Extradition

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• Belgian Cannabis Trafficking Family Linked to Violent Kidnapping in Morocco
  16 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  A family from Anderlecht, some of whose members are known for their sad reputation as cannabis traffickers, is suspected of having played an active role in a kidnapping in Morocco.
  In a video broadcast by RTL, but which had been widely shared a few years ago, a Moroccan national residing in Belgium is kidnapped and assaulted by several men in a Tangier parking lot, reports the Belgian news channel.
  Powerless in the face of his attackers, the victim, a Moroccan, is forcibly taken away (…)

• Morocco Seeks Extradition of Suspect in 2017 Marrakech Café Shooting
  24 September 2021, by Laila

  Morocco has made a new extradition request for Achraf B., accused of being linked to the shooting at the La Créme café in Marrakech in 2017. The suspect is currently incarcerated in the Netherlands.
  Currently on trial in the Marengo case in the Netherlands, Achraf B. could be extradited to Morocco, according to Dutch sources. His lawyer believes that this is not an option, as Morocco is, according to him, accused of systematically torturing detainees.
  In the Marengo case, in which (…)

• UK Murder Suspect Arrested in Morocco After 3-Year Manhunt
  1 February 2023, by Sylvanus

  The Moroccan police have arrested a man wanted for the murder of Robert Powell in Essex three years ago. Pending his extradition to the United Kingdom, he has been placed in detention.
  Suspected of the murder of Robert Powell, 50, a father of three, shot dead on Water Lane, Roydon, in June 2020, Nana Oppong, 42, was arrested in Morocco for the offenses of murder, possession of a firearm with the intent to endanger life and involuntary injury, reports EssexLive. He is the subject of an (…)

• French Murder Suspect Arrested in Morocco Following Interpol Alert
  20 September 2024, by Said

  A French national was apprehended this Friday in Ifrane based on information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST).
  The man was actively wanted under an international arrest warrant issued by the French authorities.
  According to a statement from the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN), the fugitive was the subject of an Interpol "red notice" for his alleged involvement in a premeditated murder committed in Bordeaux.
  After his arrest, the (…)

• Top Dutch Drug Lord Extradited from Colombia to Face Charges in Netherlands
  10 November 2021, by Prince

  Saïd Razzouki, a Dutch drug trafficker of Moroccan origin who had been living in Sabaneta, Colombia for four years and had been arrested two years ago following an international arrest warrant issued against him by Interpol, will be extradited to the Netherlands.
  The Moroccan-Dutch, 48, actively sought since 2018 by the Dutch intelligence services, was located on February 7, 2020 in a luxurious apartment in the residential area of the municipality of Sabaneta (Antioquia) in Colombia. (…)

• International Manhunt Launched for Dutch Mocro Maffia Leader Who Fled Spain
  9 May 2024, by Prince

  The Marbella court has issued an international arrest warrant against Karim Bouyakhrichan, the head of the Dutch Mocro Maffia who fled Spain after being released at the end of February by the provincial court of Malaga.
  On Tuesday, the Marbella court issued two search and arrest warrants against Karim Bouyakhrichan, who fled Spain while under judicial control and had to report to the court every two weeks. The fugitive, arrested in January in the city, had been placed in pre-trial (…)

• Morocco Extradites French Stabbing Suspect to Face Charges in France
  14 February 2019, by Bladi.net

  A Frenchman who took refuge in Morocco after committing a crime in France has recently been expelled by the Moroccan authorities.
  His name has not been disclosed but according to the local newspaper Sud-Ouest, the man is accused of having stabbed a young man on May 22 in Bilière, a commune in southwestern France. In this case, a first suspect had been arrested a few days later by the police.
  Seven months after the events, a second suspect was arrested in Morocco before being extradited (…)

• Morocco Extradites Russian ISIS Fighter to Moscow, FSB Reports
  27 April 2019, by Amine

  Morocco has just extradited to Russia a Russian national (originally from Dagestan) who had fought within the terrorist organization Daesh in Syria. His name is Salamov Ramazan Magomednuriyevich.
  According to a statement from the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) relayed by the TASS news agency: "The law enforcement agencies of the Kingdom of Morocco have arrested a Russian citizen, Salamov Ramazan Magomednuriyevich, born in 1970, wanted for his participation in the activities of (…)

• French Drug Trafficking Suspect Arrested in Morocco on Interpol Warrant
  28 April 2019, by Said

  Under an international arrest warrant issued via Interpol by the French authorities, a French national has just been arrested by the police in Essaouira. The Moroccan justice system must soon rule on his extradition.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that it has arrested a Frenchman "who is the subject of an international search notice issued in 2017 by the judicial authorities of his country, for drug trafficking".
  Aged 38, the man was (…)

• Spain Arrests Moroccan Drug Lord Wanted by France for Two Years
  3 June 2019, by Bladi.net

  Last Saturday, the arrest in Elche, in eastern Spain, of a Moroccan drug trafficker was reported by the Spanish National Police. This seems to fulfill the expectations of the French authorities who had been looking for him for more than two years.
  The arrest of this Moroccan drug trafficker is a relief for the French police who had been trying to track him down for more than two years.
  A press release relayed by the EFE agency and several other Iberian media states that the 41-year-old (…)