The Moroccan police arrested an Israeli businessman for Forex fraud and a Franco-Israeli for a case of kidnapping and extortion at the Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. Both were wanted by Interpol.
Reda Abakrim, alias "Turbo", the alleged murderer of Reda Faras, the late husband of singer Rym Fikri, will appear on July 10th before the Casablanca Court of Appeal in this case. The day before, he will be before the same court for another murder case.
Subject to an Interpol red notice, Badiss Bajjou , a 24-year-old Franco-Moroccan suspected of being the mastermind behind a series of kidnappings in the cryptocurrency world in France, was arrested on Tuesday, June 3, in Tangier, Morocco.
Abdelaziz L., right-hand man of Reda Abakrim, alias "Turbo", wanted by Morocco for the murder of singer Rym Fikri’s husband, was arrested on June 6 in Poissy by the judicial police.
The elements of the National Brigade of Judicial Police (BNPJ) in coordination with the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) have succeeded in apprehending a 25-year-old Franco-Moroccan suspected of being involved in cases of kidnapping with violence, extortion and ransom demands targeting cryptocurrency investors, as well as money laundering operations for the benefit of an international organized crime network active in France.
Arrested at the beginning of the week in Paris, 25 individuals were presented to justice on Friday. They are accused of attempted kidnappings in the cryptocurrency world.
While the alleged mastermind of the wave of kidnappings targeting the cryptocurrency community, a 40-year-old Franco-Moroccan, is believed to be in Morocco, the investigation has made a major breakthrough in France.
Spanish police arrested a Moroccan couple at the port of Tarifa (Cadiz) who were wanted by Dutch authorities for kidnapping and holding their three minor children.
The police officers of the Paris Banditry Repression Brigade (BRB), in charge of Parisian cases, suspect a Franco-Moroccan of being the mastermind behind several kidnappings in France, including that of the co-founder and former employee of Ledger, a French cryptocurrency company, as well as his partner. He is also believed to be involved in thwarted kidnappings following the arrest and detention of about twenty suspects this week.
An attempted kidnapping targeting a couple took place on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. The targeted couple is identified as being part of the family circle of an entrepreneur in the cryptocurrency sector. The intervention of a neighbor, Nabil, manager of a bicycle shop, was crucial in ending this attempted kidnapping in broad daylight.
The examination of the Reda Abakrim case, nicknamed "Turbo", the main accused in the kidnapping and murder of artist Rym Fikri’s husband, begins before the criminal chamber of the Casablanca Court of Appeal.
Belgian justice has ruled on the kidnapping and attempted murder cases perpetrated in 2018, involving the "king of prison breaks" Nordin Benallal, a repeat offender, and his accomplice Raoul P., a former paracommando.