An experienced candidate was reportedly turned down for a job at the UWV because of her Moroccan origin. Her case features in an investigation into racism at the Dutch social security agency, whose new director has just apologized.
More than a year after Stéphane Calafel died during a cycling race in Morocco, an investigation into failure to assist a person in danger is seeking to establish what happened when he was being treated. His family has questioned the race organizers and the information they received after his fall.
The CNI reported on July 29 a call to cross the border into Ceuta from Morocco. Testifying in court, the former chief of staff to Madrid’s representative says he passed on the warning and reveals that 19 other messages remain classified.
The copilot accused of attacking the captain of a Dubai–Tel Aviv flight had undergone training with Royal Air Maroc in 2025. The airline said his application did not lead to a job offer.
Abdellatif Oumakhlouf, 31, had gone to Malta to work and support his family in Morocco. Found dead on Sunday in a garden in St Julian’s, he is now to be repatriated at his parents’ request. Maltese authorities released his body on Tuesday.
A driver coming from Morocco raced through the Tarajal checkpoints, nearly running over several Civil Guard officers. After crashing in Ceuta, he abandoned his car and continued his escape on foot.
Three Spanish military intelligence reports reportedly identified 72 Moroccan military personnel and agents still in Ceuta after the mass crossings in July. Spain’s defense minister says she knows nothing about them and is now referring the matter to the judicial investigation.
Spanish soldiers stationed in Sebta had been placed on exceptional alert nearly 48 hours before the mass crossings from Morocco. Some leave had been suspended, and soldiers present in their units had been kept there.
Workers recruited mainly in Morocco allegedly paid 10,000 euros each to get a job and papers in Italy. When they arrived, the promised jobs did not exist. An Italian businessman and his Moroccan wife have just been remanded in custody in Grosseto.
A taxpayer claimed to be a tax resident in Morocco and had failed to declare more than €28 million in capital gains in France. An investigation reconstructed his movements: 170 days in France, compared with just 15 in Morocco.
A man is on trial in Essonne for shooting his childhood friend with a pump-action shotgun in 2021. After the incident, he went on the run for thirteen months, passing through Morocco along the way. At the hearing, the victim described the pain that still prevents him from working.
Three motorcycles had already been involved in an accident during an illegal race organized in Lelystad. Yet the starts resumed. Shortly afterward, Amir, 18, was hit head-on by a rider who described himself as “one of the best drifters.”