A Moroccan residing in France had fled to Morocco in 2017 after being suspected of heading a major drug trafficking operation between Orléans and Darvoy. 5 years later, he gets two years in prison.
Imprisoned for 12 years for terrorism, the Belgian of Moroccan origin Ali Aarrass would have been a victim of torture in Spain and Morocco, according to an international expert assessment. His lawyers are demanding justice.
Abdellatif Ouahbi, Minister of Justice, proposes the electronic bracelet as an alternative to prison, particularly for the issuance of bounced checks, the consumption of alcohol, etc.
A fire broke out in the Bordeaux-Gradignan prison and cost the life of a first detainee of Moroccan origin, seriously injuring another, of Algerian nationality. The two victims shared the same cell in this prison criticized for its overcrowding.
The trial of the drug supermarket in Saint-Ouen continues. On Monday, the prosecutor of the 13th correctional chamber of the Bobigny court (Seine-Saint-Denis) requested various sentences against the alleged head of the trafficking ring on the run in Morocco and other defendants.
In Chalabre, the court on Wednesday sentenced three Moroccans to prison terms for gang violence and kidnapping. Targeted by an arrest warrant, one of the defendants was absent from the trial. He has probably returned to Morocco.
Accused of kidnapping and sequestering elected councilors, the president of a commune located in the province of Larache, was arrested and then remanded in custody.
Prosecuted in custody since October 2021, for corruption, the general manager of the autonomous water and electricity authority of Fez (RADEEF), El Hanafi Aboukir, was finally sentenced to one year in prison, with a fine of 20,000 DH.
Two people have been convicted for killing an animal belonging to an endangered species. Their crime was captured in a video that went viral on the Moroccan web.
The Rabat Court of Appeal increased the sentence handed down to the president of an association in Harhoura, who was sentenced to four years in prison in the first instance for real estate fraud.
The Nancy Criminal Court has convicted seven anti-crime brigade police officers prosecuted for "moral harassment" and "non-public racist insults " against colleagues. They received sentences ranging from 6 to 18 months in prison with suspended sentences, fines or bans on practicing.
Prosecuted in particular for "participation in the possession of a narcotic substance and export of drugs without a permit or license from the customs administration", a former MP from the National Rally of Independents (RNI) was sentenced to eight years in prison and a fine of 100,000 DH by the court of first instance in Zagora.