Former Moroccan Drug Lords Face Retaliation from International Crime Syndicates

An investigation by the Spanish security services has established a list of "repentant" Moroccan drug traffickers who have been threatened by these mafias, accusing them of revealing to the police secrets related to trafficking and money laundering operations.

According to sources relayed by Assabah, the information transmitted to the security services by certain "repentant" barons is described as "precious treasure", allowing the dismantling of several mafias. The latest information to date concerned a cannabis trafficking network, operating from northern Morocco to Huelva in southern Spain, which led to the arrest of seven of its members and the seizure of two tons of cannabis, four cars and three boats as well as large sums of money.

The same sources add that the "repentant" drug traffickers have suffered various blackmail from the mafias, who threaten them with death or force them to sell their properties in southern Spain, accusing them of having communicated information to the police services.

Several drug barons had, according to the newspaper, communicated to the security services information on money laundering operations, such as the acquisition of real estate in northern Morocco, luxury cars or yachts. In addition, a dozen financial transactions were carried out with more complex networks, belonging to Moroccans from Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands, specializing in money laundering.