Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Watch: Most feared hitman in Panama and leader of notorious ‘Terror Killa’ gang is arrested by undercover cops at a shopping centre in Spain

HE had been on the run for years after being accused of heading up one of the most feared murder-for-hire gangs in Panama. According to

25 Sep, 2024 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Spain’s black summer of gender-based violence: 22 women and children murdered by men

SOME 22 women and children have been murdered by men in a ‘summer of gender-based violence’. Gender-based violence has reared its ugly head yet again

24 Sep, 2024 @ 12:55

Crime & Law·Lead

British expat boxer admits to killing Spanish teenager in first day of horror road rage murder trial

A YOUNG British boxer who stabbed a Spanish teenager to death and fled Spain dramatically confessed to the crime in court yesterday. Lewis Briggs, 24,

24 Sep, 2024 @ 11:50

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Exclusive: British homeowners in Spain warn of ‘charming scammer’ who ‘stole €60,000 worth of bookings’ while working as a property manager on the Costa del Sol

EXPAT holiday home owners have called in police after losing more than €60,000 to an alleged Costa del Sol con artist. Fabricio Anton is accused

22 Sep, 2024 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

There is no link between the number of migrants and crime levels in Spain, study by leading conservative newspaper finds

“SPANIARDS are fed up with being victims of assaults, machete attacks, robberies and rapes. Almost always at the hands of the same people; illegal immigrants

21 Sep, 2024 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Exclusive: How an expat mother-of-two helped bring down the Ibiza gang who gassed and robbed luxury villas on the island – including Nick Grimshaw’s holiday rental

A MOTHER-OF-TWO helped put an end to the reign of terror of a pair of burglars who gassed their victims while they slept. In doing

20 Sep, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Ibiza·Lead

Fruit mafia in Spain sold fake organic produce across Europe for at least six months

A RING of food suppliers in Spain conned eco-conscious consumers across Europe by exporting regular fruit and vegetables as organic. The scheme involved taking advantage

20 Sep, 2024 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Three driving instructors are arrested for being high on drugs and alcohol while behind the wheel in Mallorca

THREE driving instructors were found to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol last Tuesday by Guardia Civil traffic agents. The Benemerita agents were

19 Sep, 2024 @ 13:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Narco trafficker accused of ramming and killing two Guardia Civil officers in Cadiz last February finally arrested

THE drug trafficker accused of piloting the narco boat that killed two Guardia Civil officers in February has finally been arrested. After months of evading

19 Sep, 2024 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Man who ‘put two apples inside another man’s rectum without his consent’ is arrested in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN man has been arrested in Mallorca for putting ‘two apples inside another man’s rectum without consent’. Palma’s Policia Nacional has arrested a German

19 Sep, 2024 @ 12:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Exclusive: British groom-to-be needs facial reconstruction surgery after suffering ‘brutal attack by nightclub bouncers’ in Spain

A BRITISH groom-to-be is awaiting facial reconstruction surgery after he was allegedly attacked by bouncers at a nightclub in Mallorca. William Wheatley, 26, can only

18 Sep, 2024 @ 13:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

‘Europe’s most wanted’ drug lord, 59, arrested while hiding out in Madrid: Albanian faces 29 years in Belgian jail

ONE of Europe’s most wanted drug lords has been arrested in Madrid. Haredin Fejzulla, a 59-year-old Albanian national, was captured last week in the district

18 Sep, 2024 @ 10:55

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

British motorist chased TWICE by police in Spain and fails excess alcohol and drug tests

Spain roots out ‘narco moles’ among high-ranking police officers: 10 arrests are made in Andalucia and Valencia

POLICE corruption in Spain has exploded into the spotlight with a combined ten arrests of high-ranking officers ‘working for drug dealers’. Scandal has rocked a

17 Sep, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla·Valencia

Man is arrested for ‘chopping off his partner’s hand’ in Spain’s Barcelona

THE Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested a man in Barcelona accused of amputating his partner’s hand in a brutal domestic attack. The incident occurred at 4.30pm

17 Sep, 2024 @ 13:58

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Five-tonne haul of hashish is seized on the Guadalquivir River – the new narco hotbed in southern Spain

SPANISH police have intercepted a mammoth haul of hashish on the riverbed of a sleepy town in Cadiz. Some five tonnes of the drug were

16 Sep, 2024 @ 22:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Sophisticated’ camera hidden in a water bottle was ‘used by bar owner in Spain’s Mallorca to record hundreds of women and minors using his toilet’

A BAR owner in Mallorca is accused of using a camera disguised as a water bottle to film hundreds of women as they used the

15 Sep, 2024 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s proposed drink driving law would put you over the limit after just one beer – check how much YOU can consume in this helpful chart

SPAIN is studying toughening up drink driving laws that would place most drivers over the limit after just one beer. The Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska

15 Sep, 2024 @ 18:01

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Refugee is arrested in Spain over sexual assault and harassment of two aid workers

A REFUGEE has been arrested in Spain after allegedly sexually assaulting two aid workers. The man had been staying in a centre in the town

14 Sep, 2024 @ 18:36

Crime & Law·Lead

Horror in Spain’s Vigo: Man is arrested for dousing ex-girlfriend with petrol and setting her on fire

A MAN has been arrested in northern Spain after allegedly dousing his ex-girlfriend with petrol and setting her alight. The horrific incident occurred at around

14 Sep, 2024 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish footballer is fined €6,000 for groping a woman’s breasts while she was dressed in a mascot costume

A SPANISH footballer has avoided jail after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman dressed as a rival team’s mascot. Hugo Mallo, 33, has

12 Sep, 2024 @ 16:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

British expat boxer finally stands trial over horror road rage murder of teen in Spain’s Estepona

A BRITISH expat who stabbed a teenager to death and fled Spain in 2020 is finally set to stand trial for murder. Lewis Harry Briggs,

12 Sep, 2024 @ 13:58

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Exposed: Spain’s ‘hippy crack’ epidemic after police seize 1.8 tonnes of laughing gas in Andalucia

SPAIN’S laughing gas epidemic has been laid bare following the discovery of 1.8 tonnes of the drug. The mammoth haul (pictured above) was found on

12 Sep, 2024 @ 12:40

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Breathalyser tests are always stepped up over Christmas

Spain studies MUCH stricter alcohol limits for drivers: This is the proposed maximum blood alcohol level

SPAIN is considering toughening up drink driving laws, it has emerged. The Government said the National Road Safety Council has warned of ‘the need’ to

12 Sep, 2024 @ 12:12

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain on alert after ‘very dangerous’ British criminal escapes from high-security prison in Portugal – as police chief warns ‘lives are at stake’

SPANISH police are on high alert after a ‘very dangerous’ British prisoner escaped from a high-security prison in Portugal. Mark Cameron Roscaleer, 39, was one

11 Sep, 2024 @ 20:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News