French fugitive arrested Casablanca money laundering weapons

The flight of a French national convicted in France came to an end in Casablanca. The city’s judicial police arrested, on Thursday, July 9, a French national aged 37 who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued at the request of French judicial authorities.

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According to the General Directorate of National Security, the man was listed in Interpol’s database. His arrest was carried out based on intelligence provided by the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance.

The check carried out in international files confirmed that the suspect was wanted by the Central National Bureau of Paris. France had requested his arrest in order to execute a criminal sentence already handed down against him.

The facts mentioned by Moroccan authorities are not limited to a single case. The French national is said to have been convicted in cases of fraud, scams and car theft. He is also cited for the distribution of vehicles from criminal activities, money laundering, possession of firearms and possession of live ammunition without authorization.

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The suspect was placed under extradition proceedings, on instruction from the competent prosecutor’s office. Interpol-Rabat was tasked with informing its French counterpart of the arrest and the availability of the individual in the context of this procedure.