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• Child Found Hidden in Shopping Cart at Spanish Border Checkpoint
  25 October 2019, by Kamal

  The trafficking of children is thriving at the level of the Spanish enclave, Melilla. This time, it is a 7-year-old child of Syrian origin who tried to cross the Spanish border checkpoint in a shopping cart.
  A 54-year-old Spanish national, coming from Nador, tried to smuggle a 7-year-old minor hidden in a shopping cart in his car on Monday, October 21.
  It was a routine control operation that allowed the child to be spotted among the food bags piled up in the back of the freight car. (…)

• Moroccan Police Expose Fake Drug Lord in Spanish TV Interview Hoax
  5 May 2019, by Amine

  A few days ago, a Spanish channel conducted an interview with a man said to be the Moroccan Pablo Escobar, and the number one baron of the sale of psychotropic drugs (but not only). A police investigation would have revealed that it was all a masquerade...
  Alyaoum24 explains that the Moroccan police services immediately launched an investigation after the broadcast by the fourth Spanish channel of this video about a great Moroccan baron who has no scruples about the karkoubi he sells (…)

• Moroccan Customs Uncovers $1 Billion in Fraudulent Invoices, Recovers $300 Million in Penalties
  18 May 2019, by Kamal

  The customs services have succeeded, thanks to the use of digitization, in identifying several false declarations with a total value of 10 billion dirhams, forcing the offenders to repay three billion dirhams in penalties.
  The under-invoicing operations were detected by the Moroccan customs officers thanks to the exchange of data with other countries, as well as other elements they have. The customs agents also carry out field checks in the various regions of the country.
  Customs relies (…)

• Polisario Front Linked to Major Drug Trafficking Operations on Morocco-Mauritania Border
  22 May 2019, by Kamal

  The Polisario would ensure the convoy of large quantities of drugs transported by specialized mafias, from the "Kandahar" buffer zone on the Moroccan-Mauritanian border. This is what the newspaper Al Ahdath Al Maghribia claims.
  Two cannabis resin (chira) trafficking operations were successively intercepted by Moroccan security services on the border with Mauritania. According to Al Ahdath Al Maghribia, last week, two individuals in a 4x4 vehicle, transporting one and a half tons of (…)

• Spanish Nationals Arrested in Morocco for Alleged Gold Trafficking Scheme
  25 May 2019, by Said

  Two Spanish nationals were arrested on Friday by the police for their alleged involvement in a case of gold possession. The police believe that this gold comes from criminal activities.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) also indicates that this operation made it possible to apprehend two Moroccans while they were all four on board a vehicle registered abroad.
  In total, 78 gold plates were seized, weighing a total of 11.7 kilos, which the traffickers (…)

• Marrakech Airport Sees 25% Surge in Passenger Traffic, Ranks Second in Morocco
  27 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  A total of 4,702,320 passengers were welcomed at the Ochre City Airport at the end of September 2019, compared to 3,772,017 travelers during the same period in 2018, an increase of nearly 25%.
  These figures allow the Airport to hold a market share of 24.92% of all passengers in Morocco, far behind Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca, which is in the lead with 41.52%.
  This increase in the number of passengers was also observed at all airports at a rate of 11.99% over the same period, with (…)

• Casablanca Tram Collision with Truck Disrupts Service, Delays Commuters
  1 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  A collision between a tram (line T1) and a heavy vehicle significantly disrupted traffic on the line on Thursday, October 31, 2019.
  This collision occurred around 9 a.m. on the Boulevard de la Résistance and near the homonymous station.
  A statement from Casa tram, on its Facebook page, indicates that this collision paralyzed traffic on the line for more than an hour.
  The same source specifies that traffic gradually resumed 15 minutes after the accident. Casa tram apologized to users (…)

• Moroccan Court Fines Cocaine Ring $150,000, Leader Jailed for 8 Years
  12 November 2019, by Ginette

  The 4 cocaine traffickers were arrested during a large-scale operation carried out by the police targeting hard drug traffickers operating in the rural commune of Ait Youssef Ou Ali, under the Cercle of Beni Ouriaghel, in the province of Al Hoceima.
  It is Aujourd’hui le Maroc that provides the information according to which the gang leader received the heaviest sentence, namely 8 years of criminal imprisonment accompanied by a fine of 2,000 dirhams.
  The three others get off with, (…)

• Moroccan Herbalist Arrested for Schengen Visa Scam, Charged Thousands
  28 May 2019, by Kamal

  A medicinal plant merchant was arrested by the judicial police services in Nador, following complaints filed by women victims of fraud and scam. The accused had turned his business into a place for negotiating immigration contracts with clients seeking the European eldorado.
  The man used to receive immigration candidates and their families in his shop, and offered his mediation in exchange for large sums of money. According to Assabah, the herbalist offered his clients the possibility of (…)

• Moroccan Mining Firm Managem Secures Release of 241 kg Gold Shipment from Sudan
  29 May 2019, by Kamal

  The 241 kg of gold blocked by the Sudanese authorities in early May have been released, according to a press release from the Moroccan company Managem. The local authorities had prevented the transfer operation due to a permit issue.
  According to the Reuters news agency, the company stated in a press release that all administrative formalities have been completed and that the cargo can be exported in accordance with the regulations in force. "The local authorities have been able to (…)