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Scam warnings in Spain: More than 52% of people have been targeted via their mobile phone in the past year

OVER half of people in Spain have admitted to spotting a scam or an attempted fraud involving mobile phone messages and emails in 2023. The

13 Feb, 2024 @ 11:31

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Boy, 14, who learned to drive via social media tutorials is chased by cops during a joy ride on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 14-year-old boy who learned to drive in social media tutorials led police on a high speed chase in the Alicante area. With no licence,

11 Feb, 2024 @ 10:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Scam warning: Benidorm man loses €35k to new girlfriend who tricked him into paying legal fees for fake €3m inheritance

A BENIDORM man was conned out of €35,000 by a woman who started a relationship with him via social media. She claimed she needed the

10 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

PICTURED: Mother, 48, who was ‘killed by the teenage sons she adopted from Russia’ – as youngest suspect, 13, will face no charges

THE identity of the mother allegedly murdered by her teenage sons in northern Spain has been revealed. Silvia Lopez, 48, was found with stab wounds

9 Feb, 2024 @ 11:16

Cantabria·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Tourists are threatened by a machete-wielding thug on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Man demands Dutch group hand over cash and valuables

A MAN has been arrested in Elche after brandishing a machete at a group of Dutch tourists to get some money from them. The Spaniard,

8 Feb, 2024 @ 09:23

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

'Very jealous' man locked up girlfriend before going to work in Pontevedra area of Spain

Man ‘murders mother-of-two partner’ before ‘driving 95km to a brothel’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN has been arrested in a Costa Blanca brothel for killing his girlfriend on Monday at their L’Alfas del Pi home. Juan Vicente A.

7 Feb, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Homeless attacker ‘stones a man to death’ and leaves another in critical condition in shocking assault in Spain’s Valencia

A MAN has been arrested for clubbing another homeless person to death with a rock close to Valencia’s bus station. A second male victim- also

7 Feb, 2024 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Warning over holiday rental scams in southern Spain: Three are arrested for 'defrauding unsuspecting tourists out of tens of thousands of euros'

Spain’s police make 65 arrests in bust of cybercrime gang using the ’Hi Mum!” scam

IT is a scam that is being used around the world, and that can catch out even the most vigilant citizen. Known as “Hi Mum!”,

7 Feb, 2024 @ 10:20

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Is a serial killer at work in Spain? Three farmers are found dead in very similar circumstances over a three-month period

THE mysterious deaths of three farmers in the Spanish countryside has raised suspicions among police investigators that there may be a serial killer at work

6 Feb, 2024 @ 14:34

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Navarra·Other News

Trial for ex-Barcelona star Dani Alves begins in Spain: Footballer is accused of raping a woman, 23, in a nightclub

FORMER Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves has appeared in court this Monday, January 5, charged with the rape of a woman, 23, in a

5 Feb, 2024 @ 16:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Sport

Property fraudsters who swindled dozens of British families in southern Spain LOSE appeals against their jail terms

MURCIA’S Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal by two men behind the Trampolin Hills housing development who were convicted of fraud in November 2021.

5 Feb, 2024 @ 13:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Woman straps 15 bales of hashish to her body before attempting to fly from Melilla to Spain’s Costa del Sol

A WOMAN with 15 packs of hashish strapped around her body has been arrested in the North African enclave of Melilla. The Policia Nacional detained

5 Feb, 2024 @ 10:37

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Thieves Blow Up Atm To Steal €40,000 From Valencia Area Of Spain

Spain’s National Police bust gang using ‘homemade explosive devices’ to blow open cash machines

THE National Police have busted a gang that was using the so-called ‘pizza slide’ technique to steal money from cash machines, and that involved cracking

4 Feb, 2024 @ 11:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a French expat, 32, in Marbella: Man’s car was found unlocked, with windows down and keys in the ignition

MYSTERY surrounds the disappearance of a French expat who vanished from Marbella in December last year. The alarm was first raised when the family of

4 Feb, 2024 @ 09:50

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Manhunt for expat who left dog to starve in Spain: Bull terrier survived being left in a storage room in Marbella for THREE months without food or water

MARBELLA police have rescued a bull terrier dog who miraculously survived three months locked in a storage room without food or water. A 36-year-old man

3 Feb, 2024 @ 08:01

Andalucia·Animals·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Sex pest who routinely harassed waitresses is arrested in Spain’s Valencia

VALENCIA police have arrested a man five times in less than two months for harassing waitresses at two city centre restaurants. The 44-year-old pest also

3 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Anti-drugs police chief faces 15 years in prison for being part of massive cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROSECUTORS want the former head of the Policia Nacional’s anti-drug unit in Alicante jailed for 15 years for his role in the biggest-ever cocaine distribution

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Former La Liga player faces sexual assault trial in Spain for ‘inappropriately touching a mascot wearing a parakeet costume’

FORMER La Liga player Hugo Mallo will go on trial this summer after being charged with inappropriately touching a female mascot before a match in

31 Jan, 2024 @ 17:08

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News·Sport

Grave robber strikes at cemetery several times and rifles through skeletal remains on Spain's Costa Blanca

Grave robber rummages through skeletons to search for valuable metal items on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A GRAVE robber who plundered an Alicante province cemetery several times has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 43-year-old man struck at his local

30 Jan, 2024 @ 16:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

British expats are arrested for running a marijuana farm inside a house on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO British men who ran an indoor marijuana farm in Benissa were arrested after an electricity company found them using an excessive amount of power.

29 Jan, 2024 @ 13:34

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Racket which ‘sold bodies of dead foreigners’ and ‘people with no family’ for €1,200 each is busted in Spain’s Valencia

POLICE have busted a Valencia body-snatching gang that removed corpses from hospitals like La Fe and nursing homes to sell them for up to €1,200

29 Jan, 2024 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Wanted US fugitive who ‘hired a hitman to kill his three brothers’ but ended up killing his teenage sister is arrested at major airport in eastern Spain

AN AMERICAN fugitive who hired a teenage hitman to kill his three brothers has been arrested at Valencia Airport. The Policia Nacional and FBI cooperated

26 Jan, 2024 @ 13:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Illegal cigarette factory busted in Spain's Costa Blanca

Illegal cigarette factory making 12,000 ‘branded’ fags per hour is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A ROBBERY alert led to the discovery of an illegal cigarette factory featuring two sophisticated machines inside a Costa Blanca house. The Guardia Civil visited

25 Jan, 2024 @ 12:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Young expat is accused of killing priest found dead in his home: ‘Vulnerable’ suspect had sexual relations with the elderly clergyman after he ‘brought him in off the street’|

Expat is accused of killing priest found dead in his home: ‘Vulnerable’ suspect had sexual relations with the elderly clergyman after he ‘brought him in off the street’

THE Policia Nacional have arrested a South American man, 40, in connection with the murder of a Valencia priest who was found dead on Tuesday.

25 Jan, 2024 @ 10:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Revealed: How a heavily armed group of ex-soldiers robbed at least 70 homes in wealthy expat neighbourhoods on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE have revealed how an Eastern European organisation comprised of ex-soldiers robbed at least 70 homes in wealthy neighbourhoods on the Costa del Sol. Speaking

24 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Spain’s largest ever ecstacy factory is raided after making more than €100m worth of the drug

THE Policia Nacional has dismantled Spain’s biggest-ever ecstasy laboratory and seized 1,900 litres of MDMA with a street value of €105 million. 12 men of

24 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

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