Detained in Morocco, Ashraf Sekkaki has just been sentenced again to four years in prison by the Belgian authorities. He is accused of having led a gang in the Antwerp region from his cell in Morocco.
After the very first extradition of a drug lord from the United Arab Emirates to Belgium, the noose is tightening around the Belgian-Moroccan drug traffickers living in Dubai.
In Belgium, the verdict of the Tongres Assize Court has been handed down: the main defendant in the torture murder of Hilal Makhtout in March 2019 in Forzée has been given a heavy prison sentence.
Moroccans once again top the list of foreigners who have obtained Belgian nationality.
While he went to Morocco to settle an inheritance issue, a Belgian restaurateur of Moroccan origin finds himself in prison.
The mega-trial for international cocaine and cannabis trafficking scheduled for early November finally opened in Brussels on Monday before the correctional court relocated to the Justitia, the former NATO headquarters converted into a highly secure judicial arena. Among the more than 120 defendants are Maghrebians who imported drugs from countries including Morocco to Belgium.
The trial of the 13 individuals charged with criminal conspiracy and torture resulting in the death without intent of Hilal Makhtout, a young Moroccan from Genk continues before the Tongres Assize Court.
The Moroccan residing in Belgium Mohammed Taoussi, 29, indicted for having starved and killed Wassim, his 3-year-old son, has changed lawyers.
Boxing coach, educator, Ekram Sarrokh, born to a Moroccan mother, is entering politics. This Muslim woman is running in the upcoming elections in Belgium to strengthen her fight for the empowerment of women.
On the list of the most wanted drug traffickers are several Belgo-Moroccans. They now live in Morocco, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, thus escaping Belgian and French justice.
The Meknes Court of Appeal does not recognize any mitigating circumstances for Belgian Marc Moerman, 59, tried on appeal for raping his son and stepchildren.
The Belgian-Moroccan Sarah Chaari won the gold medal in the -67 kg category at the Grand Prix in Manchester, thus making history for Belgium in a competition of this level.