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By Jon Clarke and Walter Finch EXPAT fashion boss Jody Smart has lost her appeal against a fraud conviction for her role in the Continental Wealth Management pension scandal. Despite being implicated in the massive €35 million fraud that saw…
THE victim of a grisly shooting that shook Marbella this weekend has been identified as a Swedish rapper with a violent past and suspected links to Stockholm’s organised crime. Authorities revealed that 25-year-old Hamza Karimi, known by his stage name…
A YOUNG man was brutally shot to death in broad daylight as he strolled through well-heeled Puerto Banus while chatting on the phone. The 25-year-old victim was casually walking past an empty terrace, cigarette in hand, when a gunman approached…
A FORMER mayor of Lliber, Jose Mas, has been convicted of fraud over licences granted to the building of 290 illegal villas. The properties were marketed at between €300,000 to €500,000 to United Kingdom and European buyers. Construction took place…
DO you feel safe in Spain? The answer you give will probably depend on where you live – and fresh crime data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) has shone a light on a startling disparity between the country’s cities.…
A BAND of notorious Scottish gangland figures with links to mafia activity on the Costa del Sol have been arrested in Dubai. Steven Lyons, Ross McGill, Stephen Jamieson and Steven Larwood were detained by Dubai Police on September 17 following…
A MISSING expat whose body was found on the Costa del Sol at the weekend had recently landed a giant lump sum from a property sale. The Olive Press can reveal that Andrew Wade, 65, had finally secured over €400,000…
A HIGH-SPEED pursuit off the Marbella coast ended with three arrests after desperate narcos dumped dozens of petrol jerry cans into the Mediterranean Sea. The dramatic chase unfolded nine miles from shore on September 19 when Guardia Civil officers spotted…
POLICE in Spain have arrested 19 alleged people smugglers accused of torturing and murdering up to 50 would-be migrants on board a small boat heading from Africa’s impoverished western coast to the Canary Islands. The ramshackle wooden vessel – known…
VETERAN Irish gangster John Gilligan cut a sorry figure as he signed on at a Costa Blanca courthouse today – his first appearance since being released on €10,000 bail last month. The 73-year-old looked a shadow of his former self…
