End in Brussels of the exceptional trial of 120 people prosecuted for international cocaine and cannabis trafficking, among other things, from Morocco. The accused were sentenced to sentences ranging from a few months to 17 years in prison.
Mohamed J., arrested in Morocco in 2009 and sentenced to ten years in prison after his escape from Bruges prison aboard a helicopter with Ashraf Sekkaki alias "The King of Escape", was sentenced on Friday by the Antwerp Correctional Court to forty months in prison for cocaine trafficking and one year in prison for illegal possession of weapons.
The Narbonne court sentenced a couple at the head of a cocaine trafficking network in the Bourg district of Narbonne, who reinvested or sent money to Morocco, to heavy prison sentences. Other members of this criminal organization have also received prison sentences.
A key member of the "Mocro Maffia", Saïd A., aged 35, was arrested in Paris last week and will soon be extradited to the Netherlands. Suspected of methamphetamine trafficking, he faces up to 12 years in prison in his country.
The trial of 12 cocaine and cannabis traffickers, arrested last December following the dismantling of their network, opened on Monday, October 14 before the Narbonne court. The accused will be informed of their fate on Friday.
The Moroccan Center for Human Rights calls for the prosecution of Jonathan Harroch City Club CEO Arrested in Morocco on Drug, Fraud, and Trafficking Allegations , the CEO of the sports group "City Club", recently arrested in a Casablanca hotel, for human trafficking and drug trafficking.
An investigation that began last June resulted in the seizure of 666 kg of cannabis in the Yvelines and 10 kg of cocaine found in cars in Perpignan and the arrest of several individuals involved in a drug trafficking network between Morocco and the Île-de-France region, passing through Spain and the Pyrénées-Orientales.
The seizure by French customs of 1.7 tons of cocaine worth 51 million euros led to the arrest of a team of poker players - including a resident of Morocco. The goods were hidden in cabinets, sofas and armchairs shipped, under the guise of moving from Martinique to the Metropolis.
Escaped from the Bruges prison in 2009 with the famous Malinois criminal of Moroccan origin Ashraf Sekkaki on board a helicopter, Mohammed J. appeared last Thursday before the Antwerp court for cocaine trafficking and possession of weapons. The prosecution requested a four-year prison sentence against him.
Arrested and placed in custody for his alleged involvement in a cocaine trafficking case, singer Weld Aicha was granted provisional release with conditions on Saturday. He is prohibited from leaving the territory until the end of the investigation.
Placed in pre-trial detention in prison, the oldest drug baron wanted in northern Morocco has failed in his attempt to be released. This right was denied to him by the Court of Appeal of Tétouan.
Arrested and then placed in police custody in Tangier, Moroccan singer Weld Aicha is still not free to move. He is suspected of being involved in a cocaine trafficking case.