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Russia's dirty war comes to Spain as pro-Moscow Ukrainian is gunned down by Madrid school

Russia’s dirty war comes to Spain: Pro-Moscow Ukrainian is gunned down outside exclusive Madrid school

A MAN who worked for a former Ukrainian president has been shot and killed in Madrid. Solicitor and former politician Andriy Portnov, 52, was assassinated

21 May, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Body of man, 30, discovered with ‘multiple stab wounds’ near Costa del Sol village

THE body of a man that has been discovered on Monday afternoon has multiple stab wounds in the chest, presumably from a knife. The body

14 May, 2025 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead

'Traumatised' dog walker in Mallorca discovers bludgeoned body of a man in a ditch: Police arrest his boyfriend

Body found in southern Spain may be fugitive husband who murdered wife

LOCAL police in Spain have found the body of a man in an advanced state of decomposition hanging from a tree on Monday. Police suspect

14 May, 2025 @ 12:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Body of missing US banker Grant Barr washes up on a Costa del Sol beach

THE body of missing American banker Grant Barr has been found washed ashore on the Costa del Sol more than two months after he vanished,

14 Apr, 2025 @ 13:04

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Ex-mayor is assassinated in Valencia: Body of Arturo Torro is found ‘shot and strangled’ inside his car following drive-by attack

Ex-mayor is assassinated in Valencia: Body of Arturo Torro is found ‘shot and strangled’ by his car following drive-by attack

A MURDER inquiry has been opened after the body of former Gandia mayor, Arturo Torro, was found by his car on Wednesday night. 62-year-old Torro

20 Feb, 2025 @ 11:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Woman ‘killed by husband’ in Benalmadena had requested a restraining order but was denied

A SPANISH woman was denied a restraining order against her ‘abusive’ ex-partner just days before he allegedly killed her, it has emerged. Catalina, 48, was

10 Feb, 2025 @ 14:27

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Finnish expat who killed and dismembered his partner before dumping her remains in bins around Torrevieja is jailed: Victim’s head was never found

A FINNISH man, 73, has been jailed for 22 years after killing his partner, 68, before cutting her up and dumping parts of her body

4 Feb, 2025 @ 07:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Woman stabbed to death following street brawl involving Bulgarians in Alicante area

Horror in Mallorca: German expat, 74, ‘is axed to death by her son-in-law’ inside her villa

A GERMAN expat has been axed to death inside her villa in Mallorca. The 74-year-old was allegedly struck in the head with the bladed weapon

26 Sep, 2024 @ 12:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Husband charged with kidnapping and murdering Ana Knezevich after she disappeared from her Madrid apartment in February

Man accused of kidnapping his missing wife Ana Knezevich in Spain is kept behind bars in the US after a Florida judge declared him a ‘serious flight risk’

A JUDGE in the American state of Florida has denied bail to David Knezevich for a second time, as the court proceedings against the Serbian

11 Sep, 2024 @ 12:52

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Ana Knezevich latest: Husband of missing US expat pleads not guilty to her kidnapping in Spain – after CCTV showed him buying duct tape in Madrid hardware store

THE estranged husband of Ana Knezevich, a Colombian native with US nationality who went missing in Madrid on February 2, pleaded not guilty on Monday

11 Jun, 2024 @ 11:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Spanish photographer and guide is killed during attack while filming a tribe in Africa: Tributes pour in for Toni Espadas

A SPANISH photographer and tour guide has been killed whilst filming a TV show with a tribe in Ethiopia. Tributes have poured in for Toni

21 May, 2024 @ 13:03

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Wtcg And Partners Funds Humanitarian Rescue Mission In Afghanistan Copia 1

Three Spanish tourists are shot dead in Afghanistan: Multiple others injured

THREE tourists from Spain’s Catalunya region were killed yesterday in a shooting that took place in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province. Seven other people were injured in

18 May, 2024 @ 13:36

Catalunya·Lead

Convicted killer of eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz placed in isolation after mother of victim denounces efforts to record a documentary about the case in the Spanish prison where she is serving her life sentence

ANA Julia Quezada, the convicted killer of eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz, has been placed in isolation in the Spanish prison where she is serving her life

15 May, 2024 @ 13:40

Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead

True crime doc row in Spain: Mother of murdered boy demands an end to Netflix shows that ‘use’ tragedies – while father of teen whose body was never found insists they help expose police failures

PATRICIA Ramirez, the mother of murdered eight-year-old boy Gabriel Cruz, has publicly called for television and documentary producers to scrap any plans to make content

9 May, 2024 @ 16:56

Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead

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

Dog finds a human ARM at a ‘finca’ in Spain: Police analyse ring on victim’s finger after failing to find rest of the body

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil is investigating a grisly discovery in Alicante province, after a dog found an arm apparently belonging to a woman on a finca,

9 May, 2024 @ 15:30

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Man shoots ex-partner dead in Spain’s Malaga before turning weapon on himself

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil has opened an investigation after a 52-year-old man in Malaga province allegedly shot his ex-partner dead before turning the weapon on himself

17 Mar, 2024 @ 10:51

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

Rags To Riches As Costa Blanca Street Beggar Scoops €1.2 Million Lottery Jackpot In Spain

Police in Spain’s Caceres find body in hunt for missing 79-year-old lottery winner

THE Guardia Civil located a body on Friday during the ongoing hunt for Vicente Sanchez, a 79-year-old man from a municipality in Caceres province who

8 Mar, 2024 @ 13:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Kremlin brands Maxim Kuzminov, the Russian pilot shot dead in Spain, a ‘criminal traitor’

THE Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov who was found shot dead last week in Villajoyosa in Spain’s Alicante province has been branded a ‘criminal traitor’ by

20 Feb, 2024 @ 12:01

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

What is ‘tusi’? The ‘high class’ drug known as ‘pink cocaine’ believed to be behind the death of a teenager in Spain this week

A 14-YEAR old boy died in Spain last week after drinking a can of Red Bull spiked with over two grams of a lethal drug.

19 Feb, 2024 @ 12:49

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Independence Protest Due To The Visit Of The President Of The Spanish Government To Barcelona, Spain 21 Jun 2021

Boy, 14, dies in Spain after drinking a Red Bull spiked with ‘luxury’ drug known as ‘tusi’

A 14-YEAR old boy has died in Getafe after drinking a Red Bull laced with two grams of a psychostimulant drug known as ‘tusi’. The

19 Feb, 2024 @ 12:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

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

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

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’|

Murder probe is launched after a PRIEST is found dead in his home in eastern Spain ‘with signs of violence’

A CATHOLIC priest has been found dead in his Valencia home bed on Tuesday with police suspecting foul play, citing asphyxiation as a possible cause

23 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

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

Man confesses to police that he killed the three siblings found dead in their homes in Spain’s Madrid last week in ‘revenge’ for a €50,000 debt

A MAN arrested by police in Madrid on suspicion of killing three siblings in their seventies has confessed to the crime, claiming that he murdered

22 Jan, 2024 @ 11:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Murder probe is launched after 3 elderly siblings are found dead in Spain: Police discover Madrid family was victim of 10-year ‘love scam’ and often sent an ‘American boyfriend’ sums of up to €40,000

THREE elderly siblings have been the victims of a suspected triple murder after an elaborate scam involving tens of thousands of euros, a fake American

19 Jan, 2024 @ 14:49

Lead·Madrid

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