The National Financial Intelligence Authority of Morocco has opened an investigation into massive transfers from Europe, after three Moroccan banks reported unusual financial movements on accounts of individuals and entities in the country. The investigations, carried out in collaboration with Spain and other European countries, concern transfers of more than 15 million euros.
The Civil Guard has dismantled a vast network of migrant trafficking between Morocco, Ceuta and Algeciras, involving Moroccan gendarmes and fishermen. In total, eleven people, including the leaders of the criminal gang, were arrested and detained.
The Spanish poultry sector is currently experiencing its worst health crisis in years, marked by an uncontrolled outbreak of avian flu . This critical situation has revived, on social networks and within the industry, the controversy surrounding the authorization granted by Brussels in June 2022 allowing the import of Moroccan poultry into the European Union, a measure perceived as a blow by local producers.
For nearly a decade, Spain and Morocco have been engaged in a silent conflict over Mount Tropic, located under the Atlantic Ocean, south of El Hierro, and containing significant minerals such as cobalt and tellurium, key resources for energy production.
The Spanish law enforcement authorities have put an end to the flight of an individual who was the subject of an international red notice. On November 17, the National Police arrested a Moroccan national in Valladolid, actively sought by the Moroccan authorities for his alleged involvement in a clandestine immigration network.
Two Moroccans died and three others were seriously injured after their car fell from a bridge in Benassal. The mayor is warning about the dangerous state of the CV-166 road, which has been reported several times before.
The passage of Storm Claudia over southern Spain has immediate consequences on maritime traffic in the Strait of Gibraltar. Weather conditions, deemed too dangerous for navigation, have forced companies operating between Spain and Morocco to suspend their rotations departing from Tarifa .
The Spanish justice system has definitively rejected the asylum application of a Moroccan citizen. The latter claimed to be threatened with death by his own family in Morocco due to an inheritance conflict .
To combat water scarcity, Morocco has implemented the National Water Plan 2020-2025, which provides for massive investments of around 383 billion dirhams (approximately 36 billion euros) dedicated to the construction of dams and desalination plants. Meanwhile, Spain stands out for its inaction.
The Madrid prosecutor’s office has just transferred the judicial procedures related to the violence of Moroccan groups led by the nicknamed "Batmoro", which occurred last July in the city of Torre Pacheco (Murcia), to Cartagena.
The investigating court of El Ejido (Almería) has issued an international arrest warrant against the alleged murderer of a 35-year-old woman, stabbed to death in broad daylight in La Mojonera (Almería) on October 2nd. The suspect is said to have fled to Morocco.
With a qualified and less expensive workforce, and tax incentives, Morocco has become the El Dorado for European manufacturers who are struggling to make their production profitable in Europe.