Men residing in the Netherlands allegedly entered Morocco as ordinary tourists before taking part in the kidnapping of the son of an African diplomat in Tangier. The main suspect has just been arrested by police.
Four men have been sent to trial before the Yvelines Assize Court for the kidnapping of a mother. The alleged mastermind, Badiss Bajjou, is expected to miss the trial: imprisoned in Morocco, the Franco-Moroccan national has already been sentenced there to 25 years in prison.
Two men described as close to Franco-Moroccan rapper Maes have been killed within weeks of each other in Sevran. These new deaths are part of a long series of violence linked to drug trafficking and local rivalries.
A spectacular chase took place near Tangier to corner a gang specialized in kidnapping and ransom demands . At the heart of the matter are repeat offenders, including the mysterious "Seffafa", targeted by arrest warrants.
Sentenced in absentia to 27 years imprisonment for drug trafficking, Othman El Ballouti appeared Thursday in Antwerp . Extradited from Dubai, he firmly contests the accusations and denounces proceedings based solely on his family’s reputation.
A 46-year-old man from Bordeaux was sentenced Tuesday in Pau to eleven years imprisonment. He stole nearly one million euros from a nonagenarian woman from Béarn before exiling her to a retirement home in Morocco .
The trial of a 46-year-old man opened this Monday before the criminal court of Pyrénées-Atlantiques . He is accused of defrauding a 49-year-old widow of more than €800,000, before forcibly isolating her in Morocco.
The Brussels court condemned on Wednesday the perpetrators of a violent beating that occurred in 2020. The attackers sought to avenge the death of Soufiane Benali, in a case otherwise tainted by illegal police leaks.
Four men have been convicted for the abduction and unlawful confinement of a 14-year-old teenager. This punitive expedition aimed to recover a substantial debt on behalf of an alleged drug trafficker then based in Morocco.
Arrested in Tangier in June 2025, a Franco-Moroccan suspected of orchestrating kidnappings for cryptocurrency ransoms will be tried by the Moroccan kingdom. A decision linked to the refusal to extradite this dual national.
The Court of Appeal of Casablanca postponed the examination of the assassination of Reda Faras to June 2, 2026. The main suspect, a Franco-Moroccan, will appear for this fatal kidnapping that occurred in February 2024.
Sentenced to seven years in prison for orchestrating a kidnapping, Franco-Moroccan rapper Maes must wait. The Court of Appeal of Tangier has postponed his trial to May 14, 2026 to formally summon the defense.