Latin Kings from New York to Madrid

Shouting "Latin Kings out!" and "We're going to get them, we're going to kill them", some 600 young people from Alcorcón met up on Avenida Alcalde José Aranda in response to the brawl between Spaniards and Latinos that left 7 hurt, three seriously injured, and another seven arrested...

Nowhere to hideCrimestoppers and SOCA hunt more UK criminals in Spain

James Walter TOMKINS – aged 58 (place of birth: London) – Metropolitan Police ServiceOffences: It is alleged that Tomkins murdered Rocky DAWSON in Hornchurch, Essex on 2May 2006. He is also wanted for the possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.There is a £20,000 reward for information leading to Tomkins’ arrest.Description: M1.73 tall, medium to stocky build, scar close to left eye, scar on brow,scar on right side of neck, sometimes...

European Arrest Warrant extradition to Spain - Law Lords overturn habeus corpus for Farid Hilali

The Law Lords have published their Judgment which overturns the writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum which had been granted to Farid Hhilali. Hilali was the first person to be arrested in the Uk under the new, allegedly rapid, European Arrest Warrant extradition procedure under Part 1 of the controversial Extradition Act 2003.See also the Press Release from his solicitor, the controversial Muddassar Arani.This case is of interest to us, partly because...

Candlelit demonstration for Amy Fitzpatrick safe return

A candlelit demonstration for Amy Fitzpatrick safe return takes place in Mijas this Sunday, to, as Mijas Town Hall said in a press release, keep alive the hope that she will be found. It comes at the instigation of a number of local residents of differing faiths, including Catholic,...

Argentine General attempts to smuggle cocaine to Spain

The South American Connection ,Argentine police seized 1.1 metric tons of cocaine destined to be smuggled into Spain by a drug gang led by a retired Argentine military intelligence officer, officials said Saturday. The bust disrupted a US$67 million operation, making it one of Argentina's "most important" achievements in the fight against drug trafficking, Justice and Security Minister Anibal Fernandez told the C5N television channel. Police arrested...

Crewseekers:Watch what you deliver

Trevor Collenette, 51, was arrested in Gibraltar in June after customs found £8m of cocaine on the yacht he was on. He was with three other people delivering the yacht from the Caribbean to Gibraltar. He was freed on Tuesday after no links were found between him and the drugs. 183 drug slabs James Neish, a journalist in Gibraltar, who has spoken to Mr Collenette, said: "He spent almost two months in prison and he has described the whole experience...

Rest from the Bulldozers

Owners of illegally built homes in Marbella, are a little less worried after a court ruling gave a temporary stay of execution on demolitions in the town. The Regional Supreme Court (TSJA) ordered that all demolitions of illegal buildings in Marbella be put on hold until the new...

Bulgarians takes control over the security of popular disco clubs in the Costa del Sol

Bulgarian-Spanish organization plans his serial hit with coca. "Such well equipped and structured Bulgarian organization in Spain we detain for the first time.", Eloy Alvares, Director of Drug traffic department in Judicial police in Madrid comments for 168 hours weekly. The project started with the investigation of the Bulgarian group in Barcelona. We discovered that some of their members had taken on houses and offices by the side of the port located...

Mari Luz father Juan José Cortés

Disappeared Children on the Costa Del Fear.Juan José Cortés said that some people are asking for money in his name, but outside the official and single bank account which has been opened in the BBVA bank.The father of Mari Luz, the missing five year old from Huelva, has said that...

Enrique and Leopoldo Faura managing directors of constructors Grupo Mirador

Sewage rising up into the shower, sinking swimming pools and houses without electricity or gas, these are only a few of the problems plaguing buyers of their so-called 'dream' homes in Mollina.Patios unpaved, gardens strewn with bricks and rubble, and cracks and mould that keep appearing...

300 residents of Mijas affected by urban planning fines

300 residents of Mijas affected by urban planning fines and demolition orders on houses built on land not zoned for building met last week in front of the municipal auditorium to establish a pressure group aimed at defending their interests. They elected a representative for each area of the municipality affected, which are Puerto de Los Gatos, La Alquería, Entrerríos, Macorra, La Majadilla, Alberquilla, Candelaria, Fuente Algarrobo, Atalaya, Valtocado...

Costa de Cabanas development

Fugitive solicitor Michael Lynn is at the centre of a new fraud probe after Hungarian police received complaints about his property dealings there.The lawyer who fled Ireland owing €83m in multiple-mortgage debts was in Budapest as recently as Tuesday in a desperate bid to keep his property empire float.Police have launched the fraud investigation following the collapse of a 156-apartment development owned by the fugitive solicitor into which Irish...

Another attempt child Snatch in Arroyo de la Miel on the Costa del Sol

Another attempt child Snatch on the Costa del Sol. Diario Sur reports that it happened on Friday afternoon after 2pm, when an 11 year old girl was making her way home after school. She had to walk no more than 300m along the Avenida Inmaculada Concepción to her home in Arroyo de la Miel in Benalmádena when an unknown young man blocked her way at a crossing, got out of his car, put his hand over her mouth, and tried to force her into his vehicle which...

Antoino Banderas has been given two months to knock it down

A court in Andalucía rejected an appeal by Banderas's lawyers against a demolition order handed down in 2003. He was given permission by Marbella's town council in 1995 to build a large extension to his villa, but the court has now ruled that the add-on is illegal and Banderas has...

