The Belgian-Moroccan drug lord Abdelilah El Messaoudi has recently escaped from Turkey to find refuge in Morocco. Despite an electronic bracelet, the fugitive from Antwerp thus avoids a heavy sentence of 39 years in prison in Belgium.
Targeted by several extradition requests from Belgium to serve heavy sentences, the Antwerp drug trafficker Abdelilah El Messaoudi has evaded Turkish surveillance. He has fled to Morocco, moving further away from justice.
The alleged drug baron Nordin El Hajjioui has filed a request for recusal against the president of the Antwerp Court of Appeal. This latest procedure blocks the examination of his fifteen previous requests to recuse other magistrates.
A 25-year-old Dutch national, suspected of having commissioned the attack that cost Firdaous her life in 2023 , appeared before the court in Amsterdam. The Belgian authorities are demanding his extradition for this bloody settling of scores.
After three days of closure over illegal work, the Tanger Markt chain reopened its six Belgian supermarkets this Friday. The retailer paid a €100,000 guarantee demanded by Brussels judicial authorities.
The assessment of the SKY ECC operation reveals a globalized criminal enterprise managed remotely. The evidence confirms that cocaine trafficking in European ports was orchestrated from several countries, including Morocco.
Major Belgian retailers such as Delhaize, Colruyt and Lidl are extensively adapting their shelves for Ramadan 2026. This commercial strategy responds to growing local demand, driven by a significant increase in sales of halal and traditional products.
Dîna Slaoui marks a historic milestone by becoming the first Moroccan woman admitted as a full member and shareholder of the Antwerp Diamond Exchange. With fifteen years of experience, she now intends to build a commercial and ethical bridge between the North African market and the global diamond hub.
Belgium is facing a resurgence of measles with 229 cases reported in 2025. This worrying increase is partly attributed to the importation of the virus from active epidemic hotspots abroad, particularly in Morocco.
With 11.1 million containers handled in 2025, the Moroccan port complex Tanger Med is widening the gap with its Spanish neighbor Algeciras and now ranks, in terms of volume, immediately behind European leaders Rotterdam and Antwerp.
The trial of Nordin El Hajjioui , an alleged cocaine-trafficking figure in Antwerp, was suspended on Tuesday following a new procedural offensive by his defense. The Moroccan’s lawyers filed multiple recusal requests, blocking the examination of cases involving the importation of more than 25 tons of drugs.
Clashes broke out in several neighborhoods of Brussels and Antwerp following the Africa Cup of Nations final between Senegal and Morocco. The situation was particularly agitated around the Étangs Noirs metro station and in the Borgerhout district, requiring interventions to contain the disturbances. Nine arrests were reported as hundreds of people had gathered.