Tag: squatters
Empty eyesore hotel set for new lease of life on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A SANTA POLA hotel that was abandoned in 2010 and became a frequent target for vandals has been bought by the Elche-based ASA group.
The...
Billboard installed by right-wing evictions company in Madrid targeted by protestors
A HUGE advertising billboard installed in central Madrid by a notorious right-wing evictions company continued to cause controversy on Friday, after activists partially covered...
Arrested the three squatters accused of brutally assaulting British homeowner in Costa del Sol
THE three squatters who allegedly brutally assaulted a British man near Marbella have been arrested today (Wednesday June 7).
Guardia Civil have conducted a search...
‘Sharpen your knife’: Anti-squatter group Desokupa to kick out three men that brutally assaulted a British man on the...
Desokupa has announced they will be coming to Costa del Sol to kick the squatters who brutally assaulted a British man near Marbella.
The controversial...
EXCLUSIVE: British man badly beaten by squatters at his holiday home on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A BRITISH man claims he has been brutally assaulted by squatters at his holiday home near Marbella.
The family man, from Liverpool, was attacked after...
Mallorca judge rules in favour of squatters after government housing institute let homes sit empty in Spain for years
IN a trial that has captivated Mallorca and illustrated the housing challenges facing the Balearics, a court has sided with a family of squatters...
Police officer has part of ear bitten off during squatter showdown in Spain’s Valencia area
THREE Alaquas Policia Local officers were injured on Monday evening when responding to a call about noise coming from a building occupied by squatters.
Police...
Woman on trial in Spain’s Malaga for squatting tries to dodge court date citing boob job appointment
A WOMAN accused of squatting in a property in Malaga province has tried to get out of a court date by claiming that she...
Man convicted in Spain for horrific ‘Alcassar murders’ arrested in Barcelona drug den
MIGUEL RICART, who was convicted for the rape and murder of three teenagers from the Valencian municipality of Alcàsser, was arrested in a Barcelona...
Supreme Court rules that man who squatted for nearly 10 years in a Granada property must be removed
SPAIN’S Supreme Court has finally ruled on a squatter in Granada province who has been illegally occupying a property by a reservoir for nearly...
Extortionists demanded €14,000 from holiday home landlords to leave squatted properties on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A gang who charged a €14,000 'leaving fee' to Villajoyosa holiday home landlords has been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
Four members of the crew...
British and Spanish squatters removed from Costa Blanca property
FIVE British and Spanish squatters have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Javea.
The owner of the family-sized property complained that a group had...
EXPLAINED: The laws you need to know about squatters in Spain and how to evict ‘okupas’
CONTRARY to popular belief there are no laws in Spain that grant squatters the right to illegally occupy a house.
But that doesn't mean Spain...
Benidorm tower blocks in crime hotspot get raided in drugs bust on Spain’s Costa Blanca
14 people of different nationalities have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Benidorm for drug-dealing.
Officers raided the Playmon residential blocks on Avenida Portugal,...
Three men die in suspected arson attack on Barcelona area apartment block in Spain
THREE men died in an Barcelona area apartment fire on Wednesday with police believing it was an arson attack.
A fourth person suffered serious injuries...
Social services in Barcelona had visited migrant family 88 times before fatal blaze
TWO children from a family of refugees were killed early Tuesday in a fire that destroyed an abandoned bank squatted by migrants in the...
Costa Blanca squatters ‘sold’ properties for virtually nothing or used them as drug farms in Torrevieja area of Spain
A Torrevieja gang occupied empty properties which they sold off for a miniscule amount of money or used them to grow and sell drugs.
11...
Squatters evicted under new four-week ‘quickie’ process in Costa Blanca town in Spain
VILLAJOYOSA council has successfully triggered a new fast-track eviction process to clear an apartment block of squatters.
The block in the northern Costa Blanca town...
SQUATTER SHOT: Man gunned down in illegally occupied building in Spain’s Valencia
A 43-YEAR-OLD man was shot dead in a squat in Manises (Valencia) last night (Monday May 31).
Identified only as Eduardo, the victim sustained one...
Alicante ‘mafia gang’ squatted in homes and then rented them out on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE have broken up an Alicante home-squatting gang that illegally rented out properties to vulnerable people who were forced into high monthly payments.
A portfolio...
Property owner returns home to find three squatters on his sofa in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A HOMEOWNER in Callosa de Segura returned to his property on Tuesday, December 8, to find squatters relaxing on his sofa.
He had been contacted...
Neighbours, police and council collaborate in immediate squatter eviction in Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE COMBINED forces of people, police and the council came together to rid Almoradi’s Saladar neighbourhood of unwanted squatters.
Complaints from neighbours led to the...
Demand increases to simplify squatter evictions as banks are blamed for part of the problem
SPANISH banks that own empty properties are part of the problem with illegal squatting in communities, claims a report.
Their poor communication and lack of...
Squatters hurl rocks at holiday homeowner and TV crew after being filmed breaking into house in Spain’s Seville
A SPANISH TV crew and a holiday-home owner had their lives put in danger by squatters hurling rocks at them in Espartinas, Seville.
The Antena...
Squatters on Spain’s Costa Blanca took over TWO houses – one to live in, the other to store stolen...
A GANG of squatters stole so much loot in a series of burglaries they had to occupy a second home to use as a...
If you thought you knew diddly-squat about the rights of squatters vs homeowners in Spain, agent Adam Neale will...
Squatters, or okupas as they're known in Spanish, are becoming increasingly common across Spain
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