Former Moroccan Official Dismisses ’Mocro Maffia’ as Dutch Political Fabrication

The Mocro Maffia is only a "construction of Dutch politicians," said Ilyas Omari in an interview with Thierry Oberlé, special correspondent of the Parisian weekly Le Point in Morocco to investigate this Moroccan mafia specialized in international drug trafficking and organized crime. The former PAM president will add: "We cannot change overnight the mentalities or the economic reality of the Rif, a province where more than half of the GDP comes from informal circuits."

Yet the Mocro Maffia continues to sow terror in Belgium and the Netherlands and extend its influence in Spain, France and throughout Europe. It would be involved in several assassinations, including that of the son of a judge, mistaken for a drug baron, at the Crème café in Marrakech. Its leader, Ridouan Taghi, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Netherlands for various murders, including that of a famous investigative journalist who was investigating the criminal organization. He has appealed his conviction.