,000 tons of counterfeit goods into the EU from China since 2023. Since the

24 Dec, 2024 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain launches crackdown on Chinese mafia: Police make 22 arrests in Catalunya

A MASSIVE police sting against a Chinese drug trafficking and money laundering gang based in Catalunya has so far resulted in 22 arrests. The swoops

26 Nov, 2024 @ 19:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

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

Crackdown on migrant smugglers in Spain: Police arrest 77 members of international criminal network

A MAJOR migrant smuggling gang has been busted by the Policia Nacional in association with Europol and the US Homeland Security department. The international crew

8 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

The joint operation into Islamic State propaganda

Nine arrests in Spain as Guardia Civil and FBI bust Islamic State’s ‘biggest terrorist propaganda operation’

SPAIN’S Civil Guard and the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have broken up what they say was the ‘biggest propaganda operation’ ever seen linked

16 Jun, 2024 @ 13:19

Crime & Law·Lead

Russian mafia bosses who ‘operated stolen car ring across 10 countries’ are arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

TWO Russians have been arrested in Spain for allegedly masterminding a criminal gang that used vulnerable Ukrainians to steal and sell rental cars. The organisation

3 Jun, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Is your cash FAKE? Police in Spain issue warning about counterfeit Euro coins – this is how you spot them

A GANG making fake two-euro coins has been brought down by the Policia Nacional in a joint operation with Europol and Catalunya’s Mossos d’Esquadra. It

25 Apr, 2024 @ 11:37

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Have you bought a car on the Costa Blanca? How it might have been stolen from Europe and passed off as a Spanish vehicle

AUTHORITIES have arrested a Costa Blanca gang that stole and cloned details of European cars and changed them to look like Spanish vehicles for sale

26 Mar, 2024 @ 14:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Marbella gang who ‘stole more than €4.5m’ thanks to their safe-cracking skills are finally brought down after raiding a hotel near the Eiffel Tower in Paris

POLICE in France and Spain have joined forces to arrest three men who allegedly broke into safes at luxury hotel complexes in Paris and different

21 Sep, 2023 @ 15:54

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Malaga·Marbella

EXCLUSIVE: Brit and Irishman among the 23 members of a major Costa del Sol based drug gang arrested across Europe

A BRIT and an Irishman have been arrested for allegedly being part of a major Costa del Sol based drug gang that has been dismantled

7 Aug, 2023 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Must Read

Three of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THREE of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Calpe on the Costa

2 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Yet another international human trafficking ring bringing people to Spain brought down

HUGE raids carried out across Spain saw a transnational criminal organisation suspected of illegally trafficking Cuban citizens into the country via Serbia dismantled. The enormous

24 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Two members of Europe-wide hotel safe robbery gang arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in a joint operation with the Mossos d’Esquadra, have arrested two members of a gang that stole from hotel room safes across

14 Jul, 2023 @ 11:15

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

Police Smash Drug Smuggling Gang Hiding Narcotics In Potato Lorries Travelling From Spain To Poland

Police smash drug traffickers hiding stashes in potato lorries travelling from Spain to Poland

POLICE in Spain and Poland have brought down an international drug trafficking gang that shipped in large amounts of drugs hidden in lorries transporting potatoes.

1 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Sex Exploitation Gang Busted With 15 Female And Male Victims Freed In Spain's Murcia

Sex trafficking gang busted with 15 female and male victims freed in Spain’s Murcia

TWO BROTHELS that sexually exploited people brought in mainly from Columbia have been closed down by the Policia Nacional in the Murcia region. The businesses

19 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

One Of Europe's 'most Wanted' Criminals Is Arrested At Murcia Area Shopping Centre In Spain

One of Europe’s ‘most wanted’ criminals arrested at Murcia shopping centre in Spain

A violent Dutch fugitive who escaped from a court-ordered mental institution in June 2021 has been arrested in a Murcia City shopping centre. Sherwin W

1 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Illegal Cigarette Factories In Spain Exploited Ukrainian Refugees With Andalucia Gang Leaders Living In Luxury

Illegal cigarette factories in Spain exploit Ukrainian refugees as Andalucia gang leaders lived in luxury

THREE clandestine cigarette factories have been closed down by the Guardia Civil and Europol with products with a retail value of €37.5 million seized. 27

23 Jan, 2023 @ 11:41

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s National Police arrest one of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Criminals in Madrid

SPAIN’S National Police force has detained one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Michael J. Pratt. The suspect, a 40-year-old from New Zealand, was

23 Dec, 2022 @ 15:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Criminal gang in Spain charged up to €20,000 for Pakistani nationals to travel from Bosnia

EIGHT people have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for illegally bringing Pakistani nationals into Spain and charging between €12,000 and €20,000 per person for

22 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

Alicante·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Dozens Of Properties In Spain Worth €25 Million Seized And Member Of Russian Money Laundering Gang Arrested In Canary Islands

Dozens of properties in Spain seized with Russian money laundering gang member arrested in Canary Islands

A woman has been arrested in Tenerife as part of a probe into a crime gang suspected of laundering dirty money linked to the €219

14 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Robbery Gang Based In Spain's Valencia Stole From At Least 40 Homes Across The Country

Robbers with base in Spain’s Valencia plundered at least 40 homes across seven provinces

SEVEN people have been arrested for robbing at least 40 homes across Spain- netting money and valuables worth around €800,000. The Albanian gang based themselves

8 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Illegal Horse Meat Gang Banked €4.5 Million Selling Sick Animals From Farm In Spain's Valencia

Horse meat gang banked €4.5 million by selling sick animals from Valencia farm in Spain

A joint Guardia Civil and Europol operation has dismantled a criminal gang that illegally marketed horses to be slaughtered for meat that was not fit

1 Dec, 2022 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Lone female on Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ list detained in Ecuador for running Costa Blanca prostitution ring

POLICE have caught one of Spain’s top ten ‘Most Wanted’ fugitives hiding out in a town on the Columbia-Ecuador border. Viviana Andrea Vallejo Gutierrez, 36,

1 Nov, 2022 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Serbian drugs gang exported €2 million of marijuana annually from Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

A Serbian drugs gang operating out of the Alicante and Valencia areas of Spain has been brought down in an international police operation. Europol said

31 Oct, 2022 @ 15:28

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