The Spanish National Security Report for 2023 highlights security challenges facing Spain, including those shared with Morocco, their southern neighbor.
The report emphasizes cooperation, stating that Morocco does not engage in hostilities against Spain, contradicting allegations of Moroccan espionage against Spanish officials.
The focus on Morocco reflects the intertwined security concerns of these geographically close nations. Issues like illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and terrorism require coordinated efforts.
The report rebuts claims that Morocco used Pegasus spyware against Spanish leaders and explicitly denies any evidence of Moroccan involvement in such activities, which aligns with previous denials by Spanish officials in 2022.
The report’s conclusions likely disappoint those who previously accused Morocco of espionage. Spanish journalists who reported these allegations may now face the challenge of reconciling their claims with the official report.
Overall, the Spanish National Security Report suggests a cooperative relationship between Spain and Morocco on security matters.
In 2022, a reported data leak from within the Israeli Pegasus Spyware project revealed that over 200 Spanish officials’ phones had been compromised in a spying attempt.
The Spanish government c refused to speculate on who may have been behind the bugging. Media outlets, however, did not stall in attributing the attack to Morocco.
Spanish President Pedro Sanchez and Defense Minister Margarita Robles were among the listed targets of the attack, which had reportedly taken place 2021, in the midst of the diplomatic spat between Spain and Morocco.
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