Belgian Authorities Seek to Seize Moroccan Family’s Assets in Major Cocaine Trafficking Case

The investigating judge ordered the seizure of several real estate properties in Belgium and Morocco, belonging to the Moroccan family. This includes an apartment in Tangier worth 2.5 million dirhams, plots of land and houses in Al Hoceima, Imzouren and Fez. The management of this heritage had been entrusted to the sister of the accused.

The Belgian police were able to trace back the family network’s pipeline since a large cocaine shipment was intercepted by customs at the port of Antwerp. The sponsors were quickly identified and located, local media report.

It is, adds the same source, a 63-year-old Moroccan living in social housing in Borgerhout, along with his brother and his 33-year-old son. Despite the cocaine money, the two brothers have never stopped receiving unemployment benefits.