Ecuador seizes over 600 kg of cocaine bound for Tunisia

Police in Ecuador seized 656.7 kg of cocaine dissimulated in a container bound for Tunisia, Business News reports. Fausto Buenaño Castillo, Chief of the Latin American country’s police, told media that security forces found the cocaine hidden in a container supposed to carry banana, during an operation dubbed “Víspera”. The drug shipment, estimated at $42 […]

Libya Deports Hundreds of Sudanese Migrants Amid Crackdown on Trafficking Routes

Authorities in eastern Libya have announced over the weekend that they have deported 700 Sudanese migrants back to their conflict-ridden homeland as part of a sweeping campaign against illegal migration and human trafficking. The deportees, some of whom were reported to have infectious diseases or criminal records, were sent by land to Sudan. This crackdown, […]

Dramatic increase in remittances from the Moroccan diaspora

Moroccans living abroad are the leading foreign exchange earners in the kingdom, alongside tourism and services, the automobile industry and the export of phosphates and derived products.   In the first five months of 2021, these Moroccans of the world transferred 36.34 billion dirhams (3.5 billion euros), up 50.2% compared to the first five months […]