Cannabis

Articles

• Morocco Emerges as Key Hub in Global Drug Trafficking Network
  25 March, by Sylvanus

  From the world’s leading producer and exporter of cannabis ahead of Afghanistan to a transit country for cocaine, a country of origin for a significant part of the drug mafias, Morocco has become, over time, a fallback base for traffickers. The reason is "a part of the Moroccan political and administrative elite is involved in drug trafficking".
  "If Moroccan cannabis arrives so easily in France, it is to a large extent because Paris and Rabat have common geopolitical interests, the (…)

• Suspect in Major Cannabis Delivery Ring Arrested at Paris Airport
  31 March, by Prince

  Youssef, a 45-year-old Moroccan, was arrested last week as he got off a plane at Orly airport (Val-de-Marne), after returning from Morocco. This delivery man is part of the home delivery network for cannabis herb and resin, which started its activities in Villejuif six years ago.
  The defendant was arrested on March 26 for his alleged involvement in the Caliweed case. Youssef had managed to escape the investigators of the judicial police department of the Val-de-Marne during the operation (…)