Opinion
Soft power rivalry in the Maghreb
When a Moroccan chef calls couscous “as Moroccan as the Atlas Mountains,” an Algerian rival is quick to declare it
French police have arrested a key figure of the Mocro Maffia, a notorious cocaine-trafficking gang based in Belgium and the Netherlands, a gendarme source said Wednesday. The suspect, a Moroccan national in his 30s, was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the Netherlands. Elite GIGN officers detained him Tuesday afternoon as he left a restaurant in Paris' 18th district. The arrest was carried out without incident, according to authorities.
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