Spain

The families of Mustafa Dris, 49, and Mohamed Abdeslam Ahmed, 40, two men from Sebta killed in Spanish waters by a Royal Gibraltar Police patrol boat in March 2020, continue to demand justice. A new hearing is scheduled for May 2025.
Last April, the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the court convicting the police officers of involuntary manslaughter. At the end of a preliminary hearing held on Friday, the Court decided to have the evidence re-examined by a new jury at a trial to (…)

Trade relations between Morocco and Spain have exploded in 2024, said Friday Karima Benyaich, the Moroccan ambassador to Spain, stating that more than 260 weekly flights and 60 daily maritime links serve the two countries.
Morocco is Spain’s third commercial partner outside the EU after the United States and the United Kingdom, and hosts nearly 1,000 Spanish companies, Benyaich said, during a conference on the theme: "Morocco-Spain Relations: Historical Keys and Current Challenges", held (…)

Members of the Spanish Congress accuse the National Intelligence Center (CNI) of having had links with the imam of Ripoll, Abdelbaki Es Satty, involved in the August 17, 2017 attacks in Catalonia.
Is there a link between the CNI, Imam Es Satty and the attacks? This is at least what some Spanish deputies think, based on declassified documents from the Center. Es Satty died while handling explosives in the Alcanar chalet where the attacks were being prepared. But the deputies concerned are (…)

The family of Mariam Fajouni, alias "Meri", a 38-year-old woman of Moroccan origin murdered on December 30 in Almeria, is demanding justice for the murder of their daughter who would have been three months pregnant.
"It’s a cruel death. My daughter could have been pregnant [...] It’s a double murder. Please, we want justice for my daughter, that she stay in prison for the rest of her life and that she not get out. Justice, nothing more," Souad Hamouchy, the victim’s mother, told the press (…)

The seven Andalusian ports (Algeciras, Motril, Malaga, Almería, Huelva, Tarifa, Seville) have decided to join forces to face the port of Tanger Med, a formidable competitor.
The Spanish ports have committed to designing and implementing common strategies, following Maersk’s announcement to abandon the port of Algeciras in favor of Tanger Med. A decision that could encourage other shipping companies to prefer the Moroccan port to their detriment, they fear. This is why the heads of the (…)

Spanish and French farmers denounce the "massive" imports of fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes, from Morocco, as well as the EU’s inaction to prevent the collapse of the prices of their products.
Taking advantage of the free trade agreement with the European Union (EU), Morocco is flooding the European market with its fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes, protest Spanish and French farmers. "Morocco is violating the law and the EU is doing nothing," they said during a (…)

The Spanish authorities handed over on Wednesday to Germany the alleged Moroccan spy Youssef El Assrouti, suspected of investigating Rif exiles in Germany.
Under a European warrant issued by the German judicial authorities, Youssef El Assrouti was arrested in Spain on December 1st. Accompanied by two police officers, he was extradited on Wednesday, January 15, to Frankfurt by plane. Once at his destination, he was handed over to officers of the Federal Criminal Police Office who presented (…)

The Spanish police have arrested the organizer of a private party in a Moroccan club prohibited to members of the LGBTI community.
It all started with a poster announcing the organization of a private party in a Moroccan club in Torremolinos (Málaga), Casa Fátima Ino, also known as the "Luxury Moroccan Club" on Saturday, January 18. "No fights, no drugs, no caps, no flip-flops, no fags," the poster said. Access to the club is therefore prohibited to homosexuals. On the web, the club does (…)

Faced with the housing crisis it is facing, Spain is considering introducing a tax on properties purchased by non-European nationals, including Moroccans.
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, announced the measure at the beginning of the week, specifying that it aims to solve the problem of housing affordability and high rents in the European Union (EU). The overall objective is to provide "more housing, better regulation and more support," said Sanchez, who did not provide details (…)

In Spain, the new national police commissioner in Jaén, Laila Idriss Hajj Mohamed, is the target of a racist campaign due to her Moroccan origins.
"Laila Idriss Hajj Mohamed is the target of a vile racist campaign by Spaniards who have not accepted the appointment of this woman to a senior position within the National Police." On the web, the comments are pouring in. "Your leaders are also high treason collaborators and will be tried when the time comes, failed mercenaries," can be read (…)