A vast operation by the Moroccan customs is underway to dismantle an organized criminal network. The organization is suspected of counterfeiting and smuggling alcoholic beverages of prestigious brands, intended to flood the market in the main tourist cities of the country.
Just like the first one, the second request for recusal filed against a judge by the lawyers of Dikke Nordin El Hajjioui, who is being prosecuted in the "Bombs and Grenades" case, met the same fate: rejection.
On the run in Morocco, a drug trafficker has planned a vendetta. While his target, in France, escaped him after five assassination attempts, two of the latter’s relatives have lost their lives.
The Moroccan-origin drug trafficker Othman El Ballouti, arrested in early December 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and extradited to Belgium, intends to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence.
The Civil Guards recently seized 1.7 tons of hashish from Morocco after a spectacular high-speed chase in the strait.
The National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) saw its net profit plummet by 44% in 2024, despite an 8% increase in traffic and an 18% increase in its turnover. The culprit is the "unfavorable" fluctuations in the exchange rate for this company, which is burdened with an estimated debt of 38 billion dirhams.
The Évry criminal court sentenced Amar K., 72 years old, and his accomplice Naour Addine T., 50 years old, to prison for importing cannabis resin from Spain via Morocco.
Customs agents, in collaboration with Moroccan police forces, arrested on Monday at the Bab Sebta border post, on the Moroccan side, a Frenchman in possession of 10 kilos of hashish, carefully hidden in his car.
The Moroccan scientific community is calling on the authorities to put an end to the trafficking of meteorites, which risks leading to the loss of a geological and scientific heritage.
The trial of Abdelwahab G., a Moroccan drug baron convicted at first instance in October 2024, opened on Wednesday before the Brussels Court of Appeal.
In Nîmes, a renowned magistrate is expressing his pessimism about the fight against cannabis trafficking from Morocco and transiting through Spain. He advocates for strong measures to overcome this phenomenon.
The alleged drug baron nicknamed "Ould Haouat" has reached the end of his run. The National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) of Casablanca succeeded, at the end of last week, in apprehending this drug trafficker who had long evaded the security services in the Gharb region.