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WATCH: Kidnappers are arrested after ‘abucting a Swedish tourist from Malaga airport and holding him captive for 23 DAYS as part of a €500k ransom plot’

A SWEDISH tourist has been rescued by the police after a terrifying kidnap and abduction that lasted for 23 days. His captors were demanding a

16 Apr, 2024 @ 13:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British gangster who ‘cut off young man’s fingers and subjected him to a lie detector test’ in a bid to recover a €3m cocaine debt is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH man has been arrested on suspicion of torturing an alleged drug trafficker over the loss of a €3million cocaine shipment. The 24-year-old victim

22 Dec, 2023 @ 12:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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

23 Nov, 2023 @ 17:09

Crime & Law·Lead

Three men accused of kidnapping in France arrested in Murcia

Three men who were being searched for a drug-related kidnapping in France have been arrested in Murcia. The suspects, aged 24, 26 and 22 are

25 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Crypto Businessman Kidnapped Credit Policia Nacional

Rescued crypto businessman who had been kidnapped in Malaga

A BUSINESSMAN who manages cryptocurrency wallets has been released from his kidnapping in Benalmadena (Malaga). The victim, who also trades luxury cars, was abducted by

5 May, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police detail 82 Ceuta gang members after Friday arrest of their leader in Spain’s Andalusia

POLICE have arrested 82 people alleged to be part of one of the biggest drug trafficking gangs in Spain’s Ceuta. Policia Nacional agents arrested the

26 Apr, 2023 @ 09:14

Crime & Law·Other News

Girls flee Valencia home after domestic abuse and arranged marriage threats

Parents warned after man tries to snatch teenager outside Costa del Sol sports club

Police are urging parents to accompany children at all times at a sports club on the Costa del Sol after a shocking attempted kidnapping. A

13 Mar, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Sacked Malaga worker assaults and kidnaps boss before driving him 500 kilometres to Spain's Benidorm area

Sacked Malaga worker assaults and kidnaps boss before driving him for hours to Spain’s Benidorm area

A SACKED Malaga farm worker assaulted his boss and forced him to go on a 500 kilometre car journey to the Benidorm area. The victim,

28 Feb, 2023 @ 12:01

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

Woman steals identity of a dead baby before embarking on 10-year criminal career as head of a mafia on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Woman who split from husband in UK is held captive by family for ‘exorcism’ in Spain’s Andalucia

A woman was locked up by her family for 22 days in Linares because they wanted evil spirits exorcised from her body after she split

8 Feb, 2023 @ 16:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

Gang with Italian mob links is arrested over Costa Blanca kidnapping in Spain

FOUR gang members have been arrested for kidnapping and injurying a man in Callosa de Segura. The victim was held for four days last April

11 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

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

Woman kidnapped in Spain’s Mallorca after telling knife-wielding robber she had no money

A 62-year-old woman was kidnapped from her Sant Llorenc home on Monday after telling a knife-wielding intruder that she had no money. The victim was

2 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain-wide appeal to find kidnap gang boss who snatched Costa Blanca couple during summer

Spain-wide appeal to find kidnap gang boss after snatching Costa Blanca couple to steal cryptocurrency codes

THE Guardia Civil have launched a nationwide appeal to find the mastermind behind an Alicante kidnapping plot last Summer to prise out lucrative cryptocurrency access

10 Nov, 2022 @ 18:00

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

Benidorm Mother Abandons Teenage Son In Pamplona Bar And Drives 150 Kilometres To Bilbao In Spain

Woman who stole baby from hospital in northern Spain spent all night taking selfies

MORE details have emerged of the nightmarish experience that the parents of a newborn boy went through in the Spanish city of Bilbao this week,

21 Oct, 2022 @ 16:42

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Teenage girl claims kidnapping and two days of sexual assault following 'puncturing' on Spain's Costa Blanca

Teenage girl claims two-day kidnapping and sex assault ordeal after ‘needle spiking’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A teenage girl claims she was kidnapped by two men at a northern Alicante Province beach and held in a house for two days where

9 Aug, 2022 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Bogus coppers kidnap Russian couple to get cryptocurrency wallet codes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Guardia Civil is probing the kidnapping of a Russian couple by bogus police officers in the San Juan beach area of Alicante on Sunday.

21 Jun, 2022 @ 15:51

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Premium

Disappeared Irish 'spiritual Guru' Arrested Over 2018 Sex Assault On Spain's Ibiza

Fugitive Irish ‘spiritual guru’ who lived like ‘homeless man’ is arrested over 2018 sex assault on Spain’s Ibiza

AN Irish man has been arrested in Ibiza over an accusation of sexual assault dating back to 2018. In a separate case, Michael Murray, 58,

20 Apr, 2022 @ 14:52

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

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

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 been

12 Nov, 2021 @ 09:19

Crime & Law·Malaga

Police arrest man in Spain’s Murcia region who kidnapped his 2 nieces in 2014 and took them around the world

POLICE have arrested a Yemani man in Cartagena who kidnapped two of his nieces in 2014 and travelled around the world with them. The man,

5 Nov, 2021 @ 18:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Violent serial abuser locked up girlfriend to use her as a prostitute in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Violent serial abuser kidnapped girlfriend and forced her into prostitution in Costa Blanca area of Spain

A serial abuser has been arrested for kidnapping and forcing his partner to become a prostitute. The 38-year-old man had 69 police files on him,

30 Aug, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Woman Kidnapped In Ransom Demand As Costa Blanca Drugs Deal Turns Sour In Spain

Woman kidnapped as Costa Blanca drugs deal turns sour in Spain

A woman was kidnapped as an Elche drugs deal turned sour. Her boyfriend was selling marijuana to a group in the city and they took

2 Aug, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

KIDNAP HELL: Waiter tortured, subjected to mock executions and had M carved in his face in Marbella

A WAITER at illegal parties in Marbella has been kidnapped, tortured, subjected to mock executions then had M carved in his face with a razor

2 Aug, 2021 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Westley Capper implicated in disappearance of Latvian model Agnese Klavina in Spain’s Marbella dies ‘from COVID’

THE son of a British millionaire who killed a woman in a drink driving incident and stood trial accused of kidnapping a model in Marbella

27 Jul, 2021 @ 15:09

Crime & Law·Lead

Seven arrested in Spain’s Mallorca for kidnapping and torturing disabled person over two days

Not only were his toes sewn together, but he was forced to swallow glue, burnt and had shapes of penises tattooed on his face

9 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Colombian man expelled from Spain after kidnapping ex-girlfriend in Spain’s Mallorca

Prosecutors had originally asked for the defendant, aged 37, to be given an eight-year prison sentence for his crime

5 Feb, 2021 @ 20:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man with black BMW attempts kidnap of two children outside school in Spain’s Mallorca

On Monday, two children from the IES Josep Sureda i Blanes school in Palma's Son Gotleu district reported being targeted by a man driving a

17 Nov, 2020 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British duo arrested as drugs gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca kidnap and torture supplier who conned them

TWO BRITISH men were among a 18-strong drug trafficking and kidnapping gang arrested by the Guardia Civil on the southern Costa Blanca. One of the

11 Sep, 2020 @ 12:06

Costa Blanca·Lead