Tag Archives: crime & law

The mayor of Fuengirola, after a Saturday night shooting at a bar along the promenade, has requested more police and federal assistance. In an apparent drug-related attack, two Scottish men were killed.  The mayor requested more police officers and resources to deal with this type of crime in an emergency meeting held with Policia Nacional and Policia Local.  READ MORE …

Squatting continues to increase throughout Spain. In all cases, it increased by 7% last year. It’s shocking that, in many cases it is not illegal because there was an agreement involved. It means that the tenant can continue to live in the house even after their rental agreement has ended.  READ MORE Spain’s jobless total dips below 2.5m for first …

Three defendants will serve a minimum of two years in prison after a woman suffered serious burns after being sprayed by gasoline as part of a cruel game.  The events date back to June 27 2022, when the victim went to a house in Cajar, called ‘Villa Amparo’, to participate in a ‘hardcore escape room’ with other people. Wear old …

ECUADOR is set to fight Spain over the extradition Dritan Giika, the alleged head of an Albanian drug trafficking gang, after his arrest in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.  Gjika, known as ‘Tony’, has been a fugitive since 2024, wanted for orchestrating a transnational cocaine smuggling operation from Colombia through Ecuador to Europe. The arrest, confirmed by Ecuadorian …

A SEARCH has been launched for a British man aged 25 who seems to have disappeared after not hearing from him for more than a month.  His parents who live in Britain contacted the Spanish Police on April 30 to inform them that they had lost contact with him. The trail ended in Tossa De Mar, Catalunya. Interpol alerted the …

Last Wednesday, a DUTCHman was assaulted in Algeciras and robbed in the parking lot behind San Bernardo Bus Station. The victim was cleaning the car when two women began to search his pockets. He was then assaulted by a man, who restrained and restrained his hands.  They stole his mobile phone and €180 in cash, and fled on foot in …

Guardia Civil seized more than 22,000 unmarked packs of tobacco during a major antismuggling campaign in Los Barrios in Cadiz Province. Two people have been arrested for suspected tobacco smuggling. Both suspects have extensive criminal histories. The tobacco may have come from Gibraltar where it was delivered illegally by boat from Africa. READ MORE Spain orders Airbnb to block 65,000 …

According to a Ministry of the Interior announcement, six intentional murders have occurred in the Province of Malaga during the first quarter of the year 2025.  Statistically, these numbers are the same as last year’s, but there has been a 17% increase in attempted murders.  The crime wave on the Costa del Sol in recent weeks is reflected by this …

Multiple stab wounds were found in the chest of a body discovered on Monday. It is believed that this man was stabbed with a blade. The body, which was discovered in El Borge in Axarquia, belongs to an unidentified man who looks about 30 years old.  According to an Olive Press source, residents of El Borge do not believe that …

The local police in Spain discovered the body of an elderly man hanging from a large tree in a decomposition state. Monday.  Police suspect his body may be the same as that of a man who killed a woman on 24 April in Cartaya (Huelva). The woman may have been murdered with a hammer by the man suspected of committing …