Morocco and Spain’s mended relations are now leading to the entry into force April 30 of a security agreement signed between both countries in Rabat, back on February 13, 2019.
The agreement between Madrid and Rabat on cooperation in security and the fight against crime, terrorism, and organized crime such as illegal immigration was signed by the Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelouafi Laftit.
The decision, published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) this Thursday, comes on the day on which the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, visits Morocco.
The agreement on cooperation in combating crime includes 18 types of criminal acts that the two countries will collaborate to fight, related to terrorism and other crimes that affect peoples’ lives and “physical integrity,” in addition to illegal arrest and kidnapping.
The security agreement covers crimes against property, illicit trafficking in narcotics, psychotropic substances and precursors, human trafficking and illegal immigration, sexual exploitation of minors, dissemination of pornographic materials with the participation of minors, and its production, distribution or possession.
Extortion, theft, and illegal trade in arms, ammunition, explosives, radioactive materials, biological and nuclear materials, dual-use products, and other dangerous materials are also provided for in the agreement.
In addition, money laundering and illegal financial transactions, crimes in the economic and financial field, counterfeit currency, forgery and tampering with means of payment and ownership, their distribution and use, crimes against objects of a cultural nature of historical value, and theft and illegal trade in works of art and antiques.
The agreement provides for strengthening cooperation in combating theft, illegal trafficking, forgery and fraudulent use of motor vehicle documents, forgery and illegal use of identity documents, crimes committed through computer systems, and crimes against natural resources and the environment.
It also includes exchanging information and providing assistance during the investigation, to identify and search for missing, wanted individuals.
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