Of Moroccan origin, Abdelkrim Grini, 54, is the prosecutor who led the first three days of investigation after the murder of Aboubakar Cissé, a Malian stabbed to death in a mosque in Gard.
A legal case in Antwerp concerns the involvement of members of the El Ballouti family, of Moroccan origin, in a cocaine importation through the port. Three brothers, Othman, Younes and Nordin, are linked to this case, which has recent developments including an arrest, a fugitive, and an appeal procedure.
The criminal chamber of the Rabat Court of Appeal has just sentenced Hassan Benhamza, 34, to 20 years in prison and nearly 50,000 euros in damages for the murder of Mehdi Ettir , a 23-year-old man stabbed to death in 2011 in the Belleville neighborhood of Paris.
Spanish police arrested two men of Moroccan origin in possession of 50,000 euros and other sums of money in different currencies, carefully hidden in a car that was transporting them to Gibraltar.
Moroccans Residing Abroad (MREs) claim to have been victims of a real estate scam in Midelt for years. They are calling on the competent authorities to open an investigation to shed light on this matter.
A Spanish beneficiary of aid for those over 52 years old has been sanctioned by the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) for not declaring several trips to Morocco. As a result, he lost his right to aid and must repay more than 8,500 euros.
Three former members of the Silva proximity brigade in Forest, two of whom are still employed by the Brussels-Midi police zone (Anderlecht, Forest and Saint-Gilles), face prison time for sending a photo of Mohamed-Amine Dardour, the alleged perpetrator of the murder of Soufiane Benali, a 23-year-old man nicknamed "Nana" killed in July 2020 in Forest, to neighborhood delinquents known as "sheriffs".
Following the statements of their party president, Amine El Boujdaini, Loubna Azghoud, Ismaïl Luahabi and Youssef Handichi, four MR deputies of Moroccan origin, were targeted by PS deputies on social media. One of them appeals to King Mohammed VI.
Morocco is putting in the means to bring back its brains. A substantial and unprecedented budget has just been specifically allocated to encourage expatriate Moroccan talents to contribute to the national research and development effort.
Youssef El Gatou, owner of Maison Héloïse, a bakery-pastry shop on Avenue Gabriel-Péri in Argenteuil, Val-d’Oise, assisted by a team of 25 pastry chefs, created a strawberry cake measuring 121.88 m long. The longest cake in the world, certified by a Guinness World Records judge.
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.
Following the suicide of Yanis, 17, on March 30, after the release of his attacker, the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence Against Children (Ciivise) has called for changes to the law and strengthened support for victims.