Why qualified Muslims are leaving France
3 December 2025
Qualified Muslims are leaving France, but money is not their only motivation. Faced with a "racial ceiling" in the country, these graduates are seeking "existential relief" (…)
Dubai
Dubai, the new Eldorado for young French Muslims?
3 December 2025
Weary of a political and media climate they consider hostile, many young active French Muslims are choosing to expatriate. Dubai, with its economic opportunities and religious (…)
Embezzlement at the Moroccan Consulate in Dubai : a manager convicted, another sought by Interpol
20 November 2025
The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Rabat has delivered its verdict in the case of the embezzlement of funds at the Moroccan Consulate General in Dubai, United Arab (…)
Maes at the center of an explosive investigation into the links between French rap and organized crime
30 October 2025
A new journalistic investigation explores the deep links between the commercial success of French rap and organized crime. A book sheds light on how certain rappers, including (…)
Drug Lords’ Paradise Lost: Antwerp Kingpins Nabbed in Dubai
9 October 2025
An international cooperation operation has allowed the handover to Belgium of two individuals considered as major figures of organized crime in Antwerp. Arrested in Dubai where (…)
Moroccan Drug Lord’s Downfall: Tangier Arrest Exposes Antwerp-Dubai Cocaine Network
29 September 2025
The Moroccan police arrested Younes El Ballouti, long wanted for international cocaine trafficking, in a shisha café in Tangier. He is incarcerated in the Casablanca prison.
Rap Royalty: French Montana Weds Dubai Princess in Surprise Union
28 August 2025
The marriage of rapper French Montana, 40, and Dubai Princess Sheikha Mahra Mohammed Rashed Al Maktoum, 31, has been officially confirmed. An agent for the artist validated the (…)
Drug Kingpin "Bibi" Extradited: France’s Narco Crackdown Reaches Dubai
23 July 2025
France expects potential extraditions of other traffickers who have taken refuge in the United Arab Emirates after that of Abdelkader "Bibi" Bouguettaia.
Dubai’s "Super Cartel" Crumbles: Moroccan Drug Lords Among Seven Kingpins Brought to Justice
19 July 2025
Three of the seven barons of the "Super Cartel" of the cocaine trafficking network based in Dubai are Moroccans. They are Ridouan Taghi, Othman El Ballouti and Hosni A.
Dubai Drug Lord Extradited: Belgium Cracks Down on Cocaine Kingpin’s Luxurious Hideout
14 July 2025
The 38-year-old drug baron Othman El Ballouti, who made his fortune in Dubai where he was arrested at the end of 2024, was handed over to the Belgian authorities this Sunday, (…)