Crimes & Law

THE president of the Alicante Chamber of Commerce, Carlos Baño, has been arrested for alleged corruption by the Policia Nacional. Baño was detained on Friday as part of a probe by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office into consumer voucher campaigns carried out in 2022 and 2023 in 20 municipalities across Alicante Province. Alicante Provincial Council created the voucher scheme in order …

MARCH 12, a date which binds three extreme facets in Spanish history together: religious fervour and spectacular political corruption, as well as a devastating betrayal. This day’s historical anchor dates back to 1622 when Ignatius was canonised. Ignatius, a Spanish saint canonized on March 12, 1622 is a familiar name to anyone who loves Spain. He forms an important part …

A POLISH FUGITIVE wanted for murdering and extorting prostitution prostitutes was arrested in a sleepy Malaga Village. The suspect was caught by police as he walked along Calle la Iglesia, Sayalonga. The suspect was on the run after a series of horrifying crimes committed in Poland’s region of Olsztyn. He was also involved in the brutal shooting death of a …

Guns, drug trafficking and gang violence are all over the place. Spain – unfortunately – is home to a string of neighbourhoods where crime is part of daily life. Police flag certain districts, from Barcelona to Sevilla, as being among the most dangerous in the country.  Even though Spain is one of the safer countries in Europe, pockets of deprivation …

The police in northern Spain are under fire for their actions after it was revealed that a resident complained about the poor state of a coastal pedestrian bridge less than 24 hours prior to its collapse. Six people died on Tuesday when a wooden path that ran along the rocky cliff near Santander suddenly collapsed. Seven students were walking across …

EXPATS are warned to be on the alert after a resident in Calahonda fell victim to an elaborate ‘flat tyre’ scam. What seemed to be an obliging roadside gesture to Inken T, a German ex-pat in Andalucia turned out to have been a well-staged theft. She was left without her handbag and cash as well as important documents. Inken warns …

BARCELONA has already seen the results of its new civic rules, which were introduced in February to combat anti-social behavior on the streets. Barcelona City Council released figures showing that 982 fines were issued by the municipal police during the first week following the adoption of the new ordinance. The updated law came into effect on February 15. It targets …

The Police National discovered a bunker with a tonnage of guns and drugs after suspects fired on them in the woods around Marbella.  The agents found the first ‘drug hideout’ in Marbella and made four arrests in this recent operation, according to information obtained by Marbella Directo. Describing the hideout as being ‘like a hidden cove’, Udyco (Unidad de Droga …

A pensioner who was tortured for a drug debt hurled himself out of an apartment window. After a night filled with violence and captivity, the police claim that the 74-year-old man crashed into a car parked below on Friday, February 26. Officers from the Policía Nacional later arrested a 35-year-old woman accused of tying the pensioner to a chair, beating …

A MAJOR Police Operation on the Costa del Sol in Granada and on the Costa del Sol has uncovered a logistics empire consisting of warehouses and transport companies used to funnel drugs to Eastern Europe from southern Spain. The investigation, led by the Policía Nacional with support from Europol, dismantled a network accused of stockpiling narcotics in Spain before distributing …