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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 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. (…)

• 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 (…)

• Fashion Designer Denies Involvement in "Hamza mon bb" Social Media Scandal
  27 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  Fashion designer Aicha Ayach, the alleged mastermind behind the "Hamza mon bb" accounts on Instagram and Snapchat, created a big surprise during her interrogation at the headquarters of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) in Casablanca, on Tuesday, February 25.
  Aicha Ayach denied any connection with the "Hamza mon bb" accounts during her interrogation, reports Barlamane. In addition to the elements of the judicial police, she also had Siham Badda alias Sultana, a stylist (…)

• Franco-Moroccan Actor Saïd Taghmaoui Fined for Violating Morocco’s COVID-19 Restrictions
  6 April 2021, by Ginette

  Another Moroccan actor caught in flagrant violation of the state of health emergency. It is the Franco-Moroccan actor Saïd Taghmaoui, who had to pay a fine of 300 dirhams as a penalty.
  Saïd Thaghmaoui was not the only one arrested that day. He was in the company of 22 other people in a restaurant. All these people also paid the fine after being caught in flagrant violation of the state of emergency, decreed to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The owner of the restaurant was heard by the (…)

• Morocco’s Tax Data Sharing Deal Sparks Backlash from Expat Community
  14 April 2021, by Jérôme

  The international agreements signed by Moroccan ministers, particularly the agreement on the exchange of banking data, are not helping Moroccans living abroad, denounced Abdellah Boussouf, Secretary General of the CCME. He accuses the Moroccan government of concluding the agreements without a prior analysis of the repercussions on Moroccans residing abroad.
  With the signing of the banking data exchange agreement, Moroccans residing abroad who have purchased real estate in Morocco are now (…)

• 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", (…)