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Are you or have you been a victim of illegal takeover of your property in Spain? We are collecting stories to magnify this serious problem! Please send us an email and sign-up for news about this ongoing problem of illegal occupation of foreigners holiday homes. Read all about the squatter problems by copy pasting this link https://crimespain.com/f/spanish-scam-squatters-report-being-victims-to-take-over-villa

TOP Stories 2024

20 million euro in cash seized in house of corrupt Madrid top Cop

The head of Economic Crimes of the National Police in Madrid has been arrested with nearly 20 million euros hidden in his home. Those who know him and have worked under him define him as "a good boss". Óscar Sánchez Gil, head of the Economic and Fiscal Crimes Unit (UDEF) of the Madrid Police Headquarters, arrested for his links to a drug trafficking.... 

Spanish killer axed off father's head & played football with it

The 46-year-old man was arrested after several calls from drivers who were being attacked with an axe, when driving on the N-630 road through Soto de Ribera, ten kilometres from Oviedo. Witnesses saw him grab his father's head and throw it against cars, and even started playing with his head as if it was a football....

Spain warn you NOT to stop on this road due to risk of theft!

According to Spain's security forces the E-15 stretch that connects Barcelona with La Junquera on A-7 is the perfect location for thieves to do their thing. DO NOT STOP at any gas stations, rest areas, old toll booths or any random point on the road.....

Four shootings with two wounded in Marbella in just over a month

 #ThisIsSpain - Shootings are heating up a Marbella that seemed pacified not long ago. In little more than a month four shootings have been reported, resulting in two wounded. A new wave of such skirmishes between gangs....

Spanish man raping his 3-year-old daughter and infecting her with STD

 #ThisIsSpain - 15 years in prison for father accused of raping his 3-year-old daughter and infecting her with a sexually transmitted disease. The prosecution claims that the father knew he had the disease....

3 arrested for brutal murder of a Belgian couple in Tenerife

Marc F., 71, and Laura G., 66, her body was located floating on the coast of the Tenerife municipality of Arico and the autopsy determined that the death had been violent. The body was dismembered and she was carrying a plastic bag over her head. Husband still missing....

Tourist kidnapped in Malaga airport, 23 days 500.000 euro ransom

Swedish man took a flight from Turkey to Malaga for sightseeing. Upon his arrival at the airport, he was picked up by a person sent by a friend to take him to his hotel. From that moment on, his family stopped hearing from him for days....

4 million euro funeral scam: reusing 6000 coffins and flowers

ThisIsSpain - The great Spanish funeral scam is approaching trial: four million profits for reusing coffins and flowers of 6,000 dead. The judge of the coffin scam sends the 24 accused to trial....

16 Madrid airport workers arrested for stealing from suitcases

Madrid airport workers arrested for stealing everything from Spanish ham to perfume worth 120,000 euros from luggage. There are another 22 people under investigation who would have carried out smaller robberies....

40+ million Mega Real Estate fraud projects finally going to court

British citizens defrauded for 17 million euros La Manga project now 20 years after the court case is finally starting. UPDATE; another huge real estate fraud case regarding Grupo 21 scamming over thousand families for 25 million euro is also finally going to court....

500000 euro watch stolen from tourist on Paseo Gracia in Barcelona

The Mossos d'Esquadra are looking for the thieves who stole a Richard Mille luxury watch from a tourist who was walking along Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona. UPDATED; also looking for Rolex stolen at gunpoint at the full 99 Sushi Bar in Barcelona....

400 acorn-fed Pata Negra hams valued at 200,000 euro stolen

It happens in the middle of the Christmas campaign. Jamones Eíriz, from Jabugo, suffered the robbery in the early hours of November 13. Investigators believe that there would be five people involved....

Woman who hid 3 stolen Rolexes in her vagina arrested in Madrid

Dora was arrested by the National Police when she was going to take a plane to her country. The investigation by the Robbery Group of the UDEV Central and the Cronos group of the Police allowed her to be intercepted in the facilities of the Barajas-Adolfo Suárez airport before she left Spain....

World's 10 most adulterated and fraudulent foods, many in Spain

According to this research, the counterfeiting of basic products of the daily diet not only affects consumers in economic terms, but also puts public health at risk.  Guardia Civil officers in Spain arrested 32 people and they are investigating a further 21 as suspects for crimes against industrial property, fraud, food fraud, document forgery and public health....

Local police arrested for collecting false fines from foreigners

Two Local Police officers from a municipality in Tenerife have been imprisoned by court order, accused of a crime of embezzlement of public funds, after being arrested for allegedly keeping the money from fines imposed on foreign tourists that were not processed....

