Morocco and Spain are now cooperating better than in the past. This is at least what Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Spanish Minister of the Interior, made known during a press conference.
The Spanish far-right party, Vox, proposes to surround the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla with a "concrete" and "impregnable" wall. Spain is the last European country to still have a piece of African land, in this case, two enclaves north of Morocco: Ceuta and Melilla, which are advanced European borders in Africa.
The Moroccan Taekwondo champion, Anouar Boukharsa, contrary to rumors, still lives illegally in Spain , awaiting the precious permit to move freely.
Since 2008, the ship Assalama, which sank in the Port of Tarfaya, has been abandoned, posing a serious environmental problem. Unable to tolerate the setbacks resulting from this situation any longer, the Moroccan Government has called on Naviera Armas, the Canarian company that owns the ship, to remove the wreck, under penalty of embargo.
In collaboration with the French authorities, the Spanish police have dismantled a powerful organization dedicated to hashish trafficking between Morocco and France. In total, 3 people were arrested and 2,500 kilos of hashish seized.
Long demanded by Moroccans residing in the Murcia region, the opening of the Moroccan consulate was officially announced this week.
This is a huge seizure that the Guarda civil has made. More than 7 tons of hashish were seized during an anti-drug operation. The Spanish National Police announced on Monday that in addition to the seizure, it has succeeded in dismantling one of the most active drug trafficking organizations in Andalusia, particularly in the Costa del Sol.
In a short video widely shared on social networks, Anouar Boukharsa is now signaling his presence in Spain. The young Moroccan Taekwondo champion has even thrown one of his medals into the sea, after reaching the Iberian peninsula.
The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a network specialized in burglary. It is an Albanian group that carries out burglaries in the homes of international football players, including that of Karim Benzema.
Some 19,000 Moroccans will travel to Spain this year for the berry harvest. This has just been decided by the Provincial Commission in charge of Contract Management.
A Civil Guard colonel, FGS, who had been tried and acquitted in July in Granada, for drug trafficking, is not at the end of his troubles. Proof of this, the accusation of the Unified Association of Civil Guards (AUGC) has appealed the acquittal.
If there is a project linking Morocco to Spain that is struggling to materialize, it is the implementation of a smart border system, equipped with cameras for the control of pedestrians with facial recognition as the main point. The reason is the lack of unanimity at the European level, as well as the tightening of legislation.