Seddik Errais, a Dutchman of Moroccan origin from Maastricht, is still incarcerated in Morocco four years after being acquitted in the La Crème café shooting case in Marrakech. The proceedings have since seen new developments, and he continues to proclaim his innocence.
Suspected of having participated in the importation of more than 500 kg of cannabis resin, Yassin A. was arrested in Morocco and then extradited. After a year in detention, an incorrect document sent by the court registry enabled him to leave prison.
A 29-year-old French national wanted for voluntary homicide has been arrested in Tangier. He is suspected of shooting and killing someone in a public place in Toulouse in September 2024.
Nasserdine “Nadori” Tarrahi, a Moroccan-born figure in Antwerp’s drug trade, has been arrested in Dubai. Sentenced to twelve years in prison for importing 840 kilos of cocaine, he had been wanted by Belgium for several years.
Morocco has just handed over a convicted and wanted trafficker to Belgium, while two figures from Antwerp’s drug underworld arrested in Dubai could wait several months before a possible extradition.
Morocco would have 218 fugitives wanted by French authorities , nearly half of them for drug trafficking. The strengthening of cooperation between Paris and Rabat now threatens the peace of mind of these suspects on the run.
Long convinced they could live or run their networks from Morocco, French drug traffickers are seeing their room for maneuver shrink . The political and judicial rapprochement between Rabat and Paris has profoundly changed the situation.
Sixteen people suspected of involvement in drug trafficking, murders, fraud and money laundering cases have been arrested in Morocco. France has launched proceedings targeting its nationals.
A 34-year-old French national, subject to an Interpol red notice at the request of French authorities, was arrested in Tétouan. He is wanted in France for his alleged involvement in physical violence committed against a woman.
A French man wanted by his country’s justice system has been arrested in Marrakech. He was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by French authorities for his alleged involvement in an international drug and psychotropic substance trafficking case.
A 43-year-old Dutch man of Moroccan origin, who still had to serve more than three years in prison in the Netherlands, was arrested Monday upon his arrival at Schiphol airport. He voluntarily returned from Morocco, according to the Dutch prosecutor’s office.
Six Algerian nationals were arrested for their alleged involvement in a vast forgers’ network. Targeted by Interpol, they used fictitious companies to obtain residence permits and evade international justice.