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• Former Moroccan Official Dismisses ’Mocro Maffia’ as Dutch Political Fabrication
  19 August 2024, by Prince

  The former leader of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) and former president of the Tangier-Tetouan region, Ilyas Omari, recently claimed that the Mocro Maffia is a "construction of Dutch politicians".
  The Mocro Maffia is only a "construction of Dutch politicians," said Ilyas Omari in an interview with Thierry Oberlé, special correspondent of the Parisian weekly Le Point in Morocco to investigate this Moroccan mafia specialized in international drug trafficking and organized (…)

• Teen Killed, Four Injured in Shooting at Poitiers Snack Bar
  2 November 2024, by Said

  A 15-year-old teenager, Anis, was killed by gunfire on Thursday evening in the Place de Coimbra in the Couronneries neighborhood of Poitiers. The tragedy occurred around 10:45 p.m. when a man opened fire on a group of young people sitting at a snack bar.
  Four other teenagers were injured. The alleged aggressor would be a man in his twenties who recently arrived in the neighborhood and is trying to establish himself in the drug trade, reports La Nouvelle République.
  According to (…)

• Gibraltar-Based Moroccan on Trial for International Drug Money Laundering Network
  14 October 2024, by Sylvanus

  The trial of a Moroccan residing in Gibraltar, the head of an international network specialized in money laundering from international drug trafficking and its members, also of Moroccan nationality, continues before the Ceuta court.
  Since October 8, 2024, the members of the network have appeared before the Ceuta court of justice. The network is involved in the illicit transfer of money from international drug trafficking via pleasure boats belonging to famous Moroccan personalities, (…)

• Alleged Drug Kingpin ’Dikke Nordin’ to Face Trial in Belgium’s Major Arms and Drug Case
  24 January, by Said

  Nordin El Hajjioui, nicknamed "Dikke Nordin", will be tried on May 7 by the Antwerp Correctional Court in the "Bombs and Grenades" case. This file, which deals with arms and drug trafficking, also involves about fifty other defendants.
  The man of Moroccan origin had been extradited from the United Arab Emirates to Belgium in March 2023, but this extradition did not cover the "Bombs and Grenades" case. A supplementary procedure was therefore necessary for Nordin El Hajjioui to be tried in (…)

• Major Drug Bust: 5 Arrested Near Toulouse in Morocco-France Trafficking Operation
  24 July 2020, by Prince

  A RAID team proceeded on July 17 to the arrest of five people transporting drugs from Morocco, at a toll booth on the outskirts of Toulouse.
  This arrest is the result of a series of investigations conducted since the beginning of 2020 by the Toulouse prosecutor’s office.
  The accused were suspected of engaging in drug trafficking from Morocco to supply the Mirail district, considered a hub of drug trafficking in Toulouse, reports actu.fr.
  After their arrest, they were brought before (…)

• Drug Cartels Deploy Drones in High-Tech Smuggling Battle Across Gibraltar Strait
  26 April 2023, by Prince

  Criminals and the Spanish security forces use drones, but with diametrically opposed objectives. Drug traffickers use these devices to smuggle Moroccan hashish across the Strait of Gibraltar, while the Spanish authorities are trying to put an end to this illegal traffic by also using this technology.
  The criminal organizations dedicated to the Moroccan hashish traffic in the Strait of Gibraltar have managed to introduce thousands of tons of drugs into Spain from Morocco using speedboats, (…)

• Spanish Police Seize 4.4 Tons of Moroccan Cannabis, Arrest Two Britons in Maritime Bust
  28 December 2022, by Sylvanus

  Two Britons were arrested in Spain with a cargo of 4.4 tons of Moroccan cannabis destined for Latin America.
  Based on information provided by the British police, the Spanish police in coordination with the Spanish customs service managed to seize 4.4 tons of hashish that were allegedly destined for Latin America on board a boat that was sailing off the southern coast of the country and also arrested two Britons on board, reports the EFE agency. "The investigation had established that the (…)

• Moroccan Police Raid Hammam, Arrest Four Drug Traffickers in Biougra
  30 May 2023, by Prince

  The judicial police services of Biougra arrested four drug traffickers, aged between 26 and 34, in a traditional hammam located in a popular neighborhood of the city.
  These drug traffickers with criminal records were arrested based on precise information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), reports the daily Akhbar. They were arrested "for their alleged links with a criminal gang involved in a case of assault with bladed weapons and the use of a (…)

• Massive Drug Bust: Nearly 14 Tons of Cannabis Seized at Morocco’s Tanger Med Port
  6 January 2019, by Said

  13 tons and 750 kilograms of cannabis resin were discovered on Saturday at the Tanger-Med port by the police.
  The drugs were hidden "in a recess of a semi-trailer truck for international transport intercepted on one of the quays of the port," says the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) in a press release.
  The prefectural judicial police service of Tangier is continuing its research and investigations to arrest all the people involved in this case and determine the (…)

• Massive Drug Bust in Tangier: Moroccan Police Seize Over 15 Tons in Truck
  10 January 2019, by Said

  A new anti-drug operation in Tangier where the police seized more than 15 tons of drugs yesterday, Wednesday.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that it discovered this significant quantity of drugs in "a specially arranged hollow on board a Moroccan-registered international transport truck that was spotted in the Boukhalef neighborhood in Tangier".
  On Saturday, the police had already seized 13.75 tons of drugs at the Tanger Med port, bringing (…)