https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/other-news/crime-law/ Best Expat Newspaper in Spain Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:07:47 +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/other-news/crime-law/ 32 32 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/top-spanish-anti-drugs-cop-in-mallorca-remanded-in-custody-over-links-to-mafia-style-drug-and-money-laundering-gang/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/top-spanish-anti-drugs-cop-in-mallorca-remanded-in-custody-over-links-to-mafia-style-drug-and-money-laundering-gang/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:07:45 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429785 A SENIOR Spanish police inspector has been thrown behind bars without bail over claims he leaked top-secret information to a ruthless European drug gang. Inspector Faustino Nogales, once head of]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/15/top-spanish-anti-drugs-cop-in-mallorca-remanded-in-custody-over-links-to-mafia-style-drug-and-money-laundering-gang/feed/ 0 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/2025/08/14/two-young-american-tourists-sexually-assaulted-in-separate-incidents-in-spains-valencia/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/two-young-american-tourists-sexually-assaulted-in-separate-incidents-in-spains-valencia/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429408 TWO female American tourists- one aged 17- have allegedly been sexually assaulted in separate incidents in Valencia. One of the victims, 21, reported she had been raped by a German]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/two-young-american-tourists-sexually-assaulted-in-separate-incidents-in-spains-valencia/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/got-grandparents-from-spain-countdown-is-on-to-register-for-a-spanish-passport/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/got-grandparents-from-spain-countdown-is-on-to-register-for-a-spanish-passport/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:51:46 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429260 A NEW deadline has been put in place to request Spanish citizenship for those with the correct ancestry – and it’s coming up fast. Descendants of Spanish grandparents now only]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/14/got-grandparents-from-spain-countdown-is-on-to-register-for-a-spanish-passport/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/13/squatters-get-rent-collector-and-large-men-arrested-for-staging-violent-eviction-in-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/13/squatters-get-rent-collector-and-large-men-arrested-for-staging-violent-eviction-in-spain/#respond Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=429136 A RENT collector assigned to a Toledo apartment has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for organising a violent eviction of squatters. Four ‘large’ men- hired to clear out three]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/13/squatters-get-rent-collector-and-large-men-arrested-for-staging-violent-eviction-in-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/mallorcas-former-top-anti-drug-cop-arrested-in-money-laundering-probe-linked-to-ibiza-cocaine-pipeline/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/mallorcas-former-top-anti-drug-cop-arrested-in-money-laundering-probe-linked-to-ibiza-cocaine-pipeline/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:47:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428887 A FORMER head of the Policia Nacional’s narcotics unit in Mallorca has been arrested as part of a probe into money laundering of drug trafficking cash earned via the so-called]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/12/mallorcas-former-top-anti-drug-cop-arrested-in-money-laundering-probe-linked-to-ibiza-cocaine-pipeline/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/horror-in-malaga-as-nigerian-man-smashes-champagne-bottle-over-swedish-girlfriends-head-during-hotel-room-brawl/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/horror-in-malaga-as-nigerian-man-smashes-champagne-bottle-over-swedish-girlfriends-head-during-hotel-room-brawl/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428773 A MALAGA hotel room brawl saw a woman stab her boyfriend after he smashed a champagne bottle on her head. Both have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The fight]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/horror-in-malaga-as-nigerian-man-smashes-champagne-bottle-over-swedish-girlfriends-head-during-hotel-room-brawl/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/watch-police-frogmarch-one-of-europes-most-wanted-narco-kingpins-out-of-his-luxury-villa-on-spains-southern-coast/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/watch-police-frogmarch-one-of-europes-most-wanted-narco-kingpins-out-of-his-luxury-villa-on-spains-southern-coast/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428744 IT was just after dawn when elite Guardia Civil officers swept into a quiet hillside neighbourhood of Almuñecar on Granada’s Costa Tropical. Moments later, one of Europe’s most wanted drug]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/watch-police-frogmarch-one-of-europes-most-wanted-narco-kingpins-out-of-his-luxury-villa-on-spains-southern-coast/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/spanish-council-hires-private-detectives-to-crack-down-on-sick-leave-abuse/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/spanish-council-hires-private-detectives-to-crack-down-on-sick-leave-abuse/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:12:28 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428747 FUENGIROLA Town Hall is hiring private detectives to spy on council workers off sick –  in a bid to tackle what it calls ‘sky-high’ absenteeism. The council wants contract proposals]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/spanish-council-hires-private-detectives-to-crack-down-on-sick-leave-abuse/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/british-tourist-robbed-of-e40k-rolex-watch-in-mallorca-street-as-young-daughter-screams-in-horror/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/british-tourist-robbed-of-e40k-rolex-watch-in-mallorca-street-as-young-daughter-screams-in-horror/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:45:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428685 