Entering Ceuta is not enough to reach mainland Spain. Migrants who remained in the enclave after the mass arrivals in July are now paying smugglers up to 9000 euros to cross the Strait of Gibraltar clandestinely.
Tanger Med was not yet open when the Spanish press was already worried about its consequences. Twenty-three years later, the Moroccan port has overtaken Algeciras and its name continues to be associated in Spain with the same words: rival, competition, threat.
A furniture store in Borgerhout, Antwerp, allegedly served as a front for a hashish trafficking operation between Morocco and Belgium . The drugs were allegedly transported hidden inside furniture, while some of the money was subsequently reinvested in Morocco.
Drug barons, fraudsters wanted in the United States, kidnapping suspects or fugitives carrying forged papers: arrests are multiplying in Morocco. Since the beginning of the year, around thirty people wanted by Interpol are believed to have already been intercepted there.
A shipment of watermelons was carrying 350 kilos of cannabis resin at the Tanger Med port. The 42-year-old Moroccan truck driver was arrested.
Organized networks allegedly conceal new clothing in secondhand shipments imported to Morocco. Declared as used garments or humanitarian aid, these goods would thus escape customs duties before being resold in stores.
Convicted in Belgium and the Netherlands for cocaine trafficking, Jos Leijdekkers now lives in Sierra Leone, where he has become the president’s son-in-law. His name remains linked to the disappearance of Naima Jillal and accusations from his former Moroccan partner.
After thirty years working with young people in Antwerp’s neighborhoods, Mohamed Zemmouri is sounding the alarm. The educator of Moroccan origin believes that drug trafficking money is making prevention through sport increasingly difficult.
A Mauritanian traveler was intercepted at Casablanca’s Mohammed V airport with more than two million euros undeclared , hidden in three cartons of biscuits. He was about to board a flight to Dubai.
Two men described as close to Franco-Moroccan rapper Maes have been killed within weeks of each other in Sevran. These new deaths are part of a long series of violence linked to drug trafficking and local rivalries.
Moroccan airports gained more than 1.5 million passengers in the first half of 2026. However, this growth is concentrated almost entirely on Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir, Tangier and Rabat, while much of the secondary network stagnates or declines.
Global cannabis resin seizures have fallen by more than 50% since 2020 . But Morocco appears to be going against the trend: seizures there are increasing, to the point of putting North Africa ahead of Western Europe in 2024.