Ahmed, a 22-year-old Moroccan employed without being declared, died after falling more than five meters at a construction site in the Tarn. The tradesman who had made him work on an asbestos roof was sentenced to six months in prison.
Ilyas Kherbouch, known as “Ganito,” has been sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating the violent burglary of Gianluigi Donnarumma from his prison cell. The Franco-Moroccan became notorious after escaping from Villepinte prison with the help of fake police officers.
Prosecuted for taking part in a major cannabis trafficking operation between Morocco and the Paris region, Ahmed A. had been sentenced to six years in prison. The Versailles Court of Appeal ultimately acquitted him after an essential part of the proceedings was destroyed.
Caught with 301 kilos of cannabis herb in his trailer, a Moroccan truck driver living in Spain faced three years in prison and a ten-year ban from French territory. The court ultimately acquitted him on the criminal charges, but left him with a customs bill of €1.445 million.
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 54-year-old man sentenced in the Netherlands for money laundering and drug trafficking had fled to Morocco before serving his sentence. Moroccan justice took over the case and sentenced him to eight years in prison, as well as a fine of nearly 8,000 euros.
A Moroccan man who claimed to be 17 and had been taken into care as a minor in Spain has now been formally charged by a Madrid judge. Medical examinations revealed that he was in fact well over 18. He is suspected of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
Three figures in Antwerp’s drug trade, arrested in June in Marrakech, were taken out of prison on Thursday morning to appear in court without prior notice. A few hours later, the court had already delivered its verdict: 5, 8 and 9 years in prison, according to the Belgian press.
A 23-year-old Moroccan man has just been sentenced to one year in prison after a series of thefts from cars in Seine-et-Marne. Upon his release from prison, another sentence awaits him: he will be banned from returning to France for ten years.
At least eight Moroccan workers allegedly paid between 10,000 and 15,000 euros to obtain a job and a residence permit in France. Four suspects were due to stand trial in Tarbes, but the court requested a more thorough investigation.
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.