Andrii Portnov, a one-time advisor to former pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, had recently registered one of his mansions in the name of his children
The victim was a former adviser to ex-president Viktor Yanukovych and was under investigation for corruption, according to police sources, who indicate that two or three assailants were involved
The bundles were concealed inside a fruit container arriving from Ecuador, which has become a major export point for drugs to Europe
In 2023, 100,000 kilos of cocaine were seized in Spain. According to police sources, this was more than double what was confiscated the previous year. The reasons for the drug avalanche are on the other side of the Atlantic
Maxim Kuzminov escaped with his combat helicopter in August, in a daring move that was used as propaganda by Kyiv. Russia’s spy chief says the ‘traitor,’ who was shot and run over with his own car, was a ‘moral corpse’
Many youths, who previously used sporting events to vent their anger, are using recent protests against the Socialist government of Pedro Sánchez to regain lost visibility, according to the police
Electric fans and water bottles were ubiquitous on a day that yielded quite a few anecdotes, including voting newlyweds and a village that voted in 26 seconds
Catalina Delgado’s daughter was placed in a juvenile detention center when police discovered that she had been left alone while her mother went to work. She now faces a child abandonment case and a possible sentence of three years in jail
The assailant has been arrested, and authorities are investigating the case as a possible act of Islamic terrorism
Officials from the National Crime Agency and the charity CrimeStoppers joined Spanish authorities in Madrid to ask for the cooperation of the British community
Judges handed down prison sentences against the perpetrators of murders that shocked the nation, such as the killing of the schoolteacher Laura Luelmo
The 20-year-old claimed he was assaulted by a group of eight hooded men in the entrance to his apartment building. He now says he lied to hide the truth from his partner
Captain Javier Escorihuela recounts the harrowing scenes at Kabul airport and the difficulties involved in getting people out safely
A woman was stabbed while waiting in line for food on Wednesday, just days after a Moroccan man was shot dead by a former soldier
A special unit of the Civil Guard has been plucking people out of the waters near Ceuta, where thousands of desperate immigrants breached the border between Morocco and the exclave city earlier this week
The threatening missive to Reyes Maroto arrived just a few days after politicians Pablo Iglesias and Fernando Grande-Marlaska and Civil Guard chief María Gámez were sent packages containing bullets
“Your time is running out”, reads the message for Pablo Iglesias of Unidas Podemos. Interior Ministry chief Fernando Grande-Marlaska and the head of the Civil Guard were sent similar packages
According to police, drug-trafficking networks are being used to send migrants from the Canary Islands to the mainland
According to investigators, Carmen Mireya Alarcón Rivera used the country as a “refuge” as she developed her businesses in Ecuador
The boat, initially mistaken for a carnival float, was discovered in a town in Málaga and was designed to transport 2,000 kilos of cocaine
The staggering rise in marijuana production and trafficking is the hallmark of a new era of organized crime in the country, where anonymity is key as gangs go global and diversify. From Galicia to Cádiz, EL PAÍS looks at the hotspots for the drug trade across the territory
The Civil Guard tracked down Yannick M. W. after he fled to the Costa del Sol, where he lived a life of luxury for a year
More than 20 suspects, including city councilors and Civil Guard officers, were arrested in Alicante province and Ibiza for their involvement with Alexei Sirokov
The makeshift facilities in Arguineguín are empty for the first time since August, but smugglers continue to send people on dangerous sea voyages to the archipelago
Cristina B., whose social media pictures show her at Valencia’s Las Fallas festival or at sports competitions, was arrested last week for belonging to a terrorist organization after she tried to cross into the conflict zone in Syria to join ISIS forces, according to police sources
Members of around 100 criminal groups from Eastern Europe are living in the country, locked in a battle over control of the drug trade
In a video, a man is seen discharging a shotgun at images of several high-profile politicians, including Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias