Officials from the Spanish State Tax Administration Agency and agents from the Civil Guard, in collaboration with authorities in Morocco and the Dominican Republic, dismantled an international hashish trafficking network in Seville and Almeria. According to Spanish news agency Europa Press, 20 people were arrested in Spain, one in the Dominican Republic and two others in Morocco during this operation. In a joint statement, the authorities explained that four other people in the Dominican
Despite supporting the Polisario and recognizing the self-proclaimed «SADR», Uganda is trying to start a new chapter in its relations with Morocco, thanks to the Ugandan Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga Alitwala.
The Spanish government is expected to approve a €30 million outlay for the Kingdom of Morocco to help it manage its borders and reduce the number of irregular migrants entering Europe, El Pais reports. This new fund is to be added to the €140 million granted to the North African country by the European Union to curb migration flows. The sum will have to be approved first by the Spanish Cabinet on Friday, the Spanish daily indicated, adding that the €30 million outlay is part of
In 1974, Algeria promised to help Morocco retrieve the Sahara. The second President of Algeria Houari Boumediene had even offered to support Morocco in its conflict with Spain. However, the neighboring country’s position changed after the Green March.
The three main suspects accused of brutally murdering two Scandinavian tourists near Imlil were sentenced to death, Thursday, by the Salé’s appeal court. The remaining 21 suspects involved in the murder, that took place in December 2018, received sentences ranging from five years in prison to life imprisonment. According to Arabic-speaking newspaper Le360, the three main suspects who were sentenced to death are Abdessamad Joud, Younes Ouzyech and Rachid El Affati. The two men
A court in Manresa, a Spanish municipality, remanded in custody on Tuesday four Moroccan nationals accused of sexually assaulting a minor in the municipality of Barcelona. The four suspects aged between 18 and 25 are charged with assaulting a 17-year-old girl, Spanish newspaper El Nacional reports. The judge explained that his decision to detain the defendants temporarily in order to avoid their escape, given the heavy prison sentences they face. The suspects were not heard, but the judge
In 1992, undercover police officer José Manuel Caamaño met Pablo Escobar in a Casablanca mansion. The Spanish agent made the Colombian drug lord drop the idea of operating in Morocco.
The trial of the 24 suspects involved in the murder of two Scandinavian tourists in the Atlas Mountains will have its final hearing, Thursday, in Salé. The judges will be pronouncing their final say against the three main suspects, accused of slaughtering the two women in their camping tent near the Toubkal Mountain, and the 21 others. The suspects, including a Swiss-Spanish national, are standing trial over the charges of «setting up a gang to prepare and commit terrorist acts,
After the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) denied his resignation, rumors linked to Hervé Renard’s future with the Atlas Lions have not stopped. According to French newspaper France Football, Renard could be replaced by Vahid Halilhodzic, a 67-year-old Bosnian football coach who is the current manager of Ligue 1 club Nantes. «The Bosnian manager, who is not in good terms with his leaders and who will have his contract with Nantes expire on June 30, told people
The United States has put Morocco’s Ali Maychou on a special list of terrorists, the U.S. Department of States said in a statement released Tuesday. The Moroccan national is suspected of holding a leadership role in Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM). The latter is a West-African terrorist group designated as both a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in September 2018», the same communiqué
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