The Algeciras Criminal Court has sentenced a Moroccan to one year and three months in prison and a fine of 7.2 million euros to the Andalusia Council for attempting to smuggle 65 kilos of eels to Morocco.
The port of Tanger Med consolidates its position as a leader in container traffic in the Mediterranean, to the detriment of Algeciras. In 2021, the Moroccan port handled a total of 7,173,870 TEU containers, compared to 5,771,221 in 2020, an increase of 24%.
The president of the State Ports, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, has stressed the need to put in place measures within the European Union to prevent a flight of traffic from the Spanish ports, particularly Algeciras, to Tanger-Med.
The Customs Surveillance Service of the Spanish tax administration intercepted this week in the waters east of the Strait of Gibraltar, a semi-rigid boat transporting more than 4,700 kilos of hashish. The three crew members, of Moroccan origin, were arrested.
The Algeciras investigating court ordered the provisional detention of three Civil Guards accused of crimes against public health, corruption and membership in a criminal organization. They would be linked to drug traffickers in Morocco.
The strike of dockers at the port of Algeciras, announced for November 19, could benefit the port of Tanger Med, its major competitor.
Bouchra Aoram, a Moroccan whose 9-year-old daughter allegedly suffered sexual abuse from her stepfather in August 2020, is desperate. Despite the complaints filed with the Court of First Instance in Algeciras, she has still not obtained justice for this heinous crime committed against her daughter.
The Spanish National Police, as part of a joint operation carried out with the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) of Morocco and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), dismantled a drug trafficking network in Algeciras. More than eight tons of Moroccan hashish were seized and five people, including a Moroccan, were arrested during the operation.
The maritime service of the Civil Guard carried out several rescue operations this weekend. On Saturday, it came to the aid of a man of Moroccan origin who was navigating in an inflatable boat towards the coast of Algeciras (Cadiz) after crossing the Strait of Gibraltar.
A 47-year-old Moroccan was injured in a shooting that occurred on Thursday in Algeciras, in southern Spain. He was hit in the left shoulder.
The National Police and the Civil Guard have recently dismantled two organizations specializing in drug trafficking and allegedly linked to Abdellah El Haj, better known as the "Messi of hashish", and another drug trafficker from the "Charlines clan".
The municipal council of Algeciras (Cadiz), led by José Ignacio Landaluce (PP), denounced on Saturday the "disinterest" of the central government (PSOE and Podemos) for the city and recalled the important role of the port of the city as an essential link in the transport of goods at the European and global level.