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Tobacco smuggler is sentenced for assaulting an off-duty customs officer in Gibraltar as illicit trade with Spain continues to thrive

A SUSPECTED tobacco smuggler who kicked a customs officer in the chest and threatened him with a rock has been sentenced to 12 weeks in

6 Aug, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Ana Knezevich, who went missing in Madrid in February 2024.

Husband accused of killing his US expat wife Ana Knezevich in Spain will only be tried for kidnapping due to lack of body – as Spanish police desperately search for remains

ANA Knezevich’s ex-husband will only be tried for kidnapping as Spanish police searches fail to find her body. Despite desperate searches, the Policia Nacional has

5 Aug, 2024 @ 21:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Who is Pablo Gonzalez? The Spanish journalist accused of being a spy for Vladimir Putin’s Russia

LAST Thursday, Russia and the West brokered an agreement to release 24 prisoners in the biggest swap deal since the Cold War. Among them was

5 Aug, 2024 @ 12:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Owner of Spain’s anti-squatter force ‘Desokupa’ signs contract to train thousands of police officers – but government may quash plans

THE Spanish Interior Ministry is considering taking legal action after it emerged that one of Spain’s main police unions, the SUP, has reached a training

5 Aug, 2024 @ 11:36

Crime & Law·Lead

Brit, 77, among group of six people arrested in Spain’s Ibiza after refusing to pay €12,000 restaurant bill

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional arrested a group of six people on Thursday after they refused to pay a restaurant bill of more than €12,000 in the

4 Aug, 2024 @ 09:50

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Norwegian tourist ‘stabs her husband to death in front of their three children’ during argument on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A NORWEGIAN woman has been arrested on the Orihuela Costa for allegedly stabbing her husband to death in front of their three young children. The

2 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Warning: Town on Spain’s Costa del Sol will cut off water and issue fines of up to €600,000 to people who disobey drought measures

Thousands of residents face losing swimming pools and car park spaces on Spain’s Costa del Sol amid legal battle over land

RESIDENTS of four apartment complexes on Spain’s Costa del Sol face losing their swimming pools, gardens and car parks as part of an ongoing legal

2 Aug, 2024 @ 12:42

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Italian fugitive who killed his uncle and threw his corpse into a furnace hid in Marbella before being found under a bed clutching €50k in cash

AN Italian fugitive wanted for the horrific murder of his uncle has been captured after hiding out in Marbella. The 39-year-old was staying at a

1 Aug, 2024 @ 15:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Drug gateway to Europe: Spanish policeman based in major Andalucia port and his two children convicted of laundering the proceeds of drug trafficking

A SPANISH police officer and his two children have been sentenced for laundering drug money and protecting narco groups operating in Andalucia. The father, a

31 Jul, 2024 @ 17:15

Algeciras·Crime & Law·Lead

Norwegian expat is arrested after falsely claiming the €70,000 he lost at casinos in Alicante was the result of credit card fraud

A NORWEGIAN man lost almost €70,000 at Alicante province gambling saloons and tried to get his money back from his bank by claiming he was

31 Jul, 2024 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Drug gateway to Europe: Four tonnes of cocaine are found hidden in rice shipments during major raid at Barcelona port in Spain

FOUR tonnes of cocaine hidden among sacks of rice have been seized in the Port of Barcelona, setting a new record. The bust was part

29 Jul, 2024 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Most wanted Italian mafia boss is arrested in Spain: ‘Dangerous’ and high-ranking member of the Camorra cartel will be jailed over cocaine empire

A NOTORIOUS Italian mafia don has been arrested in Barcelona on a European Arrest Warrant. Thought to be a high-ranking member of Naples’ feared Camorra

29 Jul, 2024 @ 12:30

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

British fugitive is arrested at airport passport control in Spain after ‘beating two US soldiers unconscious’ in Germany

A BRITISH fugitive, 32, has been arrested at Alicante-Elche airport on suspicion of a brutal assault on two American soldiers in Germany. The man had

