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• Moroccan Fugitive Arrested in Spain for Family Massacre Over Inheritance Dispute
  25 April 2021, by Said

  Suspected of having killed six members of his family, and under an international arrest warrant issued against him by the Moroccan authorities, a man of Moroccan origin was arrested in Spain.
  In a statement, the Spanish police indicate that they arrested this Sunday, April 25, this man accused of being involved in the murder last February of his brother, his sister-in-law, their two adult children and their two grandchildren in Salé. The suspect had been living for many years in (…)

• Interpol’s Most Wanted Drug Trafficker Arrested in Morocco
  4 May 2021, by Sylvanus

  Interpol had issued a red notice against a Tunisian who was arrested last Friday in Bouznika. Considered the most wanted man in international drug trafficking cases, he is in the sights of the Italian Ministry of Justice.
  The arrest of the Tunisian took place last Friday in the Al Amal neighborhood in an apartment belonging to his Moroccan fiancée residing in Italy, reports Assabah. Interpol had issued a red notice against him after his arrival in Morocco. Brought before the prosecutor of (…)

• Moroccan Police Crack Down on International Botox Smuggling Ring
  15 June 2021, by Sylvanus

  Alerted by Interpol, the Moroccan police are investigating a mafia that illegally imports large quantities of botulinum toxin "botox" and sells it on the market without respecting the prescribed health rules. It is striving to put an end to this smuggling.
  Illegal importation of large quantities of botulinum toxin "Botox" from China, transit (Canary Islands), storage and packaging in Mauritania, transportation by road freight professionals via the Guerguerat bus station, to the major (…)

• Notorious "Dr Hex" Hacker Arrested in Morocco After Global Cybercrime Spree
  6 July 2021, by Armel

  Interpol announced the arrest of a hacker in Morocco, thanks to an investigation conducted in collaboration with the Moroccan police and a private group specialized in cybersecurity.
  Fraud, phishing (Internet fraud technique to obtain personal data), dossier kits... he signed his attacks under the name "Dr Hex" and would have made thousands of victims, the Interpol press release states.
  The note also indicates that the computer hacker would have attacked 134 sites between 2009 and 2018. (…)

• Moroccan Hacker "Dr Hex" Arrested in International Cybercrime Sting
  10 July 2021, by Sylvanus

  Interpol’s Cybercrime Directorate, in close collaboration with Group-IB and the Moroccan police, succeeded in arresting the famous hacker known as "Dr Hex" as part of Operation "Lyrebird". The nationality of the cybercriminal is now known.
  It took two years of investigation for the Moroccan police to succeed in arresting last May, based on data on his cybercrimes provided by Group-IB, the famous hacker "Dr Hex", a Moroccan citizen, Interpol said in a publication on its website. He would (…)

• Interpol Suspends Red Notice for Uyghur Man Detained in Morocco
  3 August 2021, by Sylvanus

  Interpol suspended this Monday the red notice issued by China against Idris Hasan, a Uyghur national arrested at Mohammed V airport in Casablanca and then incarcerated in the Tiflet prison on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization.
  Good news for Idris Hasan. According to Hong Kong media sources, Interpol has received new information and has therefore decided to suspend the red notice issued by Beijing against him on Monday. The 33-year-old Uyghur computer scientist has been (…)

• French Fugitive Wanted for Attempted Murder Arrested in Tangier
  17 August 2021, by Ginette

  A 30-year-old French national was arrested on Tuesday morning by the Tangier police elements. He was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued in France in a case of attempted voluntary homicide linked to an organized criminal network.
  According to the Interpol database, the suspect is also the subject of an international search warrant under a red notice in a case related to the destruction of criminal evidence and the non-reporting of an act constituting a crime, the General (…)

• Interpol Fugitive Arrested in Morocco: Norwegian Man Wanted for Vehicle Theft in Spain
  21 August 2021, by Ginette

  A Norwegian of Iraqi origin was arrested by the elements of the Nador Security District. He was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the Spanish judicial authorities in a theft case.
  The 40-year-old suspect was arrested at the Bni Ansar port as he was about to board a ferry to France. But during the check, it was noticed that he was the subject of a red notice issued by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), following his involvement in a case of (…)

• Interpol Arrest: Algerian Fugitive Wanted for 2020 Marseille Highway Shooting Captured in Morocco
  15 November 2021, by Armel

  An Algerian wanted for more than 10 years in France was arrested on Sunday in Casablanca following an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol.
  The suspect is involved in a homicide case, reports the DGSN, specifying that the case dates back to August 2020. The 33-year-old individual had orchestrated a shooting on a highway in Marseille. Two brothers were targeted, one of whom was killed by assault rifle, and the other was injured.
  Under an international arrest warrant issued by (…)

• Algerian Fugitive Wanted for 2020 Marseille Highway Murder Arrested in Morocco
  15 November 2021, by Armel

  According to Moroccan police sources, the suspect is wanted for his involvement in a homicide case dating back to August 2020 in Marseille. He is also the subject of an Interpol red notice issued by the French judicial authorities.
  According to the Marseille prosecutor Dominique Laurens, the individual would have ordered a shooting that cost the life of a young man on the A7 motorway, north of Marseille, precisely between the exit of the Nord Hospital and that of the Arnavaux housing (…)