Local
FERNANDO TORRES
A Danish man of Iranian origin has been arrested in Dubai (UAE) in connection with a spate of violent crime on the Costa del Sol in 2018. The arrested man is considered the head of a criminal gang of mercenaries which was dismantled after a series
Local
Juan Cano / Fernando Torres
Milos P. and is Montenegrin. Police are now in contact with the authorities in his home country to examine his links with organised crime. It is believed that his organisation is responsible for a string of killings across Europe.
Opinion
Héctor Barbotta
From time to time Marbella is shocked by a shooting. Or perhaps not. Gangland killings have started to form part of the routine and so talking about being shocked is an exaggeration. Strength of habit is such that we run the risk of treating as ... that, the authorities insist, isn't a war. These gangland killings are taking a worrying turn but the worry isn't just whether there's one more shooting here or there. What's really worrying is that we are starting to consider it part of the
Local
SUR.
killings since 2017, two of which had been successful, said investigators.
Local
ÁLVARO FRÍAS / JUAN CANO
"serious concern" at the increase in violent crimes related to revenge attacks between gangs, such as commissioned killings. THE FIGURE 95 cases of murder or manslaughter were investigated by the Prosecution Service in Malaga in 2018. This was an
National
CHRISTIAN REINO
Police have detained a man over a string of cold-blooded killings of people sleeping rough in the streets of Barcelona. Four homeless men have been violently murdered during lockdown in the nighttime attacks in their makeshift homes in doorways.
Local
J.C.
A court in Coín has denied bail to two of five new arrests on Tuesday in connection with the clash between rival gypsy gangs in the town three weeks ago. In the street fight, two men from the same family were killed. Two days after the incident o
Local
SUR
The Costa del Sol has been hit in the past week with the latest wave of murder and violent crime that many are linking to score-settling between increasingly self-confident rival drug gangs. In just 48 hours, two people were killed and one seriously
Local
ÁLVARO FRÍAS / FERNANDO TORRES / JUAN CANO organised crime
...who have been commissioned to carry out revenge killings. They have nothing to do with the conflicts. They just fly in, carry out the crime and leave. These deaths leave a bloody trail of organised crime on the Costa del Sol and that trail is ... becoming longer. Official figures show that there were eight revenge killings in 2019, the same number as the year before, but there were also more than 50 other incidents of violence, including attempted murder, injuries, kidnappings and damage to property
Local
A. F. / J. C. / C. M.
killings.