https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Forget prison or a hefty fine, one Spaniard has been ordered by a judge “to take part in police line-ups” after being found guilty of traffic offences. https://www.thelocal.es/20160122/judge-sentences-offender-to-take-part-in-identity-parades Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:46:23 +0100 judge-sentences-offender-to-take-part-in-identity-parades Two masked gunmen stormed into a quiet shopping centre near Marbella on Saturday evening and shot Gerard 'Hatchet' Kavanagh, nine times in the back and head in what is believed to be a drugs-gang related incident. https://www.thelocal.es/20140908/irish-mob-enforcer-shot-dead-in-spanish-bar Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:26:00 +0200 irish-mob-enforcer-shot-dead-in-spanish-bar Police in Spain arrested a French-Algerian man suspected of fighting for Al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria, the Spanish interior ministry said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140501/spain-arrests-french-terror-suspect Thu, 01 May 2014 12:44:00 +0200 spain-arrests-french-terror-suspect Europe's top crime fighting body has been alerted by Spanish Civil Guard Police of a new style of cargo theft happening on roads across the continent: the Houdini-like 'Trojan Horse' method. https://www.thelocal.es/20140304/europol-warns-of-trojan-horse-theft-craze Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:15:00 +0100 europol-warns-of-trojan-horse-theft-craze Spain's princess Cristina tried to distance herself from unprecedented fraud accusations Saturday, telling a judge she had simply trusted her husband, one of the lawyers in the courtroom said. https://www.thelocal.es/20140208/spain-princess-evasive-in-fraud-hearing Sat, 08 Feb 2014 16:36:11 +0100 spain-princess-evasive-in-fraud-hearing Spain's conservative government on Friday approved a security reform branded repressive by critics, which toughens penalties for unauthorised protests and a range of other offences. https://www.thelocal.es/20131130/spain-leaders-approve-tougher-fines-for-civil-offences Sat, 30 Nov 2013 13:10:00 +0100 spain-leaders-approve-tougher-fines-for-civil-offences Spanish police are keeping a sadistic killer known as the "tracksuit madman" under close watch after his release from prison under a European human rights ruling, officials said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131124/spain-police-keep-eye-on-freed-tracksuit-madman Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:53:00 +0100 spain-police-keep-eye-on-freed-tracksuit-madman Spanish police arrested the fugitive leader of one of Colombia's most violent gangs, accused of killings and drug-smuggling, authorities said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131110/spain-arrests-colombia-drug-gang-leader Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:28:28 +0100 spain-arrests-colombia-drug-gang-leader Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has appeared in court to answer charges of evading €4.16 million ($5 million) in taxes in a case that stunned the sporting world. https://www.thelocal.es/20130928/messi-answers-tax-charges-in-court Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:44:00 +0200 messi-answers-tax-charges-in-court Spanish police arrested a British fugitive accused of helping hide a one-eyed killer who gunned down two unarmed policewomen in England last year, officials said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130918/spain-arrests-briton-accused-of-aiding-cop-killer Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:40:00 +0200 spain-arrests-briton-accused-of-aiding-cop-killer Spanish police said on Saturday they had seized hundreds of thousands of packets of unlicensed medicine illegally imported from China and India, including abortion drugs and erection aids. https://www.thelocal.es/20130629/spain-police-seize-illegal-chinese-medicine Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:12:00 +0200 spain-police-seize-illegal-chinese-medicine Miguel Blesa has become the first top Spanish banker to spend time in jail over alleged mismanagement in the financial crisis. The former head of Spanish bank Caja Madrid spent less than 24 hours behind bars after he paid the staggering €2.5 million ($3.2 million) bail set by the judge. https://www.thelocal.es/20130518/top-spain-banker-bailed-in-crisis-probe Sat, 18 May 2013 14:16:00 +0200 top-spain-banker-bailed-in-crisis-probe A Dutchman has been arrested in Spain in connection with last month's unprecedented cyberattack that reportedly slowed down the Internet, the Dutch prosecution service said. https://www.thelocal.es/20130427/dutch-cyberattack-suspect-held-in-spain Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:48:00 +0200 dutch-cyberattack-suspect-held-in-spain