
Crypto Kidnapping Ring Busted: 25 Arrested in Paris, Mastermind Still at Large
Arrested at the beginning of the week in Paris, 25 individuals were presented to justice on Friday. They are accused of attempted kidnappings in the cryptocurrency world.

Arrested at the beginning of the week in Paris, 25 individuals were presented to justice on Friday. They are accused of attempted kidnappings in the cryptocurrency world.

Spanish police arrested a Moroccan couple at the port of Tarifa (Cadiz) who were wanted by Dutch authorities for kidnapping and holding their three minor children.

The police officers of the Paris Banditry Repression Brigade (BRB), in charge of Parisian cases, suspect a Franco-Moroccan of being the mastermind behind several kidnappings in France, including that of the co-founder and former employee of Ledger, a French cryptocurrency company, as well as his partner. He is also believed to be involved in thwarted kidnappings following the arrest and detention of about twenty suspects this week.

The man suspected of shooting twice with a handgun at a club doorman in Mimizan, in May 2024, was arrested in Morocco, then extradited to France.

The circulation of footage showing acrobatic stunts posing a danger to road users led to the arrest of a man in his twenties by Tangier’s security forces.

The regional brigade of the Royal Gendarmerie of Agadir dismantled a large network of illegal gold extraction last weekend in Tata. Three people were arrested in flagrante delicto, in the middle of the night. TEXTE: In collaboration with the authorities and the police forces, the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie proceeded on Saturday to the arrest of these three members of the network, caught in the act of illegal gold extraction in the middle of the night, reports Assabah , specifying that important modern logistical means, including the latest generation of metal detectors, were seized on the spot. This area would be teeming with a considerable quantity of gold nuggets, arousing the interest of many networks that carry out illegal extraction operations there. The operation follows close surveillance of the members of the criminal network, who were followed as they headed towards the area in two off-road vehicles. Some of them managed to flee in one of the vehicles after the unexpected intervention of the gendarmes, details the daily newspaper. The three defendants were taken into custody, under the supervision of the public prosecutor’s office and at the disposal of the investigation. The investigations continue to find the fugitives. Other members of the network could be apprehended in the coming days.

A former Member of Parliament from the Popular Movement Party (MP) and former president of the Beni Mellal commune, a Moroccan-American, a public official, and an engineer are being prosecuted while in custody, while twelve other individuals are being prosecuted while free on charges related to embezzlement of public funds.

One of the most dangerous drug lords in the city of Bouskoura is no longer free to move. He has just been arrested by the Royal Gendarmerie near Bouskoura, in the suburbs of Casablanca.

The police services of Tetouan, in coordination with the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), have arrested two men responsible for the robbery of a store located near Hassan II High School, which took place last weekend.

In Casablanca, an 18-year-old young man was arrested by a police patrol after robbing a bank branch in the Ben M’sik neighborhood.

Arrested in Ifrane, Morocco, then extradited to France, the alleged perpetrator of the murder of Nabil on May 3, 2024, at Place Ginette-Neveu, in the Aubiers district of Bordeaux, was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention on Friday.

A young man of Moroccan origin, in a state of intoxication, vandalized the municipal music conservatory of Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne). Arrested and then presented before the competent judge, he was sentenced to six months suspended prison sentence. A ban from French territory for a period of five years was pronounced against him.