Madrid, May 11, 2013 (SPS) - Spanish police announced Friday, May 10, the dismantling of a network of money laundering drug which consists of six Moroccan, who bring hashish into Spain in double-bottom trucks to be sold in Europe.
This trade brings about 500.000 Euros every week. The drug money was delivered to a Chinese organization in exchange for clothes, luxury watches and other goods were shipped to be sold in Morocco.
In an operation conducted between April 27 and May 5, the Spanish police seized 52 tons of marijuana in a warehouse in Cordoba and 32 tons hidden in a shipment of melons from Agadir, Morocco.
A few days later, the French Interior Minister, Manuel Valls, pointed out that there are ten criminal organizations that operate in drug trafficking between his country and Morocco, using Spain as a base.
Morocco is singled out by international organizations as the largest producer and exporter of drug.
International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) recently published a report, in which it indicated that the Kingdom of Morocco remains the main supplier of cannabis resin countries worldwide.
Approximately 72% of the total amount of cannabis resin seized by the customs authorities in the world in 2011 came from Morocco, the report said.
That same year, it added, saw the seizure of 138 tons. A drop compared to the astronomical amounts that are produced in Morocco before being “exported” to all parts of the world water. (SPS)
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