The Moroccan espionage affair in the Netherlands raises questions on the Belgian situation. According to Chokri Mahassine (SP.a - Socialist Party), the Moroccan secret services recruit just as much here as in Holland.
The Moroccan secret service spies actively and actively searches for information abroad - certainly including Belgium. It is supposed to share relevant information with the Belgian authorities, but it emerges from the Belliraj case that Morocco is not so very particular about that. Abdelkader Belliraj was a State Security informer who lived for years in our country. On his arrest in Morocco, he also proved to be a top gangster whom Morocco had had shadowed for a long time. "That shows how vigorously and thoroughly the Moroccans operate," says Flemish Parliament member Chokri Mahassine (Socialist Party, Another Way). He himself once received an invitation to go to Rabat, in order afterward to propagate a positive image of Morocco in Belgium. "Why not? I do the same thing for Belgium, Flanders, and for Limburg." "It is indeed a form of lobbying which is not forbidden," a member of the intelligence services says.. "But recruiting officials of other countries as spies is clearly forbidden."
Africa's last colonySince 1975, three quarters of the Western Sahara territory has been illegally occupied by Morocco. The original population lives divided between those suffering human rights abuses under the Moroccan occupation and those living in exile in Algerian refugee camps. For more than 40 years, the Saharawi await the fulfilment of their legitimate right to self-determination.
Since 1975, three quarters of the Western Sahara territory has been illegally occupied by Morocco. The original population lives divided between those suffering human rights abuses under the Moroccan occupation and those living in exile in Algerian refugee camps. For more than 40 years, the Saharawi await the fulfilment of their legitimate right to self-determination.
