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Costa Blanca Second Hand Clothes Dealer Goes On Trial In Spain For Running Isis Terrorist Supply Operation

Costa Blanca used clothes dealer goes on trial in Spain for running ISIS terrorist supply operation

A Syrian-born Dutch national has gone on trial in Madrid for running an Alicante clothing company as a front to distribute supplies to ISIS terrorists

4 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

WATCH: Grenade launcher and other weapons of war seized as ‘largest’ arms smuggling racket dismantled – arrests in 15 Spanish provinces

WEAPONS of war, explosives and firearms have been seized in a nationwide swoop with 21 arrests. Policia Nacional worked with a number of other law

26 Jun, 2020 @ 19:03

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

PSOE politician in Andalucia apologises for his comments comparing Basque nationalist party Bildu and Spain’s Guardia Civil, regarding terrorism

A DEPUTY Mayor in Jaen province has had to apologise for his comments comparing the Basque nationalist party Bildu and the Guardia Civil, in regards

1 Jun, 2020 @ 16:51

Jaen·Lead·Politics

Gibraltar biker wielding replica submachine gun arrested as police issue terrorism warning

A police statement added that the Rock’s terrorism threat is currently ‘substantial’, meaning that ‘an attack is a strong possibility’

13 Nov, 2019 @ 16:55

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Police in Spain detain gang accused of financing Al-Qaeda terrorism in Syria

The Europol assisted operation involved more than 350 agents who raided 14 homes and businesses across Spain

19 Jun, 2019 @ 19:25

Crime & Law·Lead

UK Government denies issuing ‘fresh warning’ of terror threat in Spain

The last update to the UK Government’s travel advice for Brits heading to Spain, however, was on June 3

17 Jun, 2019 @ 17:34

Lead·National News

Former IRA bomber, known as the ‘Angel of Death’ jailed in Spain alongside husband over Costas property scam

British customs had linked the pair to large-scale tobacco and alcohol smuggling, the profits of which were laundered through property purchased in Alicante and Malaga

14 Jun, 2019 @ 11:56

Crime & Law·Lead

BREAKING: Police arrest jihadist planning ‘massacre’ at Semana Santa parade in Spain’s Andalucia

Policia Nacional are now raiding his home as the investigation develops

17 Apr, 2019 @ 15:52

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

RISE OF THE RIGHT: How the rhetoric of Vox risks normalising violence

After a dangerous neo-Nazi was captured in Mallorca, the Olive Press investigates the growing threat from far right terror in Spain and abroad

14 Apr, 2019 @ 11:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Spain launches new counter-terrorism plan targeting ISIS and Al Qaeda

Over 230 Spaniards have left the country to fight with terrorist groups, of which 20% have returned and 25% have died

27 Feb, 2019 @ 11:24

Lead·National News

UK Foreign Office updates website to say terrorists ‘very likely to carry out attacks in Spain’

There was no reason given for the update, but the FCO say Brits ‘should be vigilant and follow the instructions of the local authorities’

23 Jan, 2019 @ 14:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

WATCH: Suspected ISIS terrorist led away by police as Costa del Sol Muslim leader condemns planned attack

“Islam is about peace and love, not terrorism"

15 Jan, 2019 @ 16:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Swedish member of Somali terror cell ‘Death Troops’ arrested in Spain’s Malaga

The suspect fled Sweden, where the band is pursued for drug trafficking, money laundering and seven murders in Stockholm

9 Nov, 2018 @ 15:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Panic in Spain as knife-wielding ‘terrorist’ shot dead while car ploughs into pedestrians

AT least three people have been injured after a car mounted a pavement and ploughed into pedestrians in Spain. A manhunt is underway for the

20 Aug, 2018 @ 13:13

Lead·National News

Alleged Muslim Brotherhood member trying to avoid deportation from Spain despite being a national security threat

AN Egyptian Imam linked to the Spanish division of the Muslim Brotherhood is reportedly trying to reach a compromise with the Spanish government to avoid

7 May, 2018 @ 19:31

Lead·National News

Moroccan man who financed his terrorist ex-wife in Syria arrested in Malaga

THE ex-husband of a female jihadist on Europe’s most wanted list has been arrested in Malaga. The Moroccan financed his ex-wife, Fadoua Hassad, so she

24 Apr, 2018 @ 17:08

Lead·National News

Eight people involved in bar fight in Spain facing 50 YEARS behind bars after being charged with terrorism offences

AMNESTY international has blasted Spain’s anti-terrorism laws after eight men were charged with terrorism offences for being involved in a bar brawl. The fight, which

16 Apr, 2018 @ 15:09

Crime & Law·Lead