A BRITISH tourist had his Rolex watch wrenched off his wrist while walking down a Mallorca street with his wife and young daughter. The violent robbery happened on Friday at]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/british-tourist-robbed-of-e40k-rolex-watch-in-mallorca-street-as-young-daughter-screams-in-horror/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/benidorm-luxury-villa-rented-by-french-fugitives-wanted-for-murder-and-drug-trafficking/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/benidorm-luxury-villa-rented-by-french-fugitives-wanted-for-murder-and-drug-trafficking/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428667 TWO fugitives on the run from French justice have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Benidorm. The men were wanted for a string of offences committed in 2024 including]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/benidorm-luxury-villa-rented-by-french-fugitives-wanted-for-murder-and-drug-trafficking/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/spiritual-retreat-in-costa-blanca-villa-supplied-psychotropic-drugs-to-high-paying-guests/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/spiritual-retreat-in-costa-blanca-villa-supplied-psychotropic-drugs-to-high-paying-guests/#respond Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:06:08 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428644 THREE people have been arrested for providing banned psychotropic drugs at a spiritual retreat operating out of a Pedreguer villa. Five others are also being investigated as guests were charged]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/11/spiritual-retreat-in-costa-blanca-villa-supplied-psychotropic-drugs-to-high-paying-guests/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/2025/08/08/former-arsenal-midfielder-thomas-partey-signs-for-spains-villarreal-despite-uk-court-appearance-over-sexual-offence-charges/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/former-arsenal-midfielder-thomas-partey-signs-for-spains-villarreal-despite-uk-court-appearance-over-sexual-offence-charges/#respond Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:56:22 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428376 FORMER Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has signed for La Liga club Villarreal – despite a UK court appearance this week over sexual offences allegedly committed in Spain.  The Ghanaian has]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/former-arsenal-midfielder-thomas-partey-signs-for-spains-villarreal-despite-uk-court-appearance-over-sexual-offence-charges/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/bogus-crowdfunding-scheme-cheated-small-investors-out-of-e7-7m-in-spain/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/bogus-crowdfunding-scheme-cheated-small-investors-out-of-e7-7m-in-spain/#respond Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428313 DOZENS of small investors in Spain were conned out of €7.7 million via a bogus crowdfunding scheme between 2022 and 2024. Six people have been arrested by the Policia Nacional]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/08/bogus-crowdfunding-scheme-cheated-small-investors-out-of-e7-7m-in-spain/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/watch-police-arrest-british-irish-gang-on-costa-del-sol-who-smuggled-tons-of-marijuana-to-ireland-hidden-in-animal-feed/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/watch-police-arrest-british-irish-gang-on-costa-del-sol-who-smuggled-tons-of-marijuana-to-ireland-hidden-in-animal-feed/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:15:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428236 A COSTA del Sol-based gang with British, Irish, and Spanish members that exported marijuana inside animal feed pallets has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. It’s believed that up to]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/watch-police-arrest-british-irish-gang-on-costa-del-sol-who-smuggled-tons-of-marijuana-to-ireland-hidden-in-animal-feed/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/angry-camper-van-buyers-across-spain-are-fleeced-by-conman-who-doesnt-send-vehicles/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/angry-camper-van-buyers-across-spain-are-fleeced-by-conman-who-doesnt-send-vehicles/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:45:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428179 A MAN running an online camper van sales business has been arrested for defrauding at least a dozen people across Spain. The 46-year-old Spaniard from Tibi(Alicante province) pocketed deposits for]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/angry-camper-van-buyers-across-spain-are-fleeced-by-conman-who-doesnt-send-vehicles/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/irish-teens-arrested-for-brutal-assault-on-elderly-tourist-and-his-grandson-in-mallorca/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/irish-teens-arrested-for-brutal-assault-on-elderly-tourist-and-his-grandson-in-mallorca/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428156 TWO teenage Irish tourists were jailed and then bailed after a brutal attack on a 71-year-old man and his grandson, 20, in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca. The victims- also Irish- were]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/irish-teens-arrested-for-brutal-assault-on-elderly-tourist-and-his-grandson-in-mallorca/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/brit-tourist-16-arrested-in-spains-tenerife-over-attempted-hotel-sex-attack/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/brit-tourist-16-arrested-in-spains-tenerife-over-attempted-hotel-sex-attack/#respond Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:20:08 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=428166 A 16-YEAR-OLD British tourist has been arrested by police in Tenerife on suspicion of typing to rape a fellow Brit holidaymaker. The male teenager is accused of entering the 22-year-old]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/08/07/brit-tourist-16-arrested-in-spains-tenerife-over-attempted-hotel-sex-attack/feed/ 0