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Loan shark warning in Spain: How a woman who borrowed €120 amassed a €16,000 ‘debt’ with mobsters who ‘attacked and threatened her’ to pay up

SIX people have been arrested in Alicante for allegedly trying to extort €16,200 out of a woman for two loans totalling €120. The Policia Nacional

3 May, 2024 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Wanted woman is apprehended in the Netherlands over the assassination attempt of a far-right politician in Spain - after the arrests of a British expat and her Spanish boyfriend

Wanted woman is apprehended in the Netherlands over assassination attempt of far-right politician in Spain – after arrests of British expat and her boyfriend

A DUTCH woman has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in an assassination attempt on Spanish politician Alejo Vidal-Quadras last November. She was detained in

1 May, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

'Drunk' Swiss passenger forces Ryanair flight to return to Spain after 'lighting up cigarettes and screaming' mid-air

Ryanair flight from Dublin to Ibiza is forced to divert after ‘drunk tourists assaulted a flight attendant’

FOUR drunk passengers were removed from a plane on Saturday after assaulting a Ryanair flight attendant en route from Dublin to Ibiza. The plane left

1 May, 2024 @ 17:40

Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Text fraud warning in Spain: How hundreds of parents sent €850,000 to scammers posing as their children in distress

THE Guardia Civil has arrested 102 people across Spain for a phone app scam asking victims to make bank transfers of between €800 and €55,000

1 May, 2024 @ 11:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Audrey Fang murder latest: Prime suspect was made main beneficiary of Singaporean tourist’s assets before she was found butchered to death in Spain

Audrey Fang latest: Link between Singaporean tourist, 39, found butchered to death in Spain and her alleged killer is revealed – as dozens pay respect at her funeral

THE Singaporean woman, Audrey Fang, whose body was discovered this month in Murcia ditch, may have bought insurance policies from her suspected killer in 2016.

30 Apr, 2024 @ 11:52

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Magaluf nightclub bouncer arrested for assaulting two British tourists- one of whom could lose their sight in one eye

TWO British tourists were seriously assaulted by a Mallorca nightclub bouncer, who was arrested by the Calvia Policia Local. One of the victims could suffer

29 Apr, 2024 @ 19:09

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Swimming pool ban in Spain: Holiday hotspot in Alicante brings in shock measure after suffering months of 'historic drought'

Wanted Russian oil tycoon is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘stealing €35m of public funds’ – according to his home country’s authorities

A RUSSIAN oil tycoon has been arrested at his Costa Blanca home over an alleged €35 million fraud in his native country. The unnamed 58-year-old

29 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Sextortion’ crackdown in Valencia: Dozens are arrested after ‘targeting 100-plus victims online’

A VALENCIA gang extorted money from over 100 people across Spain who responded to bogus ads promoting meetings with sex workers. They made at least

29 Apr, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Colombian, 36, is arrested for ‘trying to smuggle a kilo of cocaine in his car boot’ on a ferry from Denia to Ibiza

A MAN has been arrested in Denia on the Costa Blanca for trying to board an Ibiza-bound ferry with over a kilo of cocaine hidden

25 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca

Is your cash FAKE? Police in Spain issue warning about counterfeit Euro coins – this is how you spot them

A GANG making fake two-euro coins has been brought down by the Policia Nacional in a joint operation with Europol and Catalunya’s Mossos d’Esquadra. It

25 Apr, 2024 @ 11:37

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Benidorm set for major changes: Plans for 20 hotels, 2,300 homes and three shopping centres await final approval

British drug trafficker on the run for four years is arrested at Benidorm hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH fugitive wanted for drug trafficking has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Benidorm after a four-year search to bring him to justice.

24 Apr, 2024 @ 18:04

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Ayuso President Of The Community Of Madrid Speaks About Accusations Of The Pp

Madrid president Isabel Ayuso is in hot water after her partner admits to tax fraud and offers to pay €520,000 in fines

SPANISH media outlets have managed to get their hands on documents showing that businessman Alberto Gonzalez Amador, who is the partner of Madrid regional premier

24 Apr, 2024 @ 16:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Nazi symbol is spray-painted on bust of British merchant in Alicante: Archibald Dickinson saved Republican families at the end of Spain’s Civil War

AN ALICANTE bust of a Welsh hero who saved 2,638 people fleeing General Franco’s forces at the end of the Civil War in 1939, has

24 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychadelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychedelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

AN ITALIAN ‘guru’ has been arrested for selling psychotropic drugs from his spiritual retreat in El Campello on the Costa Blanca. The Guardia Civil were

24 Apr, 2024 @ 07:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

Two girls given refuge after suffering domestic abuse and threat of arranged marriage in Spain’s Valencia

FIVE people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil after two girls told their school counsellor they were scared to return to their Valencia area

23 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Valencia

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Woman steals identity of a dead baby before embarking on 10-year criminal career as head of a mafia gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A WOMAN from the Dominican Republic used the identity of a deceased two-month-old baby to gain Spanish nationality before setting up a Costa Blanca-based criminal

22 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Revealed: How a narco gang in Murcia sent marijuana from Spain to the UK by hiding the drug inside fridges

A MURCIA gang exported large quantities of marijuana to the UK hidden in refrigerated lorries full of vegetables. Six Spaniards have been arrested in a

22 Apr, 2024 @ 15:45

Lead·Murcia

Ferrari driving ‘narco boss’ is among 35 arrested in huge crackdown on drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA Blanca drugs gang led by a man who bought a €250,000 luxury car out of the proceeds, has been busted by the Guardia

20 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Murcia

Guardia Civil operation to bust a trafficking ring

Trafficked into Spain and exploited in restaurants: Police and Guardia Civil bust network that was paying a pittance to Colombian nationals in four Tarragona eateries

A JOINT operation between the Policia Nacional and the Guardia Civil has busted a network in Spain’s Catalunya region that was trafficking Colombian nationals into

19 Apr, 2024 @ 16:05

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Horror in Fuengirola: Man, 34, ‘stabs his landlord to death before slashing girlfriend, 19, during knife rampage’ – as his partner claims he murdered ANOTHER man last weekend

A FUENGIROLA man has been arrested following a fatal stabbing on Wednesday night and he’s also been accused of bludgeoning a man to death last

18 Apr, 2024 @ 13:05

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Dangerous ‘devil hitman’ from Colombia ‘who excelled in kidnap, torture and making people disappear’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COLOMBIAN hitman- nicknamed Juan Diablo- has been arrested on the Costa Blanca. The fugitive is a key figure in the Los Lobos criminal gang

17 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

The moment the Pakistani man was arrested

Pakistani national attacked McDonald’s in Spain’s Catalunya with an axe after ‘seeing a video where they were killing Palestinian children’. The suspected Jihadist said he hoped he would be killed by police

A PAKISTANI national who attacked a McDonald’s restaurant in Catalunya with an axe on March 27 said that he did so after having seen a

17 Apr, 2024 @ 13:35

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain issue warning about ‘jamon iberico’ during the festive season

Great ham swindle nets €17 million for a Madrid area gang who used fake labels to fool customers

POLICE have busted a giant swindle involving ham exports with bogus health seals that netted a company over €17 million in five years. Six people

16 Apr, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Marbella mayor calls for national and local police to work together more following surge in gangland shootings

MARBELLA’S mayor, Angeles Muñoz, wants more information sharing between the Policia Nacional and the city’s Policia Local to counter a wave of increased shooting in

16 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella