Key Suspect in Moroccan Singer’s Husband Murder Arrested in France

The dangerous criminal was arrested on Friday, June 6, in front of his parents’ home in Poissy (Yvelines), by investigators from the Central Racing and Gaming Service (SCCJ), as part of an investigation opened in 2025 by the Pontoise prosecutor’s office (Val d’Oise) for "aggravated money laundering". The drug baron is suspected of having participated in the kidnapping and murder of Reda Faras, the husband of singer Rym Fikri in Morocco, recalls Le Parisien.

Abdelaziz L., 41, was arrested due to his addiction to gambling, particularly blackjack. Listed by the police as the right-hand man of Franco-Moroccan Reda Abakrim, alias "Turbo", the drug baron imprisoned in Morocco for the murder of Rym Fikri’s husband, the suspect gambled away between 1.5 and 2 million euros in two years in Île-de-France casinos and Parisian gaming clubs. A significant loss that attracted the attention of the SCCJ. In mid-May, he lost nearly 90,000 euros at blackjack in a Parisian gaming club.

The arrest of Abdelaziz L. reveals the persistent links between the world of gambling and that of organized crime, this area being favorable for laundering money from illicit trafficking. "He played large sums and also lost large sums," using sometimes his real identity, sometimes fake papers, and changing his physical appearance, confides a source close to the investigation. The criminal is described as a "ghost", given that he has no assets in his name and is officially considered unemployed.

At the time of his arrest, Abdelaziz L. was wearing a Glock 19 pistol on his belt. This weapon, as well as an American assault rifle, a scope, and two magazines found at his home in Hauts-de-Seine after a search, were seized. The suspect, who denied the facts during his custody, was indicted for "aggravated money laundering" on Saturday by a judge of the Pontoise judicial court, and placed in pre-trial detention. "A criminal indicted for laundering his money through gambling, it’s a first...", assures a security source.