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City council is hacked in major British expat hotspot in Spain: Cyber criminals are demanding a €10million ransom while the government is forced to suspend ALL administrative deadlines

Hacker from infamous cyber-attack group Kelvin Security is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘targeting town halls and businesses’

A CYBER-HACKER has been arrested in Alicante for being involved with the notorious Kelvin Security hacking group. The Venezuelan national was jailed after appearing in court on Saturday. The Kelvin Security organisation

11 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

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

Some 5,000 cars are given FAKE ITV certificates on Spain' Costa Blanca: Leader of dodgy 'MOT' racket is arrested

Some 5,000 cars are given FAKE ITV certificates on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Leader of dodgy ‘MOT’ racket is arrested

THE POLICIA NACIONAL has busted what it described as a ‘sophisticated’ gang that issued an estimated 5,000 bogus ITV car test certificates in two years. Officers have arrested 13 people including seven

11 Dec, 2023 @ 17:05

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Man arrested for hidden toilet videos in Spain's Valencia

Man hides in bathroom to make videos of women and children in Spain’s Valencia

A 27-YEAR-OLD Romanian man has been arrested after spending 44 minutes making hidden videos in the women’s bathroom at a Valencia shopping centre. Security cameras confirmed the duration of his bathroom stay,

9 Dec, 2023 @ 09:40

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Drug cartel members who used cocaine profits to buy hundreds of El Gordo lottery tickets are arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FAMILY gang selling cocaine laundered their proceeds by buying Christmas Lottery tickets with the hopes of scooping a bigger return from their criminal activities. Two women and a man- all Spaniards-

6 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

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

Music event ticket seller cons dozens of people across Spain who end up out of pocket

A FRAUDSTER conned at least 58 people by selling bogus music concert tickets online with customers getting nothing or at best- just a fake ticket. A woman has been arrested by the

5 Dec, 2023 @ 10:45

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Mamma Mia! Italian family-run pizzeria is exposed as a front for mafia’s drug trafficking ring on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Italian-owned pizzeria on the Costa Blanca served up cocaine and hashish to its customers along with its more traditional fare according to the Policia Nacional. A father and son used their

29 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Missing girl, 15, is found safe and well after presenting herself at a police station in Malaga

A MISSING 15-year-old girl from Spain’s North African city Melilla has been located safe and sound after she handed herself in at a police station in Malaga. Maria Soledad Florensa had been

28 Nov, 2023 @ 14:30

Lead·Malaga

British man arrested in drug den selling marijuana to tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AT LEAST one British man was part of a ten-strong group arrested for their role in a bogus l’Alfas del Pi ‘social club’ that acted as a front for drugs sales. An

28 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Valencian Community

Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter

British tourist has expensive gold chain stolen by Benidorm ‘love hug’ thief who foolishly publishes social media photos of her showing it off

A WOMAN stole a gold chain from a British tourist in Benidorm but was arrested days later after posting social media images of her wearing it. The Brit was waiting for an

27 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

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

Have-a-go' shop worker dragged by robbers getaway car for 100 metres on Spain's Costa Blanca

‘Have-a-go’ shop worker dragged down the street by robbers getaway car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO robbers ran over an Alicante shop worker who clung onto the hood of their getaway car for around 100 metres. The Policia Nacional went to a store in the north of

27 Nov, 2023 @ 11:21

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

Robbers travel on 'days out' to rob shop safes on Spain's Costa Blanca

Gang from Madrid which robbed safes at shopping centres on Spain’s Costa Blanca is brought down

A MADRID-BASED gang travelled to the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to rob store safes in large shopping centres after hiding inside premises before closing time. The Policia Nacional have arrested five

25 Nov, 2023 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Mar Menor·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Cult leader who ‘fed his followers mercury’ to ‘revitalise’ them and lived in a ‘cave with multiple women’ is finally arrested in southern Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL has arrested the leader of a Murcia region cult who is accused of administering mercury to his followers. The Spaniard named as Jose Manuel C. called himself Trascendencia Total

23 Nov, 2023 @ 11:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

BREAKING: British woman is arrested in connection with the assassination attempt of far-right politician in Spain

A BRITISH woman is one of three people detained by the Policia Nacional over the attempted killing of the former head of the Partido Popular in Catalunya and founding member of Vox,

