The price immigrants pay to human smugglers to be transported from Morocco into Spain and the European Union is between $8,000 to $40,000.

Source:  Carlos Resa Nestares, “Transnational Organised Crime In Spain: Structural Factors Explaining Its Penetration,” February 27, 2001.

In the first ten months of 2008, authorities in Morocco destroyed nearly 4,400 hectares of cannabis plantations.

Morocco is the largest supplier of cannabis to Europe.

Source:  “Morocco uses new technology to fight drug trafficking,” Morocco Newsline, November 18, 2008.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reported that $12.5 Billion is generated in revenue from drug trafficking activities in Morocco.  The primary product exported is marijuana.

Source:  “UN Warns About Nexus Between Drugs, Crime and Terrorism,” United Nations, Press Release, October 1, 2004.

Source:  Sarah Touahri, “ Morocco cracks down on piracy,“ Magharebia, October 10, 2006.