The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled in Vitoria a network of trafficking in fake Covid tests sold to people wishing to travel by plane to Morocco and other European cities. In total, 14 people were arrested.
The Office of the Attorney General has agreed to provide the defense of Arancha González Laya in the Ghali affair, as it is already doing for her former right-hand man at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Camilo Villarino. The former Minister of Foreign Affairs, recently indicted for her alleged involvement in the entry and exit of the leader of the Polisario Front, is accused of forgery and use of forgery and receiving stolen goods.
The European Union’s General Court (CJEU) will deliver two important rulings on Wednesday on the applicability of the fisheries and association (trade) agreements concluded in 2019 between Brussels and Morocco in Western Sahara. These decisions could be unfavorable to Morocco and undermine the ongoing dynamic of the resumption of relations with Spain.
Closed since March 2020 due to the health crisis, the borders between Morocco and Spain could reopen soon. For the moment, the two countries have not announced an official probable reopening date. But it will depend on the improvement of the health situation.
The trial of Jesus Heredia Heredia, alias "El Pantoja", one of the main leaders of Moroccan hashish trafficking in the strait, opens this week at the headquarters of the Cádiz Provincial Court section in Algeciras. The prosecution has requested 13 years in prison and a fine of twelve million euros against him.
Morad, 22, has managed to find his way in the Spanish urban music scene. He is now the first Spanish artist of Moroccan origin to achieve success. His songs are listened to in both working-class and upscale neighborhoods. But his past as a street child sticks to him.
The Civil Guard has carried out an operation to dismantle a major criminal organization specialized in drug trafficking from Morocco to the Spanish coasts of Cadiz and Huelva. In total, 42 people were arrested and six tons of Moroccan hashish seized.
The far-right Vox party of Ceuta proposes the installation of a permanent post of the Civil Guard on the Persil (Leila) islet in order to strengthen "control and surveillance" in the Strait of Gibraltar, which has become a hub for drug and human trafficking.
The Civil Guard’s Counter-Terrorism Unit (UCE-2) will present its conclusions on Monday to the National Court at the end of the investigation into the Moroccan who died on Friday, September 17 in Roldán (Murcia) , after causing the death of one person and injuring several others. He would be the author of a terrorist act.
The Spanish actress of Moroccan origin, Mina El Hammani, said she had to resort to a specialist to keep her head on her shoulders after playing in the famous Netflix series "Elite".
Algeria remains Spain’s main supplier of natural gas, with 50% of imports as of the end of July 2021. But this Algerian hegemony would be threatened by the political tensions between Algiers and Rabat, and especially by the non-renewal of the concession contract for the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME) which expires at the end of October.
The case of Brahim Ghali , the Polisario leader, admitted to the San Pedro de Logroño hospital under a false identity on April 18 after contracting Covid-19, has landed at the UN. Pedro Sánchez, President of the Spanish government, defended the Spanish administration during his speech on Thursday at the United Nations headquarters in New York.