21 Nov, 2023 @ 11:42

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·National News

Dozens arrested for duplicating SIM cards of unsuspecting victims and using their data to go on €110,000 shopping spree on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FOUR-STRONG Valencia gang ran a phone card fraud that syphoned off over €110,000 from 15 victims. The criminals hired 31 ‘mules’ across Alicante and Valencia provinces who withdrew money from hijacked

20 Nov, 2023 @ 19:00

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

Robbery gang from Moldova is arrested after ‘raiding 100-plus homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca’

A HOME robbery gang has been charged with committing 101 burglaries across the Valencian Community and Murcia. Nearly 100 items of jewellery and watches have been recovered in a joint operation conducted

17 Nov, 2023 @ 11:30

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

Eastern European gang members are arrested for ‘stealing high-end cars across Spain’s Costa Blanca’ in a bid resell them abroad

POLICE have arrested two members of a criminal gang that stole medium to high range cars across the Costa Blanca and then tried to sell them to overseas buyers. The two men,

15 Nov, 2023 @ 11:32

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

Tourists conned by Benidorm street market traders selling thousands of fake-branded clothes on Spain's Costa Blanca

Tourists conned by Benidorm market traders selling thousands of fake-branded clothes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EIGHT street market stall holders in Benidorm have been arrested for selling counterfeit clothing claiming to be well-known prestigious brands. The Policia Nacional sprung into action after getting a complaint from one

14 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

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

Apartment block hit five times by robbers taking art objects in Spain’s Valencia

TWO men targeted a Gandia apartment block in Valencia province five times to steal a variety of art-related objects valued at €150,000. The thieves, 35 and 40 and of Cuban and Dominican

14 Nov, 2023 @ 11:28

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police arrest 121 users of same online platform distributing and uploading child pornography in Spain

Child pornography sting in Spain sees 121 arrests: Police describe mammoth operation as one of the biggest crackdowns in recent history

A MAJOR operation against child pornography distribution and production in Spain has seen 121 people arrested – all of whom used the same digital platform to obtain and share illegal content. The

13 Nov, 2023 @ 11:46

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·National News·Valencian Community

Spain narrowly avoids its worst terror attack in YEARS: How Jihadist, 17, successfully built a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb and planned to blow up a school in Andalucia

Violent armed robbers who ‘stormed homes in broad daylight’ in Spain’s Valencia are arrested in major raids

TWO violent home robbery gangs operating in Valencia province have been brought down by the Policia Nacional. Four men and two women of Croatian and Spanish nationalities have been arrested after two

11 Nov, 2023 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Almost 40,000 ecstasy tablets are found stashed in car en route to Spain’s Murcia

TWO MEN transporting 37,950 ecstasy pills with a €433,000 retail value from France to the Murcia region have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Alicante. Two motor-bike patrol police officers noticed

10 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

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

Chiringuito owner ‘secretly drugged workers as young as 17’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘so they would perform better’: At least one was hospitalised

A COSTA BLANCA beach bar employee suffered a perforated stomach after being tricked into taking performance enhancing vitamins which were actually anabolic steroids. The owner of the unnamed business at Arenales del

9 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Marijuana farmers clamber onto to roof in failed attempt to escape police raid at luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN running an indoor marijuana farm tried to escape their luxury Costa Blanca rental villa by going onto the roof when the Policia Nacional paid them a visit. They clambered up

6 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Valencian Community

Benidorm area luxury car thieves changed number plates and VIN details for quick resale in Spain.

Luxury cars stolen from Spain’s Benidorm area to be resold with false plates and changed VIN numbers

A BENIDORM area gang has been arrested for stealing five high-end cars which they planned to resell after changing vehicle VIN numbers. The Policia Nacional probe started after they detained a Lithuanian

6 Nov, 2023 @ 12:59

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Illegal 'pirate' online television subscription network offering premium movies and sport busted by police in Spain

Crackdown on pirate TV across Spain: Arrests in Alicante and Andalucia reveal 18,300 customers were watching €366m worth of stolen content

EIGHT people have been arrested for providing pirate subscription television services to over 18,300 customers from two operational centres in Alicante and Sevilla provinces. The Policia Nacional started investigating the group in

3 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

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

Teenage girl, 18, ‘gang raped by four men’ just metres from a police station in Spain’s Valencia

Teenage girl, 18, ‘is gang raped by four men’ just metres from a police station in Spain’s Valencia

POLICE are investigating a gang rape suffered by an 18-year-old woman in the Malvarrosa beach area of Valencia last Saturday morning. The teenager was assaulted at around 5.00am in the car park

1 Nov, 2023 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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