Two figures of major Toulouse organized crime , suspected of running a vast drug trafficking network between Spain and France, were repatriated to the Pink City this Friday. Arrested in Morocco last February, these two men aged 27 and 28 were indicted and placed in pre-trial detention, marking a decisive step in the dismantling of the "Arai Farmers" organization.
Faced with the impossibility of extraditing Belgian and Dutch drug traffickers of Moroccan origin, the Netherlands and Belgium are cooperating with Morocco so that they can be prosecuted by the Moroccan justice system. Meanwhile, another destination is on the verge of becoming the new Eldorado for drug traffickers.
A 32-year-old man, presented by the prosecution as the "boss" of a major cannabis import network between Morocco and France, was acquitted this Thursday, November 13, by the Bourg-en-Bresse criminal court. The prosecution, which had requested eight years of actual imprisonment, believed that he was piloting the traffic from the Kingdom.
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 Maes , find themselves involved in serious criminal affairs, far exceeding the scope of their public image.
Belgium dispels fears concerning allegations of torture and ill-treatment and decides to extradite a man wanted in Nador to Morocco. This suspect faces a heavy prison sentence or life imprisonment.
The Moroccan-origin drug trafficker Othman El Ballouti, arrested in early December 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and extradited to Belgium, intends to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence.
Wanted by Interpol, a Russian and a Franco-Algerian were arrested on Saturday at the Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. They will soon be extradited to their respective countries.
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 they had taken refuge, these men who were the subject of Interpol red notices, are accused of large-scale drug trafficking, the constitution of a criminal organization and money laundering. One of them is of Moroccan origin.
After the extradition of the Moroccan-origin drug trafficker Othman El Ballouti, arrested in early December 2024 in Dubai, and that of Nordin El Hajjioui, nicknamed "Dikke Nordin", Belgium is demanding others.
Arrested in Morocco last February, Alan Gomes, 28, and Albinou Da Sylva, 38, two alleged accomplices of Mohamed Amra, a drug trafficker who escaped in May 2024, were extradited this Wednesday to France, then indicted and incarcerated.
Belgium wants to deprive major criminals like the Belgian-Moroccan drug trafficker Othman El Ballouti, the "cocaine king" arrested in the United Arab Emirates, extradited from Dubai and now incarcerated in Bruges, of their power - even behind bars. In this sense, Belgian Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden plans to toughen their detention conditions.
The Spanish police arrested in Melilla a Moroccan wanted by Interpol, at the request of the Moroccan authorities.