mafia

Swedish mafia boss who ‘supplied weapons to teenage hitmen’ is arrested living quiet life on Spain’s Costa Blanca amid wider crackdown on Scandinavian gangs

A SWEDISH mafia boss accused of supplying the weapons used by teenage hitmen has been arrested after years of living a quiet life on the Costa

11 Jul, 2026 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Scottish mafia boss Steven Lyons vows to fight Spain extradition ahead of crunch Amsterdam court hearing

ONE of Scotland’s most notorious gangland bosses has vowed to fight his planned extradition to Spain after a humiliating arrest in Indonesia earlier this year.

4 Jun, 2026 @ 10:13

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Who is Luca Tamburello, the former Morgan Stanley high-flyer now at the centre of a €200 million mafia probe on Spain’s Costa del Sol?

SHOCKWAVES rippled through Marbella on Thursday after a prominent estate agent was arrested as part of a €200 million mafia investigation. Italian-born Luca Tamburello, 42,

30 May, 2026 @ 14:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

EXCLUSIVE: Warren Buffett’s global real estate firm linked to €200 million mafia clampdown in Marbella with two dozen properties so far seized

With Alessio Ghirlanda BILLIONAIRE Warren Buffett’s real estate firm has been dragged into a €200 million mafia scandal after one of its franchise holders was

28 May, 2026 @ 21:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Who is Jonny Smyth, the ‘dangerous’ tattooed partner of an OnlyFans model at the heart of British mafia gangland shooting on the Costa Blanca?

THE arrest of a notorious British drug trafficker in Benidorm on Thursday has once again shone a spotlight on the Costa Blanca’s murky criminal underworld.

16 May, 2026 @ 18:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

A bloody war between Balkan mafias is erupting on the streets of Barcelona – and it’s already claimed two lives amid a string of shootings

BARCELONA has become the latest battleground in a bloody dispute between two rival Balkan mafias, with two people already killed in a series of shootings.

16 Apr, 2026 @ 14:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Chinese mafia arrested in Barcelona for enslaving 60 women in ‘sub-human’ brothels across French border

DOZENS of women have been freed from ‘sexual slavery’ after Spanish and French police smashed a cross-border Chinese prostitution mafia. Police said they rescued 60

24 Mar, 2026 @ 12:29

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish restaurant chain La Mafia is ordered to change name after Italy complained it ‘trivialises events that are offensive to our country’

A LEADING Spanish restaurant chain has been ordered to change its name after the Italian government won a long-running legal battle alleging that the company’s

7 Mar, 2026 @ 13:06

Business & Finance·Lead

High-ranking Balkan cartel leader who ‘tortured rival for 24 hours before murdering him’ is arrested on Costa del Sol after Europe-wide manhunt

A BALKAN mafia leader on the run from European authorities has been arrested on Costa del Sol after allegedly “torturing a rival for 24 hours”

16 Oct, 2025 @ 10:42

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Scottish mafia shootings: Alleged hitman claims Spanish prison sentence would ‘infringe his human rights’

A BRITISH man alleged to have carried out the brazen Mafia-style assassination of two notorious Scottish underworld figures has claimed his human rights would be

7 Oct, 2025 @ 16:10

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Huge trial of Swedish mafia accused of ‘owning Marbella’ goes ahead in Madrid

THE stepson of Marbella’s mayor could face 22 years in prison if the trial accusing him of money laundering and drug trafficking finds him guilty.

7 May, 2025 @ 13:48

Andalucia·Lead·Madrid·Marbella

Marbella is the ‘Wall Street of crime’: Ex-cop blames new breed of ‘reckless’ gangster

Retired cop warns Marbella has become the ‘Wall Street of crime’ and blames the current wave of violence on a new breed of ‘reckless’ gangers

1 May, 2025 @ 18:05

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga

Watch: Armed police in riot gear seize weapons of war and mounds of cash during raids against a ‘powerful’ cartel in Spain’s Andalucia

THIS is the moment armed police carried out a series of raids against an international drug cartel in southern Spain. Footage shared by the Guardia

26 Dec, 2024 @ 17:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Video

Revealed: How military grade weapons sent as aid to Ukraine are ending up in the hands of drug and human trafficking mafias in southern Spain

MILITARY weapons sent from the West to Ukraine are increasingly ending up in the hands of drug mafias in southern Spain, it has emerged. It

8 Jun, 2024 @ 14:46

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Italian mafia captain detained in Granada

‘Dangerous’ Italian mafia captain Gianluigi Troiano arrested in Spain’s Granada, after his boss was picked up in France

A ‘DANGEROUS’ Italian mafia captain has been arrested in Spain’s Granada province, as the result of a joint operation by the Guardia Civil, Interpol and

7 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Other News

THE FRENCH CONNECTION: Cocaine gang based in Marbella and Paris busted

AN international criminal gang that shipped cocaine to Europe using sailing boats has been broken up. The organisation was based in Marbella and Paris, and

17 Jan, 2023 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Sneaky tactic police used to arrest alleged Italian mafia gang leader on Spain’s Costa del Sol

After 10 years chasing an allegedly notorious Italian mafia boss Spanish police have revealed how they finally caught him, and it’s not what you’d expect.

3 Nov, 2022 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Spain crime: Alleged Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia gangsters arrested in Ibiza

Gangsters with suspected links to one of Italy’s most notorious mafia groups have been arrested in Spain. Gangsters with suspected links to the Italian mafia

21 Sep, 2022 @ 18:08

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Italian mafia boss mistakenly released in 2020 is arrested in Spain’s Catalunya region

AN Italian mafia boss mistakenly released from a Barcelona jail in October 2020, has been arrested by police at a routine checkpoint in Catalunya. Vittorio

22 Jun, 2022 @ 16:42

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Mafia boss’ at centre of €30m probe released from prison on bail in Spain’s Mallorca

AN ALLEGED mafia boss has been released on bail from prison in Palma on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Bashkim Osmani was arrested in February

2 Jun, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Marbella founded MTK Global boxing management company closes down after US sanctions on Kinahan Irish crime cartel

US government sanctions on the Kinahan Irish mafia cartel have claimed their first business casualty. The MTK Global boxing management company has closed its doors

1 May, 2022 @ 16:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Italian mafia crime boss and two henchmen arrested in Valencia area of Spain

AN Italian mafia drugs lord and his two lieutenants have been arrested in Valencia Province. The leader has been detained by the Policia Nacional in

29 Mar, 2022 @ 12:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Global mafia boss who ran smuggling empire from Spain’s Mallorca snared in giant international crime clampdown

IT will go down as one of the largest international money-laundering probes in recent years. Over 600 police from at least five national crime agencies

27 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

Lead·Mallorca

Google Maps clue leads police to mafia fugitive on the run for 20 years and living suburban life in Madrid

POLICE tracked down one of Italy’s most notorious mobsters who had been on Europol’s wanted list for 20 years after he was spotted on an

5 Jan, 2022 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Massive police bust leads to more than 100 arrests for mafia money laundering in Spain

A GROUP of 106 people have been arrested in a joint operation between Spanish and Italian police for allegedly laundering millions for mafia gangs. Spanish

21 Sep, 2021 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Maria Licciardi photo issued by Carabinieri

Notorious Italian mafia boss known as ‘The Godmother’ arrested on way to Malaga

ONE of Italy’s most wanted female fugitives was arrested attempting to leave Rome’s Ciampino airport on a flight to visit family in Spain. Maria Licciardi,

9 Aug, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga