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Irish tourist, 28, who flashed his genitals to three minors after a booze-fuelled night out in Spain avoids jail

Irish tourist, 28, who flashed his genitals to three minors after a booze-fuelled day out in Spain avoids jail

A DRUNK Irish tourist who exposed himself to three girls in a Mallorca street has escaped being jailed. A Palma court on Tuesday gave the

13 Dec, 2023 @ 11:11

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Benidorm-based British paedophile given 133 year prison term by court in Spain

Benidorm-based British paedophile gets 133-year prison term in Spain

A BRITISH man living in Benidorm has been given a 133-year prison sentence for making and distributing child pornography and sexually abusing minors. The 27-year-old

12 Dec, 2023 @ 18:47

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

Man is fined €100 for shouting ‘viva España’ and ‘Sanchez is a traitor’ during anti-government protest in Spain’s Mallorca

A MALLORCA protestor who shouted slogans against Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has been fined €100 for his outburst. Jesus Revuelta believes the penalty is a

12 Dec, 2023 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Politics

Women beaten up and exploited by prostitution gang in Spain's Valencia

Women beaten up and humiliated by prostitution gang in Spain’s Valencia

POLICE in Spain and Romania have freed 14 women who were sexually exploited, beaten and humiliated. A joint probe between the Policia Nacional and their

12 Dec, 2023 @ 11:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Cosmetic surgeon being investigated over death of British patient in Spain dies suddenly

A SURGEON who performed a cosmetic surgery procedure on a British woman who died following ‘complications’ at a Palma clinic in September, has himself died.

11 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Cyber scammers pocket over €5 million by defrauding users of cloned electronic product websites in Spain

Hacker from infamous cyber-attack group Kelvin Security is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘targeting town halls and businesses’

A CYBER-HACKER has been arrested in Alicante for being involved with the notorious Kelvin Security hacking group. The Venezuelan national was jailed after appearing in

11 Dec, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Sevilla·Valencian Community

Some 5,000 cars are given FAKE ITV certificates on Spain' Costa Blanca: Leader of dodgy 'MOT' racket is arrested

Some 5,000 cars are given FAKE ITV certificates on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Leader of dodgy ‘MOT’ racket is arrested

THE POLICIA NACIONAL has busted what it described as a ‘sophisticated’ gang that issued an estimated 5,000 bogus ITV car test certificates in two years.

11 Dec, 2023 @ 17:05

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Residents launch citizen patrols to stop burglaries in popular expat area of Spain's Costa Blanca

Residents launch vigilante patrols on Spain’s Costa Blanca following surge in burglaries

A SHARP spike in home robberies has forced worried residents of Pinar de Campoverde on the southern Costa Blanca to demand action to catch the

11 Dec, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Man arrested for hidden toilet videos in Spain's Valencia

Man hides in bathroom to make videos of women and children in Spain’s Valencia

A 27-YEAR-OLD Romanian man has been arrested after spending 44 minutes making hidden videos in the women’s bathroom at a Valencia shopping centre. Security cameras

9 Dec, 2023 @ 09:40

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Exposed: How a gang paid Spanish women to marry foreign expats in bid to gain them residency

THE Policia Nacional have arrested 32 people in Andalucia for their involvement in a ‘marriage of convenience’ scam that enabled foreigners to get Spanish residency.

7 Dec, 2023 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Cordoba·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Malaga

Car salesman cons customers out of €100,000 in Spain's Murcia

Car salesman cons customers out of €100,000 in southern Spain

A SECOND-HAND car salesman from Cartagena has been arrested for scamming seven victims out of €100,000. The 36-year-old Spaniard worked at an undisclosed dealership and

7 Dec, 2023 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Murcia

Imam and Arabic teacher who ‘tried to turn children into jihadists’ is arrested in Spain

AN IMAM who worked as an Arabic language teacher at a Madrid mosque has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for trying to radicalise minors.

7 Dec, 2023 @ 12:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Drug cartel members who used cocaine profits to buy hundreds of El Gordo lottery tickets are arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FAMILY gang selling cocaine laundered their proceeds by buying Christmas Lottery tickets with the hopes of scooping a bigger return from their criminal activities.

6 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Music event ticket seller cons dozens of people across Spain who end up out of pocket

A FRAUDSTER conned at least 58 people by selling bogus music concert tickets online with customers getting nothing or at best- just a fake ticket.

5 Dec, 2023 @ 10:45

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Olive oil mafia which ‘sold fake extra virgin shipments abroad’ is exposed following raids in Spain and Italy

THE Guardia Civil has arrested 11 people in Spain and Italy for belonging to a gang trading tampered olive oil. Authorities have seized 16 containers

4 Dec, 2023 @ 16:24

Andalucia·Cordoba·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead

Mother warns girls in Spain are being targeted by pimps on TikTok and Instagram after her daughter was roped into prostitution and killed by a sadomasochist

THE MOTHER of a 20-year-old woman who was murdered just over a year ago in Madrid has warned that girls in Spain are being targeted

4 Dec, 2023 @ 12:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Fraudsters posing as Denzel Washington and Hugh Jackman scam victims out of €75,000 on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE COSTA del Scam strikes again with victims losing €75,000 to fraudsters posing as famous Hollywood actors. Policia Nacional have reported numerous cases in which

4 Dec, 2023 @ 12:28

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Illegal taxi boat service shipping migrants and drugs worth €3 million is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has busted a ‘taxi-boat’ gang that shipped over a total 68 kilos of drugs worth over €3 million to Algeria and returned

4 Dec, 2023 @ 11:32

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Young squatter in Spain faces losing her ARM after sticking it in a barrel of cement to avoid being kicked out during huge police raid on ‘okupa’ building

A FEMALE squatter could lose her arm after putting it into a barrel of cement during a police raid in Catalunya. Mossos d’Esquadra officers entered

1 Dec, 2023 @ 19:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

German man is arrested after ‘stabbing his own mother’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Police arrive at scene to discover victim ‘with knife still in her back’

A GERMAN man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing his own mother in the back. Police received a call at around 4pm on Saturday, November

1 Dec, 2023 @ 14:14

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

How a French mafia made a Marbella man’s life a living hell, including torture, kidnappings and near-fatal beatings after he refused to sell them his business

A MARBELLA man has gone through hell at the hands of the French mafia after he refused to sell them his business, enduring beatings, kidnappings

29 Nov, 2023 @ 17:05

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Mamma Mia! Italian family-run pizzeria is exposed as a front for mafia’s drug trafficking ring on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Italian-owned pizzeria on the Costa Blanca served up cocaine and hashish to its customers along with its more traditional fare according to the Policia

29 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British expat’s home is taken over by squatters who turn it into mammoth marijuana farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO people have been arrested for running an indoor marijuana farm out of an Aspe property belonging to a British national who died in 2022.

28 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British man arrested in drug den selling marijuana to tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AT LEAST one British man was part of a ten-strong group arrested for their role in a bogus l’Alfas del Pi ‘social club’ that acted

28 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

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

Prostitution soars in Marbella as pimps across Spain move to running operations out of apartments – thanks to legal loophole

MARBELLA has become a prostitution hotspot after a legal loophole lets pimps operate out of unassuming apartments. In the centre of Marbella, people explore the

28 Nov, 2023 @ 11:01

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Ay, caramba! Moment a huge €130m haul of ‘Bart Simpson cocaine’ sent from South America is seized in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has seized 600 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container on a Quart de Poblet industrial estate in Valencia province. Some of

27 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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