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Brazilian 'cleaners' tricked into becoming sex workers at Costa Blanca brothel in Spain

Brazilian ‘cleaners’ conned and forced to become sex workers at Costa Blanca brothel in Spain

FIVE WOMEN forced to work as prostitutes in Spain’s Alicante province have been freed by the Policia Nacional following collaboration with the Brazilian Federal police.

18 Oct, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Expat in Spain ‘hires several hitmen to kill her ex-partner to collect €100k life insurance’

A CASTELLON woman hired two groups of hitmen to kill her ex-partner so that she could pocket a €100,000 life insurance pay-out. The middle-aged Peruvian

13 Oct, 2023 @ 14:20

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Student falls from her third floor balcony ‘after eating piece of weed brownie and hallucinating’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A FEMALE Malaga student is lucky to be alive after eating a home-made marijuana brownie which made her believe she was being kidnapped- leading her

13 Oct, 2023 @ 11:27

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Man climbs wall and enters apartment via balcony before sexually attacking woman in Spain's Valencia

Man climbs wall and breaks into apartment via balcony to rape woman in Spain’s Valencia

A MAN, 32, scaled the wall of a Valencia building to access a first floor balcony and enter the home of a woman who he

12 Oct, 2023 @ 18:03

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Hotel worker, 24, ‘stole cash and valuables from guests’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca by ‘using universal code to raid safes while they were out’

AN ALICANTE hotel worker has been caught stealing money from room safes by using a universal access code to open them. The 24-year-old Spanish woman-

12 Oct, 2023 @ 11:26

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

Two British men ‘rape young man they met on Grindr’: Victim needed stitches after brutal attack at Mallorca hotel

TWO BRITISH men, both aged 36, have been arrested in Mallorca after raping another British male they’d agreed to meet for a threesome. The two

10 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Angry Benidorm residents to stage protest this weekend over big local tax rises

Two men are jailed for rape of young British tourist in Spain’s Benidorm

TWO ALGERIAN men have been arrested for allegedly raping a British tourist in the Benidorm area on August 25. The age of the victim has

5 Oct, 2023 @ 11:16

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

British retirees living in Spain's Benidorm can now apply for financial help with carers

Carer ‘steals €20,000 watch from woman, 94, on Spain’s Costa Blanca before melting down her jewellery for cash’

A CARER has been arrested for stealing over €50,000 of jewellery from an elderly Elche woman that employed her. The 94-year-old victim’s daughter complained to

4 Oct, 2023 @ 16:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Autistic ‘Irish’ boy, 11, ‘is sexually assaulted in front of his family’ at hotel in Spain’s Tenerife

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in the south of Tenerife have arrested a man who sexually assaulted an 11-year-old autistic boy- believed to be Irish. The youngster

4 Oct, 2023 @ 13:42

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

British expat arsonist sets fire to bins and parked cars on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH man, 43, has been arrested in Javea and charged with setting fire to several municipal rubbish collection bins and parked cars. The Guardia

2 Oct, 2023 @ 11:58

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

ITragic deaths in Murcia nightclub fire prompts licence checks across Spain

Investigations could last ‘for weeks’ to find cause of Murcia nightclub inferno that killed 13 people

POLICE have confirmed that 13 people died in a nightclub fire in Murcia City on Sunday morning with five ‘missing’ guests located safe and sound.

2 Oct, 2023 @ 11:08

Lead·Murcia·National News

Knife-wielding gang members who threatened the family of a local policemen in Mallorca arrested

TWO members of a gypsy clan who pulled out a knife and made threats to the wife of a local police officer have been arrested

18 Sep, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Thieves rob tourists walking around streets of Costa Blanca city in Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in Alicante have arrested two men who robbed a group of French tourists. The Algerian nationals aged 20 and 29 took a

31 Aug, 2023 @ 11:23

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

Prostitutes run protection racket and beat up woman who wanted to work on same road in Spain's Costa Blanca

Prostitute turf war as women extort and beat up rivals wanting to work on same Costa Blanca street in Spain

TWO BRAZILIAN women have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for assaulting another prostitute that wanted to ‘work’ on the same Alicante street. The assailants

29 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

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

German tourist stabbed and robbed by group of six young 'North African' men outside Mallorca nightclub

German tourist ‘is stabbed and robbed’ by ‘six North African youths’ outside nightclub in Spain’s Mallorca

A MIDDLE-AGED German tourist was stabbed and robbed in the early hours of Wednesday by a group of six young ‘North African’ men in Playa

24 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different areas of Spain

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different parts of Spain

A TRAVELLING gang of home robbers has been arrested after a joint operation between Policia Nacional units in Alicante and Antequera(Malaga). Three men- all of

23 Aug, 2023 @ 11:36

Alicante·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·Murcia·National News

Angry patient throws computer at female doctor who would not sign him off work in latest medical assault in Spain’s Murcia

A MURCIA GP was hit by a computer thrown by a patient that she refused to sign-off work. The attack happened at the Molina de

22 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Murcia

Fraudster arrested in Costa Blanca street for running bogus real estate website and pocketing money from victims in Spain

Fraudster arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for running fake property website and pocketing money from victims

A MAN who scammed €90,000 in just over six months from people using his fake real estate website has been arrested in Alicante Province. The

18 Aug, 2023 @ 12:41

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Valencian Community

‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Callous ‘love hug’ robber targeting old people- and even offering sex- gets fifth arrest in recent months on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROFESSIONAL ‘love hug’ street robber has been arrested in Alicante for the fifth time in recent months. The 26-year-old woman travelled all round Spain

15 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Benidorm scammers conned savers out of €339,000 with bogus claims of UK-based investment companies bringing massive monthly profits

Fake bank notes totting up to millions of Euros seized from scamming brothers ripping-off sellers in Spain’s Madrid and Valencia

THREE Croatian-Italian brothers who used counterfeit euro notes to con sellers of high-value items have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The siblings led a

14 Aug, 2023 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Madrid·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Swimming pool guards arrested for hate crimes in Spain's Valencia after telling woman wearing a veil to 'f---ing go back to her country'

Swimming pool guards arrested for hate crimes in Spain’s Valencia after telling veil-wearing woman to ‘f—ing go back to her country’

TWO SECURITY GUARDS at the Benicalap municipal swimming pool in Valencia have been arrested for hate crimes after allegedly stopping her entering the facility because

11 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Hero Policeman arrests man who was harassing and threatening passengers during a flight from Palma to Sevilla

A POLICEMAN going on a flight from Mallorca to Sevilla has arrested a man who was harassing and making threats to passengers. The arrested man

10 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Angry passenger thumps bus driver in face and hurls him out of vehicle- just missing passing cars- in Spain’s Valencia

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested a Valencia man, 27, who attacked a city bus driver who would not let him use somebody else’s travel pass.

9 Aug, 2023 @ 14:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Neo-Nazi skinheads burst into mosque during prayers and make threats in Spain's Castellon province

Neo-Nazi skinheads in Spain burst into mosque to interrupt prayers and threaten to blow it up

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested three men who burst into a Villareal mosque and threatened the congregation. The

7 Aug, 2023 @ 19:30

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community