https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/crime/ Best Expat Newspaper in Spain Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:29:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/oplogo-favicon-150x150.png https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/crime/ 32 32 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/british-crime-boss-who-ran-uk-shootings-from-barcelona-luxury-apartment-jailed-for-43-years/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/british-crime-boss-who-ran-uk-shootings-from-barcelona-luxury-apartment-jailed-for-43-years/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:07:35 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429646 A notorious British gang leader who hid out in a Barcelona apartment with sweeping city views while directing violent attacks in the UK has been jailed for 43 years. Jamie]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/british-crime-boss-who-ran-uk-shootings-from-barcelona-luxury-apartment-jailed-for-43-years/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/cops-bust-holiday-car-jackers-who-stripped-50-motors-from-madrid-airport-car-park-for-black-market-in-morocco/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/cops-bust-holiday-car-jackers-who-stripped-50-motors-from-madrid-airport-car-park-for-black-market-in-morocco/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:45:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429502 BRAZEN thieves stole up to ten cars a week from airport and holiday parking spots – then stripped them in a secret rural chop shop before selling the parts overseas.]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/cops-bust-holiday-car-jackers-who-stripped-50-motors-from-madrid-airport-car-park-for-black-market-in-morocco/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/stabbing-in-puerto-banus-a-teen-ended-up-in-hospital-as-onlookers-watched-in-horror/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/stabbing-in-puerto-banus-a-teen-ended-up-in-hospital-as-onlookers-watched-in-horror/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:31:04 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428659 A VIOLENT street fight in Puerto Banús, Marbella, left a teenager in hospital and one person under arrest in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to El Español. The]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/stabbing-in-puerto-banus-a-teen-ended-up-in-hospital-as-onlookers-watched-in-horror/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/tourist-in-spains-ibiza-busted-after-skipping-e17600-hotel-bill-and-trying-to-flee-with-fake-id/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/tourist-in-spains-ibiza-busted-after-skipping-e17600-hotel-bill-and-trying-to-flee-with-fake-id/#respond Fri, 08 Aug 2025 13:35:05 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428406 A SHAMELESS holidaymaker has been arrested in Ibiza after racking up a €17,600 hotel bill – then doing a runner without paying a cent. The man, reportedly Senegalese, was staying]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/tourist-in-spains-ibiza-busted-after-skipping-e17600-hotel-bill-and-trying-to-flee-with-fake-id/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/guardia-civil-rescues-18-migrants-from-illegal-tobacco-factory/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/guardia-civil-rescues-18-migrants-from-illegal-tobacco-factory/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:22:38 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428213 EIGHTEEN men from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia have been rescued from an illegal tobacco factory in Andalucia, where they were forced to roll up to eight million counterfeit cigarettes]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/guardia-civil-rescues-18-migrants-from-illegal-tobacco-factory/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/05/police-fined-e16k-for-filming-ill-man-defecating-by-the-road-and-sharing-it-on-whatsapp/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/05/police-fined-e16k-for-filming-ill-man-defecating-by-the-road-and-sharing-it-on-whatsapp/#respond Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:11:52 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=427741 THREE Malaga cops have landed their force with a €16,000 bill after secretly filming a man taking a roadside poo – and sharing the video on WhatsApp. The man had]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/05/police-fined-e16k-for-filming-ill-man-defecating-by-the-road-and-sharing-it-on-whatsapp/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/29/robinson-on-the-run-olive-press-sources-reveal-he-is-likely-to-be-coming-to-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/29/robinson-on-the-run-olive-press-sources-reveal-he-is-likely-to-be-coming-to-spain/#respond Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:24:35 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=426339 BRITISH police are actively seeking far-right activist Tommy Robinson after he allegedly fled the UK this morning. Robinson – aka Stephen Yaxley Lennon – reportedly boarded a flight out