France
Drug War Escalates: Marseille Gang Infiltrates Cévennes, Forcing Local Dealer to Flee
In a working-class neighborhood near Alès, a territorial war forces a drug trafficker to take refuge in Morocco.
Topic
Drugs
Belgium
Dubai to Belgium: 'The Boss' Drug Lord Faces Justice After €25M Real Estate Empire Crumbles
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to extradite the Moroccan drug trafficker Othman El Ballouti, arrested in early December in Dubai, to Belgium.
Belgium
Dubai Extradites Key Antwerp Drug Kingpin: 'Monte Christo' Network Crumbles
The United Arab Emirates has handed over to Belgium the Antwerp drug trafficker Mohamed A. A., the former brother-in-law and right-hand man of drug baron Youssef Ben Azza, alias "Monte Christo", who is on the run in Morocco.
Spain
Drug Lords Revolutionize Trafficking: 'Narco-Cooperatives' Outsmart Police in Spain
Drug traffickers like the "Messi of hashish", Jesús Pantoja or "El Yeyo" continue to carry out their trafficking in Spain from Morocco or Dubai. Their new discovery to make their business more profitable, the creation of narco-cooperatives.
France
Major Drug Ring Busted: 12 Arrested in Seine-et-Marne Trafficking Operation
Involved in the importation of drugs from Morocco and Spain, twelve individuals - ten men and two women - were arrested, indicted and then incarcerated by a liberty and detention judge of the Meaux judicial court.
France
Guyanese Man's Hotel Death: Two Arrested, Third Suspect Flees to Morocco in Cocaine-Linked Murder
One of the men suspected of being involved in the murder of the 35-year-old Guyanese man found dead on August 23, 2022 at the foot of a hotel in Viry-Chatillon (Essonne) after being thrown out of the 6th floor of this establishment, is on the run in Morocco. On Friday, two suspects were arrested, indicted, and then incarcerated.
Spain
Drug Traffickers Exploit Guadalquivir River: Spain's New Cocaine Highway Challenges Authorities
Drug traffickers are now passing cannabis from Morocco and Colombia through a large Spanish river that was not previously used as a highway for them.
France
Drug Ring Busted: Ex-Garage Manager's Sentence Increased to 12 Years for International Cocaine Trafficking
Involved in the importation of drugs from Morocco and Colombia, a former business executive and his accomplice see their sentences increased on appeal.
Belgium
Fugitive Drug Lords Face 53-Year Sentence: Antwerp's Cocaine Kings Hunted Globally
A new arrest warrant has been issued against Omar Govers alias "Patje Haemers", one of the most notorious drug-related criminals in Antwerp, and his accomplice Mounir El Bartali, who have been sentenced to heavy prison terms again. They have been on the run for years in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and Tangier, Morocco.
Spain
Mocro Maffia Kingpin's Nephew Nabbed in Spain: Drug Empire Crumbles as 'El Chapo de Tricht' Gang Exposed
The Spanish police have arrested Firass Taghi, a nephew of Ridouan Taghi, involved in an international drug trafficking operation. The name of this 24-year-old man had been mentioned in escape plans for the leader of the Dutch Mocro Maffia.
Belgium
Antwerp Drug War Escalates: Explosion Rocks Home of Convicted Cocaine Trafficker
The house of a Moroccan drug trafficker, located on the Frans Nagelsplein in Wilrijk, was the target of an explosion in the early morning of this Monday. The Antwerp police have opened an investigation.
France
Teen Hitmen Arrested in Paris Drug War Killing: Morocco Extradition Looms for Mastermind
Recruited by a drug trafficker from the Paris region currently in prison in Morocco before his extradition to France, to eliminate a competitor in Ulis, two very young Lyon hitmen are facing French justice.