29 Jul, 2024 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Train driver and rail safety chief get 30-month prison sentences after 2013 Spain rail disaster that killed 80 people

Train driver and rail safety chief get 30-month prison sentences for causing high-speed derailment in Spain- killing 80 people and causing dozens of serious injuries

A TRAIN driver and a rail head of safety have both received two and a half year prison sentences following the July 2013 Santiago de

26 Jul, 2024 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Rolex-snatching gangs arrested in Spain: Huge Italian mafia network terrorised the Costa del Sol and Barcelona

SPANISH police have dismantled a Rolex-snatching crime network from Naples that has been terrorising Spain – with a little help from the Italian police. As

25 Jul, 2024 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Police find flooded drugs lab producing cocaine at ground zero of Valencia DANA

Police arrest child rape suspect in Spain wanted by the FBI in the United States

A SPANIARD accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in the United States has been arrested in the Valencia area. The Guardia Civil carried out an

25 Jul, 2024 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Just Stop Oil comes to Spain: Five activists linked to notorious UK eco-protest group are intercepted while ‘attempting to glue themselves to runway’ at Barcelona’s El-Prat airport

FIVE activists linked to the notorious environmental protest group Just Stop Oil were intercepted at Barcelona El-Prat Airport on Wednesday morning after attempting to glue

25 Jul, 2024 @ 11:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

Drunken businessman after office christmas party

Sharing videos of drunk people online can have legal consequences in Spain, warn experts

SHARING recordings of drunk people online could have legal consequences in Spain, even if the videos were taken in public. That’s according to the Andalusian

24 Jul, 2024 @ 16:31

Crime & Law·Lead

Doctors in Spain are investigated are giving a patient 20,000 psychotropic pills in just nine months

Doctors in Spain are investigated for giving a patient 20,000 psychotropic pills in just nine months

THREE doctors working for the Andalucian Health Service are being probed for prescribing over 20,000 pychotropic tablets in nine months to the same patient. The

24 Jul, 2024 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Saudi princess is dragged to court in Spain over criminal complaint filed by an ex-employee at her Mallorca mansion

PRINCESS AlJoharah Talal Alsaud, granddaughter of Saudi Arabia’s founder, was stopped by police and ordered to appear in court in Son Sant Joan, Mallorca. She

24 Jul, 2024 @ 13:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Major cocaine and speed gang with €4m of retail-value drugs arrested by police in Spain

A MAJOR drugs gang has been taken down by the Policia Nacional with a dozen simultaneous raids and arrests in the Alicante, Murcia, Valencia, and

24 Jul, 2024 @ 11:18

Crime & Law·Lead

Pensioner who sent letter bombs to Pedro Sanchez and the Ukrainian embassy in Spain is jailed

A BURGOS pensioner has been jailed for 18 years after posting letter bombs to key figures including Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, because he opposed Spain

23 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Pedro Sanchez cancels engagements due to death of wife Begoña Gomez's father

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called to testify in court as part of judicial probe into wife’s business activities

THE Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been notified by a judge that he will have to testify as a witness in an ongoing judicial

22 Jul, 2024 @ 17:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Ana Knezevich latest: Search for body of missing US expat continues in Spain while police in Serbia examine car used by husband

POLICE in Spain are still searching for the body of missing American expat Ana Knezevich, 40, who disappeared from her apartment in Madrid on February

22 Jul, 2024 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Stabbing horror in Marbella: Bouncer is slashed in the neck and two others are injured following 4am attack at exclusive five-star resort loved by celebs

THREE bouncers have been stabbed during a terrifying attack at an exclusive resort in Marbella. A 25-year-old tourist has been arrested for attempted murder after

22 Jul, 2024 @ 11:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Pickpocket warning for Brits visiting Spain: These locations are among the most targeted

Group of 20 professional pickpockets who travelled to Spain’s Valencia to target tourists are arrested

THE POLICIA Nacional has arrested 20 members of a travelling pickpocket gang who set up pitch in the Valencia area after arriving from Madrid. The

21 Jul, 2024 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

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