<b>Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 1st of November 2020</b> <i>Case name</i>: 2020_11_01-WM516 <i>Situation</i>: Ten travelers (all men, one minor) left from Tanger Med, Morocco. Interception by Moroccan Navy. <i>Status of WTM Investigation</i>: Concluded <i>Place of Incident</i>: Western Mediterranean Sea <i>Summary of the Case:</i> On 1st of November 2020 at 09:49h CET, the Alarm Phone was informed about a boat in distress. There were ten men (one minor) who had left at night from Tanger Med, Morocco towards Tarifa, Spain. We received a phone number on board, but no GPS data. The last contact to the travelers had been at 09:15h. Our shift team could not reach the travellers. On 10:46h, we informed the Spanish Search and Rescue organization Salvamento Maritímo (SM) about the case. At 10:49h, we called SM Tarifa/Cadiz and learned about three recent rescues. The officer we were talking to assumed that our case could have been intercepted by the Moroccan Navy around 10:00h. At the same time, we received the same information from the person who had alerted the Alarm Phone in the first place. They had received the confirmation of the interception from the travelers themselves. At 10:50h, we informed SM Tarifa about this and closed the case.

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