of]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/29/robinson-on-the-run-olive-press-sources-reveal-he-is-likely-to-be-coming-to-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/breaking-british-drug-kingpin-brian-charrington-dies-on-costa-blanca-before-prison-fate-sealed/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/breaking-british-drug-kingpin-brian-charrington-dies-on-costa-blanca-before-prison-fate-sealed/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:32:40 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=425480 ONE of Britain’s most infamous drug traffickers, Brian Charrington, has died on Spain’s Costa Blanca – just as Spanish courts were deciding whether to throw him back behind bars. The]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/07/23/breaking-british-drug-kingpin-brian-charrington-dies-on-costa-blanca-before-prison-fate-sealed/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/30/exclusive-could-guns-found-in-madeleine-mccann-search-in-portugal-be-connected-to-her-and-prime-suspect-brueckner/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/30/exclusive-could-guns-found-in-madeleine-mccann-search-in-portugal-be-connected-to-her-and-prime-suspect-brueckner/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:57:05 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=421930 THE Olive Press can reveal more details of the guns and other items found in the recent searches for missing Madeleine McCann in Portugal. The two weapons found at a]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/30/exclusive-could-guns-found-in-madeleine-mccann-search-in-portugal-be-connected-to-her-and-prime-suspect-brueckner/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/23/smoothie-operators-cocaine-base-hidden-in-barrels-of-guava-pulp-discovered-in-spains-valencia/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/23/smoothie-operators-cocaine-base-hidden-in-barrels-of-guava-pulp-discovered-in-spains-valencia/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:47:09 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=420653 IT sounded like the ultimate wellness hack for the high-flying elite – a smoothie that could fuel a finance bro’s 3am club cameo AND his 6am gym session. But Spanish]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/23/smoothie-operators-cocaine-base-hidden-in-barrels-of-guava-pulp-discovered-in-spains-valencia/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/23/spanish-authorities-ramp-up-cutting-edge-technology-and-international-cooperation-to-outsmart-drug-traffickers/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/23/spanish-authorities-ramp-up-cutting-edge-technology-and-international-cooperation-to-outsmart-drug-traffickers/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:18:48 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=420617 SPAIN’S war on Class-A drug smuggling has taken a high-tech leap. Traffickers, never short of cunning, have embraced drones, narco-submarines, and hidden tunnels, pushing law enforcement to the limits of]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/23/spanish-authorities-ramp-up-cutting-edge-technology-and-international-cooperation-to-outsmart-drug-traffickers/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/23/south-american-hitman-is-arrested-in-madrid-for-murder-of-pimp-rival-in-peru-as-feared-gangs-move-into-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/23/south-american-hitman-is-arrested-in-madrid-for-murder-of-pimp-rival-in-peru-as-feared-gangs-move-into-spain/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:59:30 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=420555 SPANISH police have arrested another hitman linked to the notoriously deadly Latin American gang Tren de Aragua. The suspect, a Venezuelan national, was picked up following an Interpol Red Notice]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/23/south-american-hitman-is-arrested-in-madrid-for-murder-of-pimp-rival-in-peru-as-feared-gangs-move-into-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/19/palma-cracks-down-on-buying-from-illegal-street-sellers/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/19/palma-cracks-down-on-buying-from-illegal-street-sellers/#respond Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=419886 PALMA Police have enacted the city´s new ordinance which places fines of up to 750 euros on people who buy products from illegal street sellers. The new ordinance came into]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/19/palma-cracks-down-on-buying-from-illegal-street-sellers/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/10/exclusive-guns-found-during-madeleine-mccann-search-in-praia-da-luz-in-portugal/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/10/exclusive-guns-found-during-madeleine-mccann-search-in-praia-da-luz-in-portugal/#respond Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:31:43 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=418435 By Jon Clarke in Praia da Luz DETECTIVES searching for remains of missing Madeleine McCann found two buried guns in Portugal last week. The Olive Press can reveal that the]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/06/10/exclusive-guns-found-during-madeleine-mccann-search-in-praia-da-luz-in-portugal/feed/ 0