Spain’s Criminal Chamber of the National High Court has denied the extradition of a Moroccan citizen arrested in Lanzarote in 2024 on an Interpol international warrant. The man was accused of facilitating immigration by allegedly organizing boat trips from the island. The court rejected Morocco’s extradition request after weighing arguments from the Prosecutor’s Office and the defence. In Spain, extradition requires the minimum deprivation of liberty to be at least two years. The defence argued that the Moroccan penalty does not meet that threshold, because the Spanish Penal Code classifies the alleged offence as punishable by fines of three to twelve months or imprisonment of three months to one year. Moroccan law, by contrast, describes the conduct as organizing illegal emigration, with a maximum possible sentence of up to twenty years. A hearing on November 18, 2025 was held to decide the extradition before the Central Court of First Instance, Section 3 of Instruction. The requested person did not consent to be extradited. After arguments from the defence and the Prosecutor’s Office, the court ordered the provisional release of the detainee, rejected the extradition request, and lifted the precautionary measures imposed during the proceedings. It also sent the case record to Spain’s Deputy Directorate General for International Legal Cooperation at the Ministry of Justice and to the Interpol service.