Arrested for robbing 22 luxury houses in Ibiza with sleeping gas

The Civil Guard has arrested three people, two men and a woman, for belonging to a gang that was dedicated to robbing luxury houses during the summer in Ibiza, to which they attribute 22 robberies in homes, with stolen objects worth half a million euros....

Fake Spanish doctor in Malaga; patient fraud over 300,000 euro

Ongoing police investigations have so far identified 10 victims of the man, who had no medical qualifications, with two of them paying combined 300,000 euros for their treatments. He practiced for 30 years....

Locksmith stole 1.5m euro in jewellery & cash from safe in Madrid

Police sources have assured EFE that the alleged perpetrators, both Spaniards aged 35 and 47, with a history of similar acts, were arrested on June 26 after the investigation opened last autumn by agents of the police station of the aforementioned district....

Stole 34 million m3 of water for his golf course in Murcia

Spanish businessman is being investigated for stealing some 34 million cubic meters of water from an overexploited underground aquifer with 15 illegal wells and five unsupplied springs to irrigate the golf course of an urbanization in Murcia, which has caused environmental damage valued at 65 million euros....

Teacher convicted of raping a minor whom he subjected to sadism

The Provincial Court of Ourense has sentenced to 13 and a half years in prison a teacher born in 1975 who –as the court considers proven– sexually abused and raped an underage student – to whom he had taught music since the Infant stage.... 

3 arrested for stealing a truck with 2 million euro in perfumes

Agents of the National Police, in cooperation with the Civil Guard, arrested three people yesterday for stealing a truck loaded with two million euros in perfumes. In their criminal action, they stole the vehicle using violence and posing as agents of the State Security Forces.... 

Notary from Algeciras arrested; 120 illegal homes sold in Spain

He provided his services in a notary's office in the Plaza Alta of Algeciras, is the one investigated by the Civil Guard in the alleged plot dismantled in La Línea de la Concepción dedicated to parcelling out and selling rustic land to build up to 120 illegal homes....

22 people arrested for child pornography - 1 million files

The National Police has arrested 22 people in Seville for their alleged involvement in several investigations related to corruption of minors and child pornography, thus culminating several operations carried out in the province, which have resulted so far this year in that number of arrests and 17 house searches.... 

Arrested for stealing 3000 euro from woman after beating her up

The Civil Guard has arrested three people for robbing a woman of 3,000 euros after beating her in the private garage of her home, in Toledo.. - Not exactly the safest country in EU but a great hiding place for many criminals. So if you like drugs / dealers or corrupt police and politicians? Spain is definitely for you!

Police say gangs of ex-military thieves are operating in Marbella

EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa woke to find two masked raiders shining torches in rooms in the early hours of Sunday at her family's Marbella holiday home. They fled with valuables, including the 31-year-old mum's engagement diamond ring....

Supreme Court confirms 19 years in prison for Civil Guard rapist

19-year prison sentence for a sergeant of the Guardia Civil that continuously raped and abused a subordinate for four and a half years, even going so far as to punch her in the gut when he found out that she was expecting his child and to threaten to throw her down the stairs if she did not agree to terminate the pregnancy....

UNCOVERED; How you can pay to get out of Prison in Spain

Crime journalist, Nacho Abad, explains this Saturday in Fin de Semana that in the Puerto III prison in Cádiz a corruption plot has been discovered in which permits and even the third degree were sold. It is, he says, "one of the most serious scandals we have had in recent years in Spain"....

Spanish man hires hitman to kill maid who saw wife's infidelity

A man has pleaded guilty to hiring a hitman for EUR 3000 to end the life of his housekeeper. 'El Vaca', and the hitman, a drug addict with a history, have pleaded guilty to the shooting death of the worker. The first faces 40 years in prison, while the second faces 46.... 

Largest brothel owner in Spain; 52 years prison and 150m in fines

The judge of the National Court, José Luis Calama, opened oral proceedings against 30 people - among them, José Moreno Gómez, owner of Paradise - for tax crimes derived from the creation of a corporate network allegedly set up to hide money from the operation of multiple hostess clubs whose sum exceeds 2 billion euros.... 

Guardia Civil internal affairs detects fraud of 180 million euros

The recent revelation of a macro corruption plot in the Civil Guard, which implicates El Corte Inglés and 25 other companies in uniform and equipment fraud, has shaken public confidence in Spain. This corrupt network, active for two decades, has diverted 180 million euros of public funds....

Is Spain still a worthy member of the European Union?

Spanish Corruption

Spain have demonstrated the potential to become little "Mexico" of Europe due to one of the highest drug trafficking and corruption levels in the European Union. So far (since 1986) Spain sucked more money out of EU, than they have contributed..., some are ashamed!

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