70,000 files Spanish child pornography on the Internet

The Spanish Civil Guard arrested a total of 51 people and charged a further 20 on Friday in 27 provinces across the country in a swoop against child pornography and the corruption of minors on the internet. Eight of the arrests took place in Madrid, eight more in Barcelona, six in Valencia, four in Alicante, three in Tarragona and Málaga and two in Baleares, Granada, Guipúzcoa and Sevilla among other provinces.The case came about after a resident...

Spanish police believe Amy Fitzpatrick may have run away from home

Spanish police believe Amy Fitzpatrick may have run away from home. They said yesterday that they are becoming increasingly convinced that the 15-year-old disappeared voluntarily and was not abducted after leaving a friend's house, where she had been babysittting on New Year's Day....

Bank Robbers based in Marbella

The gang’s main base was in Marbella, in Málaga province, and they were closely linked to another gang in Marbella from the Mazzarella clan of the Napolitan Camorra – the Naples mafia. The clan leader in Spain was arrested along with 13 other people in police swoops which took place...

House jacking in San Miguel de Salinas

family in San Miguel de Salinas is recovering from their terrifying experience in the early hours of Monday when a group of eight masked robbers, armed with guns, knives, and a baseball bat, assaulted their home on the Avenida del Prado, and made away with the jewellery and cash the family had in the safe.The wife told the Información newspaper that they had Eastern European accents, and that some of the group held their children hostage in the bedroom,...

Gang’s main base was in Marbella

Gang’s main base was in Marbella, in Málaga province, and they were closely linked to another gang in Marbella from the Mazzarella clan of the Napolitan Camorra – the Naples mafia. The clan leader in Spain was arrested along with 13 other people in police swoops which took place...

Mari Luz Cortes (www.mariluzcortes.es)

Juan José Cortés spoke of his anger at the lack of progress which has been made, and confirmed that the family will be contracting the services of a private detective agency to help in the investigation. He said two have contacted him, and a third, outside Spain, is ‘interested in...

Amy Fitzpatrick Mother has vowed to travel "the length of Spain and Gibraltar" in the hope of finding the teenager.

The mother of missing Amy Fitzpatrick has vowed to travel "the length of Spain and Gibraltar" in the hope of finding the teenager.The 15-year-old vanished after leaving her friend's house near Feungirola, in Spain, at 10pm on New Year's Day. She set out on the 20-minute walk to her...

Antonio Banderas and his illegal property in Marbella

Antonio Banderas and his illegal property in Marbella. Like many people who purchased property in the town, the actor bought a home that appeared to have the correct licences, but later turned out to have received its licence during the period when Jesus Gil y Gil was mayor and the...

‘Amy is just a child,’ Audrey Fitzpatrick said, just 15 years old and she’s disappeared without a trace.

Audrey Fitzpatrick says she feels ‘impotent,’ with the lack of any positive information, despite the Civil Guard having done everything they can by searching for her daughter, and interviewing friends and family. Amy’s mother said the family will hand out posters and leaflets of...

Difficult to spot these men because they change their identity they often have support and protection from their friends.

Police hope ex-pats or holidaymakers might recognise the wanted men in bars, golf clubs or supermarkets. Some of the runaways are thought to be involved in more criminality in Spain, where drug trafficking, particularly cannabis, is huge business. The suspects being hunted are: Three...

Paul Anthony Bures,Graeme Marshall, Peter Melling, Derek Marshall

Paul Anthony Bures an ex-pat builder from Kent, living in Spain had been on a Crime Stoppers “most wanted” list before he gave himself up last October.Co-accused Middlesbrough man, Peter Melling, also living in Spain, had already been arrested in Bulgaria last July.A paedophile chain...

Corrupt Marbella, Madrid, Avila

Corruption in Marbella: The biggest case of corruption to be uncovered in Spain so far. A police investigation into money laundering and drug trafficking in southern Spain codenamed operation white whale and involving phone tapping overheard conversations between politicians in Marbella which led to a parallel investigation being set up to investigate bribery, corruption, manipulation of public tenders and compensation for illegal building licences....

Mystery Job Offer for Amy Fitzpatrick

Researchers learned yesterday, thanks to an interview that the father of Amy granted to a tabloid newspaper, that Amy Fitzpatrich was offered a job as a model and an offer to participate in a photo session. According to the father, the girl was told by phone three days before her...

Mari Luz Cortés :No statement has been made today as to whether the police now have a main line of enquiry in the case or not.

The local police from Sevilla together with the International Police Association, IPA, have been helping in the search, concentrated on marshland next to the Odiel river where an earlier search of the area revealed nothing. Five shallow bottomed boats supplied by SOS Ayuda Sin Fronteras...

Viva Estates agency hit by recession

Viva Estates agency that claims to be the Costa del Sol’s largest has laid off 120 of its 160 staff.has shut 95 per cent of its offices in a bid to fight the current recession.The company has seen sales figures drop by over two thirds since 2003.In 2007 the agency achieved just 550 completions, in comparison to 1,500 in 2003.In a desperate bid to save the business, it has shut 13 out of its 14 offices, including flagship branches in Puerto Banus,...