Settling of scores against the backdrop of drug trafficking, grenade attacks have resumed with a vengeance in certain neighborhoods of Antwerp. " Mocro-Maffia ", the Belgian and Dutch mafia of Moroccan origin, is simply back.
The Belgian-Moroccan Salah Eddine Dassy began his first year of engineering studies at the prestigious Solvay Brussels School Economics & Management of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) on Monday. On this occasion, the Moroccan ambassador to Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mohamed Ameur, organized a reception in honor of this young Moroccan genius of 15 years old.
The federal police have managed to arrest a fifth suspect who would be involved in the shooting that occurred on July 5th on Alfred Orban Street in Forest. Soufiane Ben Ali, 23, had died in this shooting in the context of a settling of scores.
Arrived in Syria in 2013, a Belgian militant of the Islamic State (IS) has been intercepted in Turkey. Her country has not yet been officially informed.
The airline Tui Fly announced on Wednesday the extension of its special flights between Morocco and Belgium until October 10. In this context of Covid-19, it had been operating them since August 27 to allow citizens of the two countries to return to their permanent place of residence and reunite with their loved ones.
Nine members of the same Moroccan family appeared on Thursday before the investigating judge at the Antwerp court in Belgium. They are accused of having laundered millions of euros in real estate projects in Europe and Morocco.
Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) and people of other nationalities arriving from a red zone will be required to undergo a PCR test at Brussels Airport, where a Covid-19 screening center called Test Centre opened this Monday, September 14.
The Executive of Muslims of Belgium (EMB) and the Coordination Council of Islamic Institutions of Belgium (CIB) have expressed their satisfaction following the opinion of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) on the ban in Flanders on ritual slaughter.
The Flemish and Walloon regions adopted decrees in 2017 requiring the stunning of animals before slaughter in order to reduce their suffering. Several Jewish and Muslim associations have filed an appeal with the Belgian Constitutional Court to have these decrees annulled, on the sole ground that they go against the slaughter methods prescribed by religious rites.
In Belgium, the Belliraj affair concerning the murder of seven people, including a doctor in Anderlecht, continues to stagnate much to the dismay of the victims’ families. Abdelkader Belliraj, meanwhile, is still incarcerated in Morocco .
Will Nabil Dirar be back on the FC Bruges bench? Persistent rumors indicate that the Atlas Lion, tired of going around in circles at Fenerbahçe, is seriously considering returning to Belgium.
Europe’s most wanted Moroccan has been extradited to Spain. He had escaped from a prison in Belgium aboard a helicopter.