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Fake Insurance Claims Soared In Spain During Start Of Covid 19 Pandemic

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Fake insurance claims soared in Spain during first year of COVID-19 pandemic

Alex Trelinski - 31 Jan, 2022 @ 20:10

BOGUS insurance claims rose by 21% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to Linea Directa's 'Insurance Fraud Barometer' published on Monday. The insurer says there...

Andalucia

Rival Swedish gangs based on the Costa del Sol involved in Fuengirola shooting

Ron Howells - 12 Nov, 2021 @ 09:19

THE National Police have arrested seven members of two extremely violent Swedish criminal gangs in the towns of Malaga, Marbella, Fuengirola and Alicante. The gangs, based on the Costa del Sol, have...

Valencian Community

All Saints’ Day shooting at cemetery in Spain’s Valencia was revenge attack

Ron Howells - 4 Nov, 2021 @ 12:30

THE family of the Valencia shooting sought a revenge attack from an incident that occurred five years ago. The Policia Nacional in Valencia have launched...

Andalucia

Irish mobster Gerry the Monk Hutch arrested in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol

Dilip Kuner - 13 Aug, 2021 @ 13:57

AN Irish gang boss implicated in the notorious Regency Hotel boxing event shooting in Dublin has been arrested on the Costa del Sol. Gerry ‘The...

Andalucia

Drug gang that robbed other gangs on Costa del Sol dismantled by Spain’s Guardia Civil

Dimitris Kouimtsidis - 8 Jul, 2020 @ 16:40

A DRUGS gang that robbed other drug gangs on the Costa del Sol has been dismantled by the Guardia Civil.

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Brit fugitive arrested in Spain on conspiracy to murder charges remanded in custody by Manchester court

Dilip Kuner - 17 Jun, 2020 @ 14:34

A BRITON extradited from Spain has appeared in court charged with conspiracy to murder. Jamie Rothwell, 33, was detained by Policia Nacional in Barcelona last...

Andalucia

Old man shot dead on balcony on Spain’s Costa del Sol in firefight between rival gangs

Dilip Kuner - 7 Feb, 2020 @ 07:33

Police carried out several raids on homes in the city through the night, reportedly finding ammunition suitable for Ak-47 assault rifles

Crime & Law

Spain to deport up to 130 Latin American gang leaders from Madrid

Imogen Calderwood - 28 Feb, 2015 @ 14:00

The new initiative aims to break up criminal organisations before they take hold

Andalucia

Hells Angels drug supplier arrested in Madrid

Rob Horgan - 16 Oct, 2014 @ 17:02

Hells Angels money launderer arrested in Madrid after a year hiding out in Malaga

Andalucia

Southern Spain is the animal trafficking gateway to Europe

Rob Horgan - 11 Sep, 2014 @ 16:37

Authorities in southern Spain are fighting against Europe’s growing animal trafficking problem

Andalucia

Police to clamp down on Spain’s criminal biker gangs

Rob Horgan - 28 Aug, 2014 @ 10:37

Spanish authorities pledge to prevent a criminal biker gang culture from developing

Andalucia

Spanish police arrest 35 in crackdown on violent Latin American gangs

Imogen Calderwood - 25 Mar, 2014 @ 16:25

Knives, fake guns, drugs and documents were also seized in raids across the country

Andalucia

Drugs clampdown

Claire Wilson - 15 Oct, 2013 @ 11:00

Two drug gangs closed in Velez Malaga

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People smuggling crackdown in Spain and the UK

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 29 Nov, 2012 @ 08:00

UK Border Agency and Guardia Civil arrest 19 as part of operation MARLO

Andalucia

Return of the Spanish highwayman

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 12 Aug, 2012 @ 13:59

British motorists in Spain warned to watch out for elaborate scams that have fooled thousands

Cadiz

Arrests for selling ‘entry tickets’ to Gibraltar

Wendy Williams - 3 Nov, 2011 @ 09:15

La Linea mayor has vowed to work with the enclave to fight the ‘scoundrel frontier gangs’

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The late flamenco singer, Camaron de la Isla, has his own museum

Staff Reporter - 30 Sep, 2022 @ 17:15

A museum in San Fernando (Cadiz) to honour late flamenco singer Camaron de la Isla has thrown the artist into the spotlight three decades...

GBP/EUR exchange rate crashes as UK mini-budget triggers run on the pound

30 Sep, 2022 @ 16:46

Guardia Civil agents injured while catching hash smugglers in Gibraltar Campo city

30 Sep, 2022 @ 16:24

Partido Popular of Marbella will ask the Spanish government to declare Marbella’s promenade a ‘space of public interest’ in...

30 Sep, 2022 @ 16:11

UK Gambling Commission fines Gibraltar-based Betfred nearly £3 million for not checking on hooked gamblers

30 Sep, 2022 @ 15:09

Gibraltar port gives owners May 30 ultimatum to remove oil-polluting ship from its coastal grave

30 Sep, 2022 @ 13:10

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Ibiza / Eivissa town – € 320,000

30 Sep, 2022 @ 13:05

Ryanair has announced that it will operate 17% more flights to Malaga this winter

30 Sep, 2022 @ 13:03

File Giorgia Meloni, Leader Of The 'brothers Of Italy'

Father of next Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was jailed for 9 years in Spain for trafficking 1,500 kilos...

30 Sep, 2022 @ 11:40

Costa Blanca judge orders deportation of Moroccan brothers after their arrest in terror funding probe by Spain's National Court

British man extradited from Spain to face far-right terror charges

30 Sep, 2022 @ 11:30

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PREHISTORIC SPAIN: Late Neolithic site discovered in Malaga’s Alhaurin de la Torre

30 Sep, 2022 @ 09:15

First snowfall of the season in Spain’s Sierra Nevada

30 Sep, 2022 @ 08:45

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