The Antwerp court handed down a heavy sentence against Moroccan kickboxer Jamal Ben Saddik , sentencing him to forty months in prison and a fine of 40,000 euros. His brother Said and a close friend also received prison sentences and fines for their involvement in a vast money laundering and fraud system.
The bodies of the four people of Moroccan origin, including a 10-year-old girl, who died in the violent explosion of a residential building that occurred on Thursday in Antwerp , will be repatriated to Morocco to be buried there.
A violent explosion devastated an apartment building in Antwerp on Thursday morning, killing four people, including Houda, a ten-year-old girl, and injuring five others. Several people are of Moroccan origin.
Extradited by the United Arab Emirates, the drug trafficker Nordin El Hajjioui (35 years old), alias Dikke Nordin, arrived on Friday in Antwerp on a military plane that landed at the Melsbroek air base.
In Flanders, the axe has fallen on nearly 500 social housing tenants, including Moroccans, who were unmasked as owners of real estate abroad within three years. A figure that represents more than half of the cases checked and highlights a fraudulent system with international ramifications.
Two Dutch nationals, a 31-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, were arrested on Wednesday in the Netherlands for their alleged involvement in the murder of Firdaous , the 11-year-old girl killed by a bullet in Antwerp in January 2023. The woman was released on Friday while the man remains in custody.
The Belgian police have arrested a 31-year-old man from Amsterdam and a 24-year-old woman from Breda for their alleged involvement in the murder of Firdaous , the 11-year-old girl killed by a bullet in January 2023 at her parents’ home in Merksem, Antwerp.
The Antwerp police have released images of two men suspected of being involved in the murder of Firdaous , an 11-year-old girl of Moroccan origin, shot dead on January 9, 2023 in Merksem.
Who killed Ferdaous, the 11-year-old girl who perished in a shooting that occurred in January in Merksem , in the province of Antwerp, and whose uncle is a Moroccan drug trafficker? Two suspects have been arrested following the searches carried out as part of the ongoing investigation.
Vooruit alderman Tom Meeuws referred to Antwerp alderman Nabilla Ait Daoud as a "mocroschepen", meaning "Moroccan mafia woman", during a meeting two weeks ago. Racist remarks to which the Antwerp politician of Moroccan origin did not fail to react.
The airline TUI fly has just announced the launch of a new flight to Morocco as part of its summer season.
The city of Willebroek, in the Antwerp region, was struck by a tragedy last Tuesday. Maissa Bouchaib, a 17-year-old girl, lost her life in a road accident . While on her way to her internship on an electric scooter, the Moroccan was hit by a truck.