The courts have sentenced Said Naciri, former president of Wydad Casablanca, and Abdenbi Bioui, former regional president, to 10 and 12 years in prison respectively. A historic decision in a vast international drug trafficking case.
The trial in the so-called “Villa California” case took a decisive turn this Thursday before the Casablanca Court of Appeal. The deputy public prosecutor delivered a damning indictment against Saïd Naciri, former president of Wydad , and former parliamentarian Kacem Belmir, asserting that the transfer of the property was based on all-out fraud.
The behavior of Saïd Naciri, former president of Wydad Casablanca, prosecuted in the "Desert Escobar" case, nicknamed after Malian drug trafficker Mohamed Benbrahim, has irritated Judge Ali Tarchi.
The trial of the "Desert Escobar" case is ongoing in the criminal chamber of the Casablanca Court of Appeal. Friday’s hearing was an opportunity for the defense of Saïd Naciri and the representative of the public prosecutor to confront their arguments.
Latifa Raâfat should testify before the Casablanca Court of Appeal as part of the trial of former MP and former WAC president Said Naciri and former MP Abdenbi Bioui, in the case of Lhaj Ahmed Benbrahim alias "Escobar of the Desert", the former husband of the Moroccan singer.
Hicham Brini, director of the company "Douaa Production", has declared that he has initiated a seizure procedure on a real estate property of the production company "Hi Com", owned by the Moroccan artist Saïd Naciri and the producer Karim Abou Obeid, who are late in paying him the sum of 750,000 dirhams.
Saïd Naciri is coming to the aid of Saadia Louk, who is suffering from a serious illness and is paralyzed. The Moroccan actor and director has decided to partially cover the medical expenses of the actress who has been transferred from Marrakech to a private clinic in Casablanca.
Serious charges have been brought against the accused -Said Naciri and Abdenbi Bioui, both members of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM)-, in the case of Lhaj Ahmed Benbrahim alias "Desert Escobar", named after the Malian initially detained in the El Jadida prison, before being transferred to the local prison of Ain Sebaâ 1 and then to the local prison of Salé 2.
Information indicates that singer Latifa Raâfat , the ex-wife of Malian Ahmed Benbrahim, the main accused in the "Escobar of the Desert" case, and the former partner of Abdenbi Bioui, president of the Oriental region, appeared before the investigating judge at the Court of Appeal in Casablanca.
The "Desert Escobar" affair continues to reveal its secrets. The ongoing investigation has revealed that Saïd Naciri, president of the Wydad sports club, and Abdenbi Bioui, president of the Oriental region, in detention for their alleged links with the Malian trafficker Ahmed Benbrahim, would have used forgery and blackmail to buy his villa located in the Californie district.
New developments in the "Desert Escobar" case , the nickname of the Malian drug trafficker Mohamed Benbrahim, who was arrested and detained in Morocco. The latter is said to have sought the help of Saïd Naciri and Abdenbi Bioui to set up a company selling Chinese cars and trucks in Morocco.
Arrested for his alleged involvement in the "Escobar of the desert" case, Saïd Naciri, president of Wydad Athletic and deputy of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), named a famous Moroccan artist during his hearing.