Maghreb – europe pipeline

Nearly six tons of cannabis seized in southern Morocco; Six dealers arrested in Casablanca

Moroccan security services have seized 5.8 tons of cannabis in a major drug bust operation carried out over the weekend near the Southern Moroccan city of Laayoune. Fourteen people, including a Mauritanian and a Senegalese national, were captured during this anti-drug operation. Search of their premises led to the seizure of an AK-47, a hunting […]

Casablanca Finance City ranks 46th in Global Financial Centers Index

Casablanca Finance City (CFC) has been ranked 46th in the 2020 Global Financial Centre Index (GFCI) which evaluates the competitiveness and performance of world leading financial centers. Last year, CFC was ranked 41th among the global financial hubs. Although it dropped this year five places due to several regional and international factors, Casablanca remains the […]

Passenger Planes Could be Downed by Hezbollah-Supplied Missiles to Polisario

The missiles supplied by Iran through its proxy Hezbollah to the Polisario separatists could take down commercial aircraft, military expert Dore Gold said. “Morocco now has documentation of arms deliveries that were made by Hezbollah to the Polisario. These included SAM-9 and SAM-11 surface-to-air missiles, and not just the older-generation SAM-7 (Strela) missiles that have […]