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LISTEN: Podcast by ‘Britain’s FBI’ takes you behind the scenes of their operations in Spain – where fugitives ‘want to hide among expats and drink British beer’

THE UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched a podcast series which takes you behind the scenes of their operations both at home and abroad.

7 Dec, 2023 @ 16:46

Crime & Law·Lead

Crimestoppers doubles cash reward for information about Scotland’s most wanted man Derek Ferguson

A REWARD of nearly €12,000 is being offered for information about Derek ‘Deco’ Ferguson, a Scotsman on the run for 16 years who is sought

6 Aug, 2023 @ 15:10

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Lone female on Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ list detained in Ecuador for running Costa Blanca prostitution ring

POLICE have caught one of Spain’s top ten ‘Most Wanted’ fugitives hiding out in a town on the Columbia-Ecuador border. Viviana Andrea Vallejo Gutierrez, 36,

1 Nov, 2022 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

One of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals has been arrested in Calpe after being on the run for four years. An Estonian man, 56, was part

4 Oct, 2022 @ 11:12

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

OPINION: Why YOU could be the secret weapon against fugitives hiding out on Spain’s Costa del Crime

IT’S awful to think one might live next door or could be sitting on the next table enjoying a beer. But there is a very

17 Sep, 2022 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Opinion

Elaborate Disguise Fails To Stop One Of Spain's 'most Wanted' Being Arrested On Costa Blanca

Elaborate disguise can’t stop Costa Blanca arrest of one of Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals

THE Policia Nacional have arrested a fugitive child sex abuser who was on their list of Spain’s Most Wanted criminals. Diego Dario Gonzalez Ghersi was

10 Aug, 2022 @ 16:08

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

Most wanted Brit cocaine baron arrested in Benidorm

A MAN dubbed ‘Britain’s most wanted cocaine baron’ has been arrested in Benidorm. The search for Louis Edwards, 44, had initially focused on Malaga but

5 Jul, 2022 @ 11:52

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

One of UK’s most wanted fugitives thought to be on the run in Spain has been arrested

ANOTHER fugitive on the list of UK’s most wanted who are thought to be hiding out in Spain had been detained, but in Bulgaria. Benjamin

16 Jun, 2022 @ 10:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

UK’s ‘Most Wanted’ woman loses extradition battle to stay in Spain

AFTER a decade on the run Sarah Panitzke will be flown home to Britain to face justice after losing a bid to serve her sentence

9 Jun, 2022 @ 10:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Fugitive captured in Madrid after tip off within 48 hours of Spain’s most wanted appeal

POLICE swooped in on one of the most wanted fugitives in Spain on Wednesday, capturing him within 48hours of a nationwide appeal in which his

3 Jun, 2022 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Have you seen them? Police appeal for help to find top ten most wanted fugitives in Spain

A BRITISH murderer and a Belgian drug dealer are included in a list of the top ten most wanted fugitives in Spain. The Policia Nacional

30 May, 2022 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain's top court upholds massive jail sentence for British paedophile teacher who changed name by deed poll

British paedophile teacher handed 138 year jail sentence in Spain after changing his name by deed poll to continue abuse of young children

A BRITISH paedophile who changed his name by deed poll and forged legal documents to find work as a teacher in Spain so he could

26 May, 2022 @ 19:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read·National News

Spanish aristocrat and Brit crypto expert placed on FBI’s most wanted listed over North Korea links

A Spanish aristocrat and a British bitcoin entrepreneur who was once based in Gibraltar have been placed on the FBI’s most wanted listed over their

25 May, 2022 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·National News

Known paedophile who groomed dozens of victims over online games arrested in Spain’s Malaga

AN Italian man accused of amassing a collection of over 2,000 sex videos of children he groomed through online gaming has been arrested by police

20 May, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Motorists brake to avoid drunk mum with two children illegally crossing roads in Spain's Valencia

French fugitive on the run for 13 years arrested in Spain’s Alicante for drug trafficking

OFFICERS from Spain’s Policia Nacional in Alicante have arrested a 38-year-old Frenchman wanted for drug trafficking since 2009. The fugitive was allegedly part of a

20 Apr, 2022 @ 12:30

Alicante·Crime & Law

WATCH: This is the moment Britain’s most wanted woman was caught by police while walking her dogs in Spain

SHE was once Britain’s most wanted woman for her part in a €1 billion VAT scam. She escaped the reach of British police and evaded

4 Mar, 2022 @ 11:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

British fugitive to be extradited after two arrests within days in Spain's Malaga area

British fugitive faces extradition after two arrests within days in Spain’s Malaga area

A British man wanted by UK authorities after skipping jail for weapons offences, has been arrested in Marbella. The 29-year-old fugitive was detained at a

4 Feb, 2022 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Fugitive known as ‘Galician Rambo’ nabbed by neighbours after almost a year hiding out in woods

A CONVICTED murderer, who escaped from prison and became known as Rambo because he survived in the woods using his army training, has finally been

3 Feb, 2022 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Have you seen him? Police hunt Brit fugitive thought to be on the run in Spain’s Marbella in new appeal for ‘most wanted’

POLICE have made a public appeal for another one of the UK’s most wanted fugitives after it emerged he might be hiding out on the

27 Jan, 2022 @ 10:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Must Read·National News

NABBED: Police capture one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives during dog walk in Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE in Spain have confirmed the arrest of one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives. Joshua Hendry, 30, was cuffed in Marbella’s San Pedro de Alcantara

22 Jan, 2022 @ 11:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

‘He could be your neighbour’: Hunt for 12 most wanted British fugitives believed to be hiding out in Spain

AUTHORITIES have launched a new appeal to find 12 of the UK’s most wanted criminals thought to be hiding out in Spain. Among those on

19 Jan, 2022 @ 18:56

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Lead·Madrid·Must Read·National News

Google Maps clue leads police to mafia fugitive on the run for 20 years and living suburban life in Madrid

POLICE tracked down one of Italy’s most notorious mobsters who had been on Europol’s wanted list for 20 years after he was spotted on an

5 Jan, 2022 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Villagers join manhunt for ‘Galician Rambo’ an escaped prisoner with military training living in the woods in northwestern Spain

RESIDENTS of a town in Galicia in northwestern Spain have joined Guardia Civil patrols in an attempt to seek out an escaped prisoner who is

30 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

WATCH: Police in Spain swoop in on drug trafficker who lived life of luxury in Barcelona

SPANISH police have arrested a ‘most-wanted’ international drug trafficker who used proceeds of illicit trade to live a luxury lifestyle of fast cars, private yachts

17 Dec, 2021 @ 18:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead