Turkish Airlines puts pen-to-paper on deal for €300 million stake in Spain’s Air Europa
TURKISH Airlines has formally signed a deal to buy around a quarter of rival airline Air Europa – although the carrier will remain under Spanish
‘Narcosubs’: The new silent menace smuggling hundreds of tonnes of drugs into Spain along the now-infamous ‘cocaine superhighway’
SPAIN is facing a growing maritime threat as drug cartels embrace a new tool in the smuggling trade: the narcosub. These low-profile, semi-submersible vessels –
EXCLUSIVE: Spanish police seize 56kg of MDMA in Europe-first probe into criminals exporting drugs TO South America
By Anthony Piovesan and Walter Finch WHEN officers from the Policia Nacional stopped a small yacht bound for South America and found enough MDMA powder
Seven women rescued from clutches of sex exploitation gang in Spain
SEVEN victims of a sex exploitation gang that operated in different parts of Spain have been freed by the Policia Nacional. Three men who pimped
Spanish police intercept mega 56kg MDMA haul on yacht bound for Argentina
Rather than busting drugs brought to the shores of Spain’s crooked Costa del Sol, from South America, Spanish police have this time uncovered a massive
Drug traffickers arrested for shipping in cocaine to Valencia in Spain
A two-year Guardia Civil investigation has brought down a gang of cocaine importers bringing in supplies on shipping containers docking in Valencia from South America.
MUST READ: British drug mules flew from Spain to UK with suitcases full of marijuana grown on Costa Blanca and other parts of country
A drugs gang including British citizens who took suitcases of narcotics to the UK and across Europe, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. Police
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
MUST READ: British ‘narco’ baron Brian Charrington jailed after Costa Blanca cocaine smuggling retrial in Spain
BRITISH drug trafficker, Brian Charrington, has been found guilty and jailed for almost 11 years for smuggling cocaine into a Costa Blanca marina in 2013.
No post-Brexit ‘rush’ for British expats to become Spanish citizens
BREXIT fears and consequences did not prompt a rush of British expats to become Spanish citizens in 2020. The latest figures from the National Statistics
Big cocaine stash discovered hidden in rice shipment to port of Valencia in Spain
A container of rice shipped in to Valencia from South America had 626 kilos of cocaine hidden within it. The Guardia Civil and the Tax
Police bust cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca where members led ‘life of luxury’
A Columbian-led cocaine gang has been busted by the Policia Nacional on the Costa Blanca. They’ve been accused of large-scale drug trafficking as they distributed
Spain converts water cannons into coronavirus disinfectant machines
TO many they are symbols of state power over the common people, used to control protesting crowds
WATCH: How Spain is central to EU’s €30 BILLION cocaine and narcotics market as new report warns of increasing violence from ruthless European gangs
Despite record seizures this year, trafficking inside containers destined for European ports is still the most common transport method
REVEALED: These countries made the most asylum applications to Spain so far this year
Andalucia had the third most asylum applications so far this year after Madrid with 20,395 and Catalunya with 6,059
Scientists in Spain develop new pioneering VACCINE against deathly Zika virus
The virus can cause serious neurological conditions like microcephaly, where a baby’s head develops abnormally
Europe’s first fire ants that make cats and dogs go blind found in Marbella and could take TWO YEARS to wipe out
The finding of the invasive creature, published in the journal Iberomyrmex, is thought to have been in part due to increased temperatures on the Costa del
Top ‘narco’ reveals how 30% of cocaine profits in Spain spent bribing police and port workers in explosive interview detailing how the criminal industry works
Some 32,795 kilos of cocaine were seized in Spain last year
Couple who quit jobs ‘to get paid to travel around the world having sex’ visit Spain and beyond
A COUPLE who quit their jobs to sell videos of themselves having sex have visited Spain, most of Europe and South America thanks to the
‘Cursed’ book in Spain about Granada orphan thought lost for 400 YEARS published for the first time
A BOOK chronicling the adventures of a Granada orphan during Spain’s Golden Age has been published for the first time. Historia del Huerfano, or The
Huge cocaine haul hidden in bananas uncovered in Spain
The haul is said to have arrived from South America
Sevilla police raid frees five South American sex slaves forced to work 24 hours a day
The leader of a major human trafficking circle has been arrested in Sevilla
Spanish goat semen is to be transported to South America
Malaga’s goat semen has become sought-after as Spain’s goats produce up to twice as much milk as those elsewhere
Eight Brits arrested in Malaga as €681 million cocaine shipment is seized
Worth €681 million, the Class A drug load was seized in Galicia
Star-studded Sevilla dance group brings Carmen with a flamenco twist to Andalucia
The show will hit Malaga before jetting off to Asia and South America
Spain suffers mass exodus due to bad economy
Economic woes and high unemployment rates have forced people to look for their fortunes elsewhere