New cocaine trafficking methods: From stockpiling drugs until prices rise to using offshore drop-offs
Criminal groups are adopting new methods to smuggle drugs following recent crackdowns on large shipments at ports
Criminal groups are adopting new methods to smuggle drugs following recent crackdowns on large shipments at ports

The organization, accused of trafficking Asian women, also extorted business owners into giving them 20% of their profits in exchange for security, according to the police investigation

Several elderly residents were also injured in the blaze, with two of them reported to be in critical condition

The bundles were concealed inside a fruit container arriving from Ecuador, which has become a major export point for drugs to Europe
The prosecutor is calling for a conviction for premeditated murder, which could carry the death penalty, while the Spaniard maintains that the Colombian surgeon’s death was accidental

In a joint operation with Europol and Italian anti-mafia investigators, 700 kilos of cocaine were seized and four men with links to the ‘Ndrangheta and a Balkans cartel arrested

Juan Carlos I, who fled the country amid allegations of financial irregularities, arrived on a private jet from Abu Dhabi, where he has been living since 2020

Half of all undocumented migrants who made the Mediterranean crossing came to Spanish shores

In a case dating back 22 years, the four-year-old child of Ana Julia Quezada fell out of a window in unexplained circumstances

New transparency project lists yearly payments to ministers, secretaries of state and PM
Young Italian woman suffers broken leg as military boat rams environmentalists’ craft

Same vehicle suffered non-fatal accident in 2010 and was simply fixed and repainted

“I always went to work honestly,” says PP politician José Antonio Monago

The Ombudswoman is calling on the government to tackle excessive plane, train and road noise The problem can cause major health issues, but agencies say there are no funds to deal with it

New legislation gets softer on protecting the shoreline

Young farmers say Spain should be doing more to help develop a sector which is graying critically

Agriculturalists and conservationists differ on the foothold the Iberian wolf has on the peninsula No coherent management plan exists to promote coexistence

How consumers and supermarkets can help cut down on a waste of resources

33 percent of deaths of the animal are traffic-related, as they are forced to travel in search of prey

Regional authorities defend good quality of Spain's largest glacial lake Meanwhile, the Civil Guard is investigating sewage dumping
Country is the sixth-worst culprit in EU for binning foodstuffs

Developers may pay to offset environmental damage by boosting a habitat elsewhere under a new credit system
Locals have no doubt that the Castor gas-storage plant is to blame for tremors Facility sits atop a geological fault

During Spain's decade-long property boom, thousands of buildings were illegally constructed in protected areas Getting them demolished is proving a challenge

Some of Spain's electricty users are about to hold an auction with power companies They want to bring down their bills, but will the big players respond?

Environmentalists wage legal campaign to reverse earmarking of land for building

The latest energy reform is making self-generation more expensive