Kidnapping

Articles

• Casablanca Police Bust Kidnapping Ring, Rescue Victim Held for $400,000 Ransom
  10 February 2021, by Kamal

  Five individuals with criminal records, including a woman, were arrested on Tuesday morning in Casablanca for their alleged involvement in a criminal network involved in a case of kidnapping and sequestration with a ransom demand.
  According to information gathered by the Casablanca police department and relayed by the General Directorate of National Security, the victim was invited by the young woman to visit a furnished rental apartment. Once inside, they were joined by the other (…)

• Moroccan Police Arrest Suspect in Kidnapping of 39-Year-Old Woman Near Tangier
  4 April 2021, by Jonas

  The DGSN announced the arrest by the judicial police elements of Ksar EL Kébir, of an individual suspected of kidnapping and sequestering a 39-year-old woman.
  In a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the police indicate that the suspect, with multiple criminal records, was arrested 6 km from Tangier, in the rural commune of Souaken, in flagrante delicto of sequestration of a 39-year-old victim whose husband had reported the kidnapping the same day.
  The (…)

• Spanish Foreign Minister: Polisario Leader Will Appear in Court if Summoned
  5 May 2021, by Sylvanus

  Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain, reacted to the upcoming hearing of Brahim Ghali. The magistrate Santiago Pedraz Gomez, the investigating judge in Madrid, had issued a summons for the hearing of the Polisario leader following a complaint filed by El Fadel Breika, one of their dissidents, for "kidnapping, arbitrary detention and torture" in the Tindouf prisons. Initially scheduled for May 5, it has been postponed to Friday, May 7. (…)

• French Father Arrested in Portugal After Fleeing with Kidnapped Children Bound for Morocco
  24 June 2021, by Prince

  The Portuguese Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) has located two Italian minors kidnapped in France last year by their father. The latter was trying to bring them back to Morocco after refusing to entrust them to the French social services.
  The two children were traveling with their father and a third younger brother. The flight that was transporting them from Italy to Morocco made a stopover in Porto, which allowed them to be located, say SEF sources to EFE.
  The facts date back to (…)

• Spanish Woman Rescued After Family Kidnapping Over Moroccan Boyfriend
  20 August 2021, by Prince

  A Spanish girl, kidnapped by her family to prevent her from seeing her Moroccan boyfriend, was freed by the police, alerted by the latter after the victim informed him of her situation.
  The girl’s family kidnapped her and chained her to a bed in the house to prevent her from continuing to see her Moroccan boyfriend. The victim managed to inform her boyfriend of her situation by sending him a message via her mobile phone. "Call the police, I’m at my grandmother’s," she wrote to him. The (…)

• Casablanca Police Officer Arrested in Kidnapping and Ransom Plot
  4 September 2021, by Sylvanus

  The elements of the judicial police of the Bernoussi security district in Casablanca proceeded on Friday, September 3, to the arrest of two individuals, including a police officer working at the Moulay Rachid security district in the same city. They would be involved in a case of kidnapping and sequestration associated with a ransom demand.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) reported that the services of the Casablanca police prefecture had received, on (…)

• Agadir Community Thwarts Attempted Abduction of 11-Year-Old Girl
  1 March