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.
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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.
Alleged Nantes Drug Kingpin Arrested in Morocco
15 March 2025
Issam Lahrach, the "boss of bosses" of the drug trafficking in Nantes, was arrested in Morocco as part of a judicial investigation into a kidnapping and sequestration. Rapper (…)
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 (…)
Major Cannabis Trafficking Ring Dismantled in France After International Probe
11 March 2025
The Anti-Narcotics Office (OFAST) of Toulouse has managed to arrest a 45-year-old Moroccan considered one of the biggest cannabis importers in France and his accomplices. They (…)
Montauban Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Offenses, Wedding Plans Derailed
11 March 2025
After an immediate appearance on Friday, March 7, 2025 before the judicial court of Montauban, Fouad L., a man of nearly 40 years old, who was considering getting married in (…)
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 (…)
Avignon Neighborhood Rocked by Automatic Gunfire, Linked to Moroccan Crime Networks
4 March 2025
The Rocade neighborhood in Avignon was the scene of automatic gunfire on Sunday, March 3. Bursts of fire damaged building facades, vehicles and a tram. This incident is part of (…)
Moroccan Gendarmes on Trial for Alleged Corruption in Drug Trafficking Case
1 March 2025
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.
Gendarmes’ Lawyers Challenge Drug Trafficker’s Bribery Claims in Casablanca Court
26 February 2025
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 (…)