Belgium is requesting the extradition of the Belgian-Moroccan, Namoussi Mounir alias "Mou", arrested at the end of February in Barranquilla as part of an international investigation into cocaine trafficking involving Eastern European cartels. He faces a heavy prison sentence if extradited to the European country.
A counterfeit olive oil network has been dismantled in the Inezgane Aït Melloul region, near Agadir. Two individuals were arrested during an operation by the Royal Gendarmerie.
The trial of the gendarmes accused of corruption and complicity with a drug trafficker in Béni Mellal continues before the Court of Appeal of Casablanca.
The Menton customs recently got their hands on a rather unusual find. Far from the usual seizures of drugs or counterfeits, it was vestiges of another time that were discovered: a dozen prehistoric reptile teeth , remarkably well preserved.
At a first hearing at the Casablanca Court of Appeal on Tuesday, the lawyers of several gendarmes accused of corruption highlighted the contradictions in the statements of the drug trafficker Mohamed S., who claims to have paid them bribes to facilitate his illicit activities.
Following two red notices from the Interpol Paris office, Morocco through its General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has succeeded in arresting two accomplices of the drug trafficker Mohamed Amra, arrested on Saturday in Romania.
A 42-year-old French national of Algerian origin was arrested on Friday in Casablanca by the judicial police. Suspected of being involved in a drug trafficking and money laundering network, he was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the French judicial authorities.
A 12-meter deep tunnel has been discovered in Ceuta. The Guardia Civil suspects its use to introduce drugs into the autonomous city from Morocco.
Soldiers would be involved in the Lhaj Ahmed Benbrahim alias "Escobar of the Desert" case, the name of the Malian imprisoned in the El Jadida prison since 2019 and then transferred to the Oukacha prison. They would have facilitated drug trafficking.
In Brussels, many teenagers aged between 13 and 17 are involved in drug trafficking. Mostly from Morocco, these minors are exploited by criminal networks to deliver drugs to consumers.
To stop the violence related to drug trafficking in Brussels (Belgium), a journalist specializing in crime issues recommends "tackling the drug barons who, in complete safety from Dubai, Turkey and Morocco, direct their troops on the ground and are directly responsible for drug-related violence."
The court of first instance in Casablanca began on Tuesday the examination of the drug trafficking case involving 37 gendarmes from Béni Mellal and other neighboring regions.