The Spanish authorities are looking for Moroccan cybercriminals who would be acting from Morocco and the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. They are said to have already defrauded many victims in Spain.
The Spanish government has tasked the public engineering company Ineco with preparing a preliminary project for the tunnel to connect Spain and Morocco under the Strait . This document is expected by 2026, the likely year for the start of construction of the railway tunnel.
The Mocro Maffia , the Moroccan criminal network specialized in drug trafficking and organized crime in Belgium and the Netherlands, is gradually expanding its area of influence in Spain. While it had concentrated its operations only on the Costa del Sol, the gang is now active in Barcelona and Madrid.
The Marbella court has issued an international arrest warrant against Karim Bouyakhrichan , the head of the Dutch Mocro Maffia who fled Spain after being released at the end of February by the provincial court of Malaga.
Morocco and Spain are working to give substance to the project of a tunnel under the strait that will connect the two countries and by extension Africa and Europe, before the 2030 World Cup they are co-hosting with Portugal.
The delimitation of maritime borders between Morocco and Spain in the Atlantic is still not effective, two years after the normalization of relations between the two countries and the adoption of a new roadmap defining common objectives, including this delimitation of territorial waters.
The regional court of Cadiz, based in Gibraltar, has requested heavy prison sentences against 26 members of the drug trafficking network whose Moroccan Abdellah El Hadj Sadeck El Menbri, nicknamed "Messi of hashish" , would be the leader.
The strike by the cabin crew of its base at Paris-Orly airport is forcing the Spanish airline Vueling to cancel more than 30% of its flights in France. Flights between Morocco and the country could be affected.
Leaving Morocco where his family lives in destitution, Mustapha dreamed of succeeding in life in Europe. From Spain to France, his dreams turn into a nightmare. The teenager ends up hanged in a prison.
The Spanish Navy’s maritime action ship "Meteoro" has been carrying out a surveillance and deterrence mission in the Alboran Sea and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla since late April.
The lack of cooperation from Morocco with Spain has contributed to exacerbating drug trafficking in the strait, recently deplored the president of the seventh chamber of the Cadiz court, Nieves Marina.
The Audiencia Nacional will consider this week the extradition of Mohammed B., requested by Morocco. The accused, wanted for his alleged membership in a criminal organization specializing in drug and human trafficking, faces a 15-year prison sentence.