Arrested at the beginning of the week in Paris, 25 individuals were presented to justice on Friday. They are accused of attempted kidnappings in the cryptocurrency world.
Faced with the high cost of sheep in France, voices are rising to call on Muslims to refrain from buying ovines for Eid al-Adha, scheduled for June 6. A boycott campaign that is far from unanimous.
While the alleged mastermind of the wave of kidnappings targeting the cryptocurrency community, a 40-year-old Franco-Moroccan, is believed to be in Morocco, the investigation has made a major breakthrough in France.
Fear gripped the worshippers of a mosque in Haute-Savoie when they saw a masked man approaching them.
Rayen, a brilliant young 5th year medical student, is facing an "Obligation to Leave French Territory" (OQTF).
Twenty-six years later, the Hocine Batouche case, named after the 9-year-old teenager found dead with a fractured skull in the summer of 1999 in Alès (Gard), is still not closed. A new appeal for witnesses has just been launched in the investigation of this unsolved murder.
The police officers of the Paris Banditry Repression Brigade (BRB), in charge of Parisian cases, suspect a Franco-Moroccan of being the mastermind behind several kidnappings in France, including that of the co-founder and former employee of Ledger, a French cryptocurrency company, as well as his partner. He is also believed to be involved in thwarted kidnappings following the arrest and detention of about twenty suspects this week.
Lina El Arabi discusses her "Arab" origins and dual identity during a meeting organized at Canneseries 2025. The Franco-Moroccan is one of the main actresses in the series Plaine orientale, whose first episodes aired Monday on Canal+.
The Saint-Malo court imposed a prison sentence on a Moroccan illegally residing in France for threatening to kill two gendarmes after stealing jewelry. His accomplice, also of Moroccan nationality, did not escape conviction either.
In its annual report on Social Security, the French Court of Auditors calls for better control of retirement pensions paid abroad. Morocco, a destination of choice for French retirees, is concerned.
In France, Social Security has been paying pensions abroad, particularly in Morocco, even though some beneficiaries are reportedly already deceased.
The trial of a French shipowner prosecuted for illegally bringing in and employing two undocumented workers from Morocco and Senegal on his boats will open in September before the criminal court of Narbonne (Aude).