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‘Sophisticated’ fake cigarette factory with €4m monthly turnover is raided by police in Spain’s Malaga

A COUNTERFEIT cigarette factory operating around the clock in Malaga province with a monthly turnover of €4 million has been dismantled by the Guardia Civil.

14 Nov, 2024 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Mud slingers who attacked Queen Letizia in Valencia ‘were part of fringe group’, claims Spain’s Interior Minister

A GOVERNMENT minister has said that a ‘marginal’ group of violent people threw mud at the King and Queen of Spain on Sunday during their

4 Nov, 2024 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Bad hair day! French thief drops his wig during police chase after ‘stealing bank cards from elderly tourists’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FRENCHMAN has been arrested in Alicante for allegedly targeting elderly foreign tourists at ATM machines. The convicted fraudster is accused of watching his marks

7 Oct, 2024 @ 14:04

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Exposed: Taxi drivers are arrested for using ‘mafia tactics’ to gouge prices at Sevilla airport

‘I thought they were going to kill me’: Taxi driver, 71, is attacked by three German police officers in Spain’s Mallorca

A 71-YEAR-OLD Mallorca taxi driver was hospitalised after a brutal beating from a group of German tourists who claimed to be police officers. Three men

23 Aug, 2024 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British tourist is placed in chokehold and robbed of his bum bag in Spain’s Mallorca

A YOUNG British tourist was placed into a chokehold by four men who stole his bum bag in the Mallorcan party resort of Magaluf. The

12 Aug, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Fake clergyman cons thousands of euros out of parish priests on Spain’s Costa Blanca with sob story of dying father and inheritance

A BOGUS priest has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after conning over €15,000 out of two clergymen in Alicante province. He was detained in

7 Jun, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Female cook is forced to prostitute herself on roundabouts in Spain after being tricked by a gang who promised her a job in a restaurant

Woman freed after being forced into prostitution for six years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 28-YEAR-OLD woman has been rescued by the Guardia Civil in Villajoyosa after being forced into prostitution during her six year stay in Spain The

7 Jan, 2024 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Police arrest man who gagged, threatened, beat up and extorted his two Colombian housemates in Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE are searching for three suspects who gagged, extorted, threatened with a firearm and beat up two Colombian nationals in Spain’s Costa del Sol. Guardia

28 Dec, 2023 @ 14:16

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Malaga

Thousands of 'unsafe' toys seized during raids on stores in Spain's Valencia

Thousands of unsafe toys seized from shops during Christmas campaign in Spain’s Valencia

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has seized 10,696 toys from six shops in Manises for failing to follow European Union safety marking rules. The Christmas campaign raids

19 Dec, 2023 @ 15:21

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Five teenage boys accused of raping girl, 15, in Spain’s Alicante

FIVE teenage boys have been interned in juvenile centres after being arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl in Dolores. The Guardia Civil arrested the

23 Nov, 2023 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Robbery gang from Moldova is arrested after ‘raiding 100-plus homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca’

A HOME robbery gang has been charged with committing 101 burglaries across the Valencian Community and Murcia. Nearly 100 items of jewellery and watches have

17 Nov, 2023 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pflegeheim-Skandal: 10 Mitarbeiter werden wegen fahrlässiger Tötung verhaftet, nachdem sie den Tod eines Bewohners auf einem Parkplatz im spanischen Murcia vertuscht hatten

Gegen zwölf Mitarbeiter eines Pflegeheims in Murcia wird wegen des Todes einer Bewohnerin ermittelt, nachdem ihre Familie anonyme Briefe erhalten hatte, wonach sie nicht eines

30 Oct, 2023 @ 15:14