Interpol

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• French Drug Trafficking Suspect Arrested in Northern Morocco After 7-Year Manhunt
  21 June 2019, by Amine

  A French national of Algerian origin was the subject of an international arrest warrant since 2012. He has just been arrested near Larache, in northern Morocco. He is being prosecuted for drug and psychotropic trafficking. He seemed to be continuing his trafficking in the Kingdom.
  The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) specifies, in a press release, that this arrest was carried out on May 16, 2019, in the coastal area, near Tnin Sidi El Yamani, in the vicinity of Larache. (…)

• Interpol Arrests Jordanian Suspect in King Mohammed VI Watch Theft Case
  27 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  New twist in the case of the theft of King Mohammed VI’s watches. Interpol arrested and handed over a Jordanian national, accused of receiving stolen goods and theft, to the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ).
  The National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) brought the Jordanian national before the public prosecutor to answer the charges against him, reports Al Akhbar. Although he was aware of the origin of the watches, the defendant nevertheless bought them from two young (…)

• US Fraud Suspect Arrested in Morocco: Beninese National Wanted for $873,000 Tax Scheme
  12 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  In execution of an international arrest warrant issued by the US judicial authorities, elements of the prefectural service of the judicial police of the city of Marrakech arrested, last Monday, a 29-year-old Beninese national. The latter would be involved in fraud cases.
  According to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the accused is the subject of a red notice issued by the International Criminal Police Organization since October 22 last.
  The Beninese national is (…)

• Dutch-Moroccan Man Wanted for Drug Trafficking Arrested at Spanish Border
  6 April, by Prince

  The Spanish police arrested at the Ceuta (Tarajal) border post a Dutch national of Moroccan origin wanted by Interpol for drug trafficking.
  The suspect was arrested on Thursday, during a routine check carried out by the Spanish police at the border between Ceuta and Morocco. By verifying his identity in the database, the agents discovered that the suspect was the subject of an Interpol red notice issued the same day.
  The Dutch national of Moroccan origin S. K was arrested as he was (…)

• Interpol-Wanted Turkish Suspect Arrested in Morocco for Financial Crimes
  10 March 2022, by Armel

  The Moroccan police arrested in Casablanca a Turk wanted by Interpol and the United States, for belonging to a criminal network.
  The man, whose identity has not been revealed, was wanted by the US judicial authorities, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  The latter would be involved in cases related to financial and economic crimes and was the subject of an Interpol red notice as well as an international arrest warrant issued by the United (…)

• French Drug Trafficking Suspect Arrested in Morocco on Interpol Warrant
  28 April 2019, by Said

  Under an international arrest warrant issued via Interpol by the French authorities, a French national has just been arrested by the police in Essaouira. The Moroccan justice system must soon rule on his extradition.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that it has arrested a Frenchman "who is the subject of an international search notice issued in 2017 by the judicial authorities of his country, for drug trafficking".
  Aged 38, the man was (…)

• Morocco Arrests French-Algerian Terror Suspect Wanted by Interpol at Casablanca Airport
  23 January 2019, by Said

  An Algerian national, who also holds French nationality, was arrested on Tuesday by police at Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca.
  The man is subject to an international arrest warrant issued via Interpol by the French authorities. He is accused of "terrorist financing, criminal conspiracy and apology for acts of terrorism," the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
  "The accused, 36 years old, was apprehended on his arrival at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca from Algeria," (…)

• French Terror Suspect Arrested in Morocco After Years on the Run
  31 January 2019, by Said

  Facing an arrest warrant issued by the French authorities, a French national was arrested this week by the Moroccan police.
  Originally from the Gard region in southern France, the man was sentenced on December 14 to 3 years in prison for "direct and public apology for terrorism and participation in a criminal association," reports the website Objectif Gard.
  At the age of 33, he had fled when the Nîmes Court of Appeal had just decided on his incarceration in 2015 just after the Paris (…)

• French Murder Suspect Arrested in Morocco on Interpol Warrant
  22 March 2019, by Said

  The Moroccan police have just arrested a French national under an international arrest warrant issued by France for a murder case.
  This arrest took place in Azemmour, according to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a press release posted on its Twitter account, specifying that this 45-year-old French national has been the subject of an arrest warrant since February 28 for her alleged involvement in the 2004 murder of her French partner in China.
  And to specify in the (…)

• Interpol Fugitive Captured in Morocco: Spanish National Wanted for Murder and Prison Break
  30 March 2019, by Said

  The Moroccan police have just announced the arrest of a "dangerous" Spanish national under an international arrest warrant for multiple criminal cases.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that it has put an end to the escape of this man sentenced in his country to 58 years in prison for "premeditated homicide, kidnapping, sequestration and escape from a penitentiary institution".
  The latter had escaped in November last year "during his transfer (…)