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 A Spanish court has sentenced a former top banker to 18 months in jail for trying to smuggle a Picasso painting deemed a national treasure out of the country on a sailing yacht. https://www.thelocal.es/20200116/spanish-banker-gets-jail-term-for-trying-to-smuggle-out-picasso-masterpiece Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:21:09 +0100 spanish-banker-gets-jail-term-for-trying-to-smuggle-out-picasso-masterpiece A thief who pretended to be Daddy Yankee stole €2million in jewels from the reggaeton star's hotel room safe in Spain, his representatives and local media said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180810/daddy-yankee-impersonator-steals-2-million-bling-from-valencia-hotel-room Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:41:55 +0200 daddy-yankee-impersonator-steals-2-million-bling-from-valencia-hotel-room Spanish police said Saturday they had arrested seven people suspected of involvement in the theft of five paintings worth €25 million ($27.8 million) by renowned British artist Francis Bacon. https://www.thelocal.es/20160528/spain-arrests-seven-over-stolen-bacon-paintings Sat, 28 May 2016 18:22:02 +0200 spain-arrests-seven-over-stolen-bacon-paintings Three members of Spain's Olympic sailing team were robbed at gunpoint in a popular tourist area of Rio de Janeiro, where the Summer Games will start in less than three months, officials said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160522/three-spanish-olympic-sailors-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-rio-in-brazil Sun, 22 May 2016 16:19:53 +0200 three-spanish-olympic-sailors-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-rio-in-brazil Five paintings by British artist Francis Bacon worth an estimated €30 million have been stolen from the Madrid home of their owner, El Pais reported Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160313/five-bacon-paintings-reported-stolen-in-madrid Sun, 13 Mar 2016 16:38:59 +0100 five-bacon-paintings-reported-stolen-in-madrid Catalan police have caught a woman accused of seducing and then drugging elderly men to steal their valuables. https://www.thelocal.es/20160225/police-nab-thief-over-seducing-and-drugging-elderly-men Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:51:32 +0100 police-nab-thief-over-seducing-and-drugging-elderly-men Spain has the third-highest rate of store thefts in Europe and the sixth-highest worldwide according to a new report. https://www.thelocal.es/20151106/spain-has-one-of-the-highest-rates-of-store-thefts-in-europe-report Fri, 06 Nov 2015 13:37:40 +0100 spain-has-one-of-the-highest-rates-of-store-thefts-in-europe-report Spanish police said on Sunday they found a bike worth around 12,000 euros ($13,600) that was stolen from an Australian rider in the Tour of Spain for sale in a second hand shop for just 120 euros. https://www.thelocal.es/20150913/stolen-tour-de-spain-12000-bike-on-sale-for-120 Sun, 13 Sep 2015 19:56:45 +0200 stolen-tour-de-spain-12000-bike-on-sale-for-120 The Spanish National Police said on Monday that they had nabbed a man accused of snatching dozens of religious objects from Swedish churches. https://www.thelocal.es/20150511/swedish-church-plunderer-caught-by-police Mon, 11 May 2015 17:34:15 +0200 swedish-church-plunderer-caught-by-police UPDATED: Italian police are trying to establish the true owner of a Picasso painting worth €15 million after confiscating it from a pensioner who says he was given it for free. https://www.thelocal.es/20150327/italian-police-seize-15m-picasso-painting Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:29:00 +0100 italian-police-seize-15m-picasso-painting The bishop of the Spanish city of San Sebastián was on Thursday surprised by a thief who asked for money from the clergyman before making off with his episcopal ring. https://www.thelocal.es/20141107/woman-uses-beggar-ruse-to-steal-bishops-ring Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:49:00 +0100 woman-uses-beggar-ruse-to-steal-bishops-ring 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 An officer with Spain's National Police squad has been booted off the force for raping a prostitute. Other colleagues are facing lesser penalties for crimes including theft and losing their police issue weapons. https://www.thelocal.es/20131031/police-expel-officer-who-raped-prostitute Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:06:17 +0100 police-expel-officer-who-raped-prostitute Spanish Police have arrested 17 suspects wanted for their role in one of Spain's largest ever jewellery thefts — a crime that authorities dubbed the "robbery of the century". https://www.thelocal.es/20131017/robbery-of-the-century-solved-by-spanish-police Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:01:00 +0200 robbery-of-the-century-solved-by-spanish-police A pair of incompetent Bilbao-based jewel thieves flogged off their stolen merchandise for far less than it was worth, police investigations have revealed. https://www.thelocal.es/20130506/jewel-theives-sold-short-in-gold-shop-rip-off Mon, 06 May 2013 18:12:00 +0200 jewel-theives-sold-short-in-gold-shop-rip-off