Rebeca Carranco

The European Drug Monitoring Center warns of the risk that synthetic opiates could make up for a hypothetical shortage of heroin on the world market

The family loses the final battle before a Barcelona court, which refuses to investigate further into the death of the founder of the antivirus software

The body of the antivirus creator has been lying in a morgue in Barcelona for over a year and a half, waiting for a judge to authorize a second autopsy

The former Barça defender has been accused of having abused a woman in a nightclub last December, an accusation that he has denied in a statement to Spanish television

An international investigation has identified some of the criminal networks behind more than 470 fraudulent investment websites

Parents report that an online trading course is in fact a pyramid scheme that is ‘brainwashing’ young people and separating them from their friends and loved ones

Catalan police have rescued 10 people who had been trafficked by a Chinese mafia and forced to cultivate the drug

According to sources who spoke to EL PAÍS, the 75-year-old antivirus creator had a note in his pocket when he was found dead in his cell last Wednesday

The antivirus software creator was spotted in Spain in late 2019, and was confined to the country during the coronavirus pandemic

The antivirus software entrepreneur learned that his extradition to the US had been approved, and allegedly committed suicide in the evening

Evidence points to suicide as the 75-year-old was found hanging in his cell in Brians 2 penitentiary

Municipal reports showed the 58-year-old immigrant from Ecuador was in a vulnerable situation, yet a judge ruled he was not eligible for an exemption

Interior Ministry beefs up candidate security after Isabel Díaz Ayuso becomes the latest target of intimidation

Riot police clashed with supporters of the musician, who was sentenced to prison for glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy on Twitter

Supporters of Pablo Hasél, who is serving a nine-month sentence for praising terrorism and insulting the monarchy, clashed with riot police and framed their acts as a defense of freedom of speech

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

Firefighters in Badalona fear more victims will be found inside the collapsing building, where around 100 people, mostly migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, were living as squatters

Spain’s High Court says it was not informed in time about Vittorio Raso’s ties to organized crime, and has issued a new warrant

A regional police report is warning about the dangers behind a drug that is driving increased violence between growers and criminal groups

Prosecutors argued the move was not aimed at rehabilitating the prisoners, who were jailed for their involvement in the 2017 breakaway bid, but rather at softening their sentence

Women at a well-known club in the Catalan border town of La Jonquera were turned out on the street from one day to the next

Photos of packed trains fill social media, as passengers express concern that they are not able to maintain a safe distance to protect themselves from possible contagion

“We believe that we have to anticipate a very fast evolution of the disease in our country,” says Quim Torra in televised address on Friday night

Another worker has died from the injuries he sustained while plant managers come under fire for not alerting authorities about the accident

The demonstrations organized by so-called Tsunami Democràtic during the soccer game on Wednesday saw some police charges and yellow plastic balls thrown onto the pitch

For more than a month, pro-independence demonstrators have been cutting off roads and vandalizing public spaces, actions that are affecting the everyday lives of citizens