The services of the National Financial Intelligence Authority (ANRF) have uncovered the existence of an increasingly sophisticated network of companies, involving money laundering, tax fraud, and criminal activities such as drug trafficking and corruption, as part of a series of investigations.
After months of postponements, the trial of Dikke Nordin El Hajjioui in the "Bombs and Grenades" case was supposed to be held this Wednesday. But the Moroccan-born defendant did not appear in court. The prosecution requested a sentence of twelve years in prison and a fine of 100,000 euros against him.
The Paris Criminal Court has sentenced two individuals to prison for arms trafficking - some of which were destined for Morocco - and drug trafficking.
Following anonymous calls, gendarmes from the Lyon research section (SR) came across a Moroccan-registered truck carrying a large quantity of cannabis.
In pre-trial detention awaiting his trial scheduled for June, Driss, accused of drug trafficking, requested his release on Friday to treat a cancer relapse. The Montauban court rejected his request.
While they thought he had fled to Morocco, Belgian investigators finally arrested Ali O., convicted in two separate trials for drug trafficking and membership in a criminal organization in the Antwerp region. He is currently incarcerated in Antwerp prison, Belgium.
Accused of international drug trafficking and money laundering, Youssef Mourad, the secretary of the Fès-Meknès regional council, has fled before the decision of the Fès Court of Appeal ordering his detention in the local Bourkaïz prison.
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 Ministry of Interior has referred to the administrative justice regarding a complex case of alleged land grabbing in Casablanca. At the heart of the dispute: the contested attribution of several valuable urban lots in the Aïn Diab district to a private real estate company. Several municipal officials are implicated in this procedure.
Shopkeepers on Brabant Street in Schaerbeek can no longer tolerate the shootings related to settling scores between rival gangs. They are calling on city and regional authorities to put an end to drug trafficking in the neighborhood.
A falsified marriage certificate was discovered by security services in Tangier during an investigation opened following a complaint of marital infidelity. The man who presented this document has been arrested and now faces charges of forgery and use of forged documents.
Customs and national police services assigned to the border separating Morocco from Ceuta have foiled an attempt to traffic cannabis at the Bab Sebta crossing point. This joint operation resulted in the arrest of a Moroccan residing in the Netherlands and the seizure of nearly 45 kilos of cannabis hidden in the SUV he was driving.