Former Moroccan Official Flees to France After 10-Year Sentence

The case dates back to 2015. Khallouki is accused of "forming a criminal gang", "fraud", "fraud" and "aggravated theft" in connection with counterfeit euros. In July 2023, he had been placed under investigation.

Despite the ban on leaving the territory and the confiscation of his passport, the former elected official is said to have managed to flee, according to Rue20. The circumstances of this escape remain obscure, raising many questions.

In a statement to the Achkayen website, Khallouki said he was "surprised and astonished" by this decision, especially since the Court of Cassation had accepted the appeals of the other defendants, denouncing a judicial persecution linked, according to him, to a political conflict with an influential personality in the region.

He had expressed his intention to seek the intervention of King Mohammed VI in the event of a rejection of his appeal.