Nine Tons of Cannabis Seized from Moroccan Truck Near Lyon After Anonymous Tip
30 April 2025
Following anonymous calls, gendarmes from the Lyon research section (SR) came across a Moroccan-registered truck carrying a large quantity of cannabis.
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Antwerp Court Seizes $400 Million from Fugitive Drug Lord in Major Cocaine Trafficking Case
13 April 2025
The Antwerp court has sentenced in absentia Omar Govers alias "Patje Haemers", one of the city’s most notorious drug-related criminals, whose accomplices are Belgian-Moroccans (…)
Morocco Emerges as Key Hub in Global Drug Trafficking Network
25 March 2025
From the world’s leading producer and exporter of cannabis ahead of Afghanistan to a transit country for cocaine, a country of origin for a significant part of the drug mafias, (…)
French Authorities Hunt Drug Lord in Morocco Over Major Cocaine Shipments
22 March 2025
The suspected drug baron who is believed to have ordered two imports from Tangier in 2022 and 2023 is in the sights of the French justice system.
Cocaine Packages Wash Ashore on Agadir Beach, Prompting Investigation
16 March 2025
About thirty kilograms of cocaine were discovered on Friday on a beach in Agadir, local sources reported. An investigation has been opened by the security services.
Major Drug Trafficking Trial Begins in Belgium, Implicating 62 Suspects
11 March 2025
Five months after the verdict of the Sky ECC mega-trial for international cocaine and cannabis trafficking involving Maghrebians, another case called "Costa" is now being (…)
Spanish Police Bust Mocro Maffia-Linked Drug Ring in Marbella, Seize 873 Kilos of Cocaine
9 March 2025
The Spanish police dismantled in Marbella an international drug trafficking network with links to the Mocro Maffia, the Moroccan mafia specialized in drug trafficking and (…)
Belgian Drug Lord "Mou" Faces Extradition from Colombia for Cocaine Trafficking
9 March 2025
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 (…)
Former Cocaine Kingpin Reinvents Himself as Dubai Businessman
27 January 2025
Othman El Ballouti, 37, is one of the first cocaine traffickers to fructify his illegal activities in Dubai. Since his last conviction in 2013, he has disappeared from the (…)
Major Drug Trafficking Ring Busted: 120 Convicted in Brussels Trial
30 October 2024
End in Brussels of the exceptional trial of 120 people prosecuted for international cocaine and cannabis trafficking, among other things, from Morocco. The accused were (…)