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International crackdown breaks up vast Spain-Algeria migrant trafficking operation

News Desk7th August 202612th August 2026

7th August 202612th August 2026846

A major international police operation led by Spain has dismantled what investigators describe as one of the largest organised criminal networks operating migrant smuggling routes...

Scottish fugitive on UK’s most wanted list captured in Madrid following lengthy manhunt

News Desk5th August 202610th August 2026

5th August 202610th August 2026745

A Scottish man listed among the United Kingdom’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Madrid after Spanish police tracked him down following a lengthy...

Guardia Civil arrest tractor driver over alleged negligence as Spain’s wildfire crisis deepens

News Desk26th July 202631st July 2026

26th July 202631st July 20262166

Spanish police have arrested a tractor driver accused of sparking one of the devastating wildfires that has forced tens of thousands of people to flee...

International gang busted on Costa del Sol over fake UK driving licence operation

News Desk28th June 20262nd July 2026

28th June 20262nd July 20261606

Spain’s National Police have dismantled an international criminal network based on the Costa del Sol that specialised in producing and distributing counterfeit UK driving licences,...

Judge probing Spanish PM’s wife faces disciplinary action over comments on police

News Desk22nd June 202629th June 2026

22nd June 202629th June 20261412

Spain’s judicial watchdog has launched disciplinary proceedings against the judge leading the corruption investigation into Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife, in a move that adds...

95 arrests, as Spanish police seize 16 tonnes of counterfeit World Cup merchandise worth millions

News Desk17th June 202622nd June 2026

17th June 202622nd June 20261421

Spanish National Police have seized more than 16 tonnes of counterfeit football kits destined for sale during the FIFA World Cup as part of a...

British couple detained on Costa del Sol for alleged child abandonment, as baby ‘tests positive for cocaine’

News Desk11th June 202616th June 2026

11th June 202616th June 20261367

A British couple have been detained on Spain’s Costa del Sol after allegedly leaving their three young children alone in a hotel room while they...

Man shot dead near Barcelona police station in second fatal shooting within a week

News Desk11th June 202615th June 2026

11th June 202615th June 20262232

A man was shot dead in broad daylight near a police office in central Barcelona on Wednesday morning, prompting a major manhunt as the city...

Police bust Alicante counterfeit document workshop linked to migrant smuggling networks

News Desk10th June 202615th June 2026

10th June 202615th June 2026895

Spanish police have dismantled a sophisticated counterfeit document workshop in Alicante that investigators say was supplying forged identity papers to criminal networks across Europe, seizing...

British fugitive arrested in Costa Blanca raids tied to drug trafficking and forgery probe

News Desk15th May 202619th May 2026

15th May 202619th May 20261219

Spanish police have arrested one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives after dismantling an alleged drug trafficking and forgery network operating on the Costa Blanca, in...

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