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  • Antwerp Court Seizes $400 Million from Fugitive Drug Lord in Major Cocaine Trafficking Case
    13 April, by Sylvanus

    The Antwerp court has sentenced in absentia Omar Govers alias "Patje Haemers", one of the city’s most notorious drug-related criminals, whose accomplices are Belgian-Moroccans Othman El Ballouti or Nordin El Hajjioui, to a heavy prison sentence for importing more than 26 tons of cocaine.
    An admirer of the famous gangster Patrick Haemers, who had notably kidnapped Prime Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants, Omar Govers takes the nickname "Patje Haemers". In 15 years, he made a name for himself (…)

  • Moroccan Man Gets 13-Year Sentence in France for Violent Sexual Assaults
    17 October 2020, by Jérôme

    Hamza Naoui Khir, a Moroccan national, was tried last Tuesday by the Assizes Court of Finistère, in Quimper. He was sentenced to thirteen years in prison and a permanent ban from French territory.
    The 43-year-old man was accused of sexual abuse on two women, one of whom was vulnerable, reports Le Télégramme, specifying that the facts date back to June 27, 2018 in Brest.
    Around 7:30 a.m., after violently beating her, Hamza Naoui Khir forced a 26-year-old woman to perform fellatio in the (…)

  • Moroccan Instagram Influencer Sentenced to Prison for Misleading Practices
    4 April, by Sylvanus

    The Versailles (Yvelines) court has imposed a prison sentence and a fine on Moroccan influencer Rym Renom, followed by 1.8 million people on Instagram.
    The verdict of Rym Renom’s trial, which took place on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, is now known. Prosecuted for misleading commercial practices on social networks, the Moroccan influencer was sentenced in absentia to 1 year in prison and a 25,000 euro fine. The Versailles (Yvelines) court also ordered the seizure of a sum of 40,000 euros. (…)

  • French Rapper Mister You Fined $10,000, Avoids Jail in Driver’s License Fraud Case
    12 May 2021, by Sylvanus

    Retried for buying a driver’s license, the rapper Mister You narrowly escaped prison. The Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) criminal court had sentenced him to six months in prison and a 5,000 euro fine.
    Bis repetita. In March, Younès Latifi had been sentenced to 24 months in prison after promoting a drug trafficking network in the 94. A sentence that will be arranged just in time. He has once again managed to get out of trouble. After a conviction at first instance for attempted obtaining of an (…)

  • Morocco Introduces Steep Fines for Littering: Up to 10,000 Dirhams for Environmental Offenses
    21 August 2019, by Kamal

    The public highway is no longer a trash can. From now on, throwing or abandoning waste in the street, on the beach or in nature will be subject to a criminal fine that could reach 10,000 dirhams.
    In her fight for environmental protection, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Nezha El Ouafi, has sent a circular to all the regional directors of her Ministry, for the implementation of the Environmental Police.
    Control and inspection operations have been in place since Eid al-Adha. (…)

  • Moroccan Student Jailed for Insulting Former Prime Minister in Text Message
    25 August 2019, by Sylvanus

    The Court of First Instance in Rabat sentenced, on Friday, August 23, 2019, a student to 3 months in prison for having insulted Abdelilah Benkirane, the former number 1 of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), as a "dog" in an SMS. Saïd is one of the three students involved in a case of defamation.
    A word that leads a student straight to prison. Of the three involved in this case of defamation, only Saïd was sentenced to serve a 3-month prison sentence and pay a fine of 500 dirhams. (…)

  • Far-Right French Group Leaders Jailed for Anti-Migrant Operation in Alps
    31 August 2019, by Sylvanus

    Three leaders of the far-right group "Génération identitaire" were sentenced to six months in prison. They are accused of having carried out an anti-migrant operation in 2018 in the Hautes-Alpes.
    The Correctional Court of Gap, in the French Alps, sentenced "Génération identitaire" to the maximum fine of 75,000 euros and three of its leaders to six months in prison, reports AFP.
    The convicted are named Clément Gandelin, alias Galant, 24 years old, President of "Génération identitaire", (…)

  • Moroccan Resident Fined €1,800 for Disrespecting Border Guards in Ceuta
    24 September 2019, by Bladi.net

    A young Moroccan residing in Spain was fined 1,800 euros by the criminal court for having treated Civil Guard agents at the border with "a clear contempt".
    According to El Faro de Ceuta, which had access to the full

  • Moroccan TV Channels Fined Millions for Excessive Advertising During Ramadan
    5 January 2019, by Said

    The High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) has just imposed fines on the 2m and Al Aoula channels for non-compliance with their specifications, particularly regarding the duration of advertising.
    The Al Aoula channel was fined 800,000 dirhams for advertising sequences separated by only three minutes, whereas its specifications require a minimum of 20 minutes between advertising breaks, which should not exceed six minutes.
    According to HACA, the first channel violated law (…)

  • Moroccan Soccer Star Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Minors
    26 May 2021, by Sylvanus

    The Montpellier criminal court sentenced Moroccan international Youssef El Arabi to one year in prison and a fine of 3,000 euros for his involvement in an assault on two minors.
    The facts took place on June 24, 2017, the day of Eid al-Fitr. That day, Youssef El Arabi, two of his brothers, and their brother-in-law, would have beaten up two minors aged 13 and 16 who had thrown glass bottles on the terrace of a house where the family of the Moroccan international was celebrating the end of (…)