Tag: investigation
Police in Spain’s Murcia resort to DNA testing to identify victims of horrific nightclub fire
THE NATIONAL POLICE on Wednesday identified the last of the 13 victims who died in the horrific fire that ripped through two nightclubs in...
LOUNGER WARS: hotheads battle in the Costa del Sol
A FOUR-STAR Costa del Sol hotel reportedly hired a bouncer to prevent Brits and other tourists from fighting over sunbeds.
Sunset Beach Club, in Benalmadena,...
Spain investigates side-effects of weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Saxenda
SPAIN'S Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) has begun an investigation into weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Saxenda for possible side effects not mentioned...
CASHING OUT: Globix boss led ‘lavish lifestyle’ splashing half a million at Louis Vuitton and €80,000 at Fendi
THE lavish outlays of a crypto-currency conman exposed by the Olive Press were laid bare in court this week.
Gibraltar Supreme Court heard how Gibraltarian...
EXCLUSIVE: Costa del Sol-based expat allegedly scammed many Brits with insurance policies
AN expat who the Olive Press exposed as a holiday rental fraudster also took money for fake insurance policies.
Juliette de Courcy Withey allegedly scammed...
EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: PP candidate for mayor in Mojacar (Almeria) allegedly misused municipality funds to benefit his father’s business
PP candidate for mayor of Mojacar Francisco ‘Fran’ Garcia allegedly misused municipality funds to benefit his father's business
Garcia is said to have bought over...
EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: Giant Cala Mosca Developer Gomendio made threats to councillors for the project approval
A GIANT developer behind the controversial plan to build thousands of houses on one of the last virgin stretches of Costa Blanca coastline has...
Spain probes electricity companies over hiking up low prices for French buyers
SPAIN is investigating 35 electricity companies over allegedly selling cheap power at hiked prices to French buyers.
The probe has been launched by Spain's competition...
Fuengirola chief commissioner arrested for revealing secrets
The commissioner for the National Police in Fuengirola, Jose Maria Tocornal, was arrested on Monday 6 for omission of his duty to pursue crimes,...
Spain investigates leading energy companies over delays to customers wanting cheapest gas tariff
SPAIN'S competition regulator, the CNMC, will probe the country's four leading gas suppliers over not doing enough to help consumers wanting to get onto...
WATCH: Two Spanish police officers in hot water over video showing them enjoying local fiesta a little too much
TWO officers have found themselves under investigation after a video showing them joining in local fiestas in Menorca over the weekend went viral.
The pair...
Family call for justice after British father-of-two dies in Magaluf after ‘police knelt on him’
A British father of two died after he was allegedly beat up by bouncers outside a Magaluf club and then ‘knelt on by police...
Spain threatens oil companies as filling station prices continue to spiral upward
SPAIN'S Finance Minister, Nadia Calviño, has blasted a warning to oil companies who are hiking petrol pump prices despite a 20 cent per litre...
Tragedy averted as passengers are rescued from sinking pleasure boat in icy waters off Spain’s Murcia coast
A popular tourist boat, the Ole catamaran, sunk off Cartagena on Sunday afternoon with 33 passengers, including six children, on board.
A Red Cross rescue...
WATCH: ‘Reckless’ driver in Spain ‘races’ AVE highspeed train at 220kph as police launch investigation
The speed limit was 120 kph
Spain’s conservative PP party funds ‘Cambridge Analytica-style’ dirty ad campaign targeting left wing voters in run-up to election
Advertising was ‘distributed in neighbourhoods that traditionally support the PSOE or United Podemos’
WATCH: First episode of new Olive Press TV show rounding up biggest news stories across Spain and Andalucia
Every fortnight Olive Press journalists break down the biggest news stories of the last two weeks across Andalucia and Spain
OPINION: It’s taken weeks, but finally our investigation into Nadine Dijkman, a shady expat on Spain’s Costa del Sol,...
We obviously hope a police probe will eventually lead to justice, but either way we’re pleased that our readers have now been warned about entrusting their money to this pair.
Almost 30 suspected drug traffickers who hid hashish in trucks arrested in Spain’s Andalucia
The rest of the trailers were filled up with ordinary merchandise to avoid suspicion.
INVESTIGATION: Shady expat estate agent denounced after taking €300,000 into her personal account for property purchase in Spain’s Andalucia
In the shocking claim filed with police, the couple, from Berlin, believe she is now shutting her company and intends to leave Spain, ‘predictably to Dubai’.
Woman in Spain who put boyfriend’s head in a box and gave it to friend claiming it was sex...
She allegedly used his phone to text his family saying he was fine and staying in Asturias and Galicia.
Hunt for dead baby ‘thrown into river’ by 16-year-old father
Police indicated that a minor attempted to bury his child before opting to throw the boy into the mouth of the Bosos river. police indicated that a minor attempted to bury his child before opting to throw the boy into the mouth of the Bosos river.
Man stabbed to death and girlfriend hospitalised in car attack in Spain’s Andalucia
Medical professionals rushed to the scene but they were unable to save the man’s life.
Mum shot dead with shotgun on Spain’s Costa del Sol before police arrest her ‘schizophrenic’ son
At age 14 the man is believed to have obtained a weapons license and had several firearms in the house
Manhunt launched after dog KILLED by ‘poisoned’ food at popular dog beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca, with four other...
Whilst police investigate who may be responsible, council workers are combing the area and the neighbouring beaches of Cobaticas and Playa Gachero for further traces
WATCH: Secret filming reveals Goldcar staff ‘BULLY’ tourists and charge ‘€300 for scratch’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol and...
In Europe, customers are not required to buy additional insurance when renting a car and are covered with ‘basic’ insurance by law
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Animal shelter popular with British expats is ordered to close ‘for making too much noise’ on Spain’s Costa del...
AN animal shelter on Spain’s Costa del Sol has been forced to close for ‘making too much noise’.
It comes after neighbours complained about the...
