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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 the Italian Carabinieri. Gianluigi Troiano was picked

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 the drugs were distributed in the Spanish

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. Police used a bicycle from a person

3 Nov, 2022 @ 17:15

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

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 have been arrested in Ibiza as part

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 Raso was detained on Tuesday after presenting

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 at a hotel he owns in Croatia

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 after promoters told it they would no

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 Valencia City, hiding under a false name.

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 have united to bring down one of

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 image on Google Maps outside a shop

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 police said members of the organisation, which

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, 70, was detained as she checked in

9 Aug, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Notorious Italian mafia boss arrested by police in Spain after two years on the run

An Italian man identified as the fugitive crime boss of the ‘Ndrangheta gang, thought to be one of the world’s wealthiest criminal organizations in the world, has been arrested in Madrid. In

6 Aug, 2021 @ 11:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Girl, 10. falls to death from eighth-floor of Valencia apartment block in Spain

Girlfriend on trial accused of killing son of mafia boss in cold blood in Spain’s Murcia

A WOMAN is on trial for the murder of a mafia boss’s son who was gunned down in Murcia. Cristina Elena T faces more than 24 years in prison if convicted of

3 Jun, 2021 @ 09:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Other News

Marijuana plantation discovered above a GYM in Mijas on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A MARIJUANA farm has been discovered above a gym on the Costa del Sol. According to Guardia Civil, the ‘plantation’ was discovered on the upper floor of a Mijas sports centre. The

2 Dec, 2020 @ 14:49

Lead·Malaga

Dodgy money deals, mafia involvement, rent-a-squatter scams – the murky underworld of free real estate in Spain

"They want to be left in peace and to pay a rent that corresponds to their income"

22 Feb, 2020 @ 12:00

Lead·Madrid·Property

MARBELLA SHOOTING UPDATE: Two men flee after shooting another on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A PAIR of assassins dressed in black have fled on a motorbike after an attempted murder in Marbella today. The two hitmen were seen attempting to shoot a fellow foreigner in broad

5 Feb, 2020 @ 18:35

Crime & Law·Lead

BAD CALL: Wanted Italian mafia boss rumbled on Spain’s Costa del Sol after making rookie mistake while driving

Their suspicion only grew when they asked him to identify himself

3 Sep, 2019 @ 07:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Brits being probed for connections to violent Italian mafia after 14 arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The operation led to 14 arrests and the seizure of half a tonne of hashish

5 Feb, 2019 @ 14:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Murdered Irish drug dealer who had €200k debts found buried next to Costa Blanca motorway

Marie, Carl’s mother, claimed her son’s death was the result of a love triangle and has ‘nothing to do with drugs’

4 Feb, 2019 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Alleged hitman cuffed after failed mafia hit on Costa del Sol

The suspect fled the scene of the crime and has been in hiding for the last year by squatting in numerous buildings across Malaga

23 Jan, 2019 @ 11:26

Crime & Law·Lead

Man slaughtered while he sipped beer and ate sushi on Spain’s Cost del Sol identified as Dutch narco and expert bombmaker

The dead Dutchman was in a conflict with the Netherlands most wanted criminal Ridouan Taghi, who has ordered around 20 deaths to protect his €100 million cocaine empire

30 Oct, 2018 @ 13:47

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Russian Mafia leader arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol while ‘plotting gang rival’s murder’

One of the leaders is said to be third-in-command of the mafia

6 Aug, 2018 @ 18:10

Crime & Law·Lead

Guardia Civil officers attacked with bottles and clubs by gang of 40 in Andalucia drug-trafficking hotspot

The nine officers were off-duty at the time of the violent incident which is believed to be in 'retaliation' to the recent crackdown of drug mafias in Cadiz

14 May, 2018 @ 11:52

Crime & Law·Lead

Cursach witness speaks out: “It’s like a horror movie”

A PROTECTED witness in the Tolo Cursach case has told the press that cooperating with the authorities has ‘destroyed his life’. ‘Witness 29’ has given evidence on 25 separate occasions – detailing

4 May, 2018 @ 12:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Alleged Russian mafia boss arrested in Marbella for money laundering released after posting bail

ALLEGED Russian crime boss Arnold Spivakovsky has been released on bail. The reported mafia boss, who goes by the name Tamm, posted a €750,000 bail after he was arrested in Marbella alongside

23 Feb, 2018 @ 10:36

Crime & Law·Lead