Morocco is tightening control over its southern borders with state-of-the-art technology to keep the Sahara and the whole country at bay from threats posed by terrorist groups and organized crime networks, the Moroccan press reported. The most-southern tip on the shared borders with Mauritania had long been a haven for dealers until Morocco cracked […]
The former Algerian Minister of Relations with Parliament, Tahar Khaoua, was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in prison for corruption. Tahar Khaoua’s son, Zakaria, was given a four-year prison sentence with the confiscation of all assets and real estate of the accused, according to local media citing judicial sources. The same sources added that […]
More than 7,000 psychotropic tablets seized in Fez, seven people arrested. A Royal Navy unit patrolling in the Atlantic foiled on Thursday a drug trafficking operation off Assilah (northern Morocco) and seized 130 bundles of chira, weighing over 4 tons. According to a military source, the seizure was operated after the […]
