Moroccan police announced the arrest late on Tuesday of a Spanish citizen and his Moroccan "accomplice" accused of smuggling migrants to Europe by boat. The suspects allegedly "extorted" people looking to leave the North African country before "illegally" sending them across the Mediterranean Sea in inflatable vessels, the General Directorate of National Security said. The arrests in the northern city of Tangier came shortly after Morocco's navy opened fire on a speedboat carrying migrants that was being driven by another Spaniard, killing one person and wounding three on-board.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 27, 2018 10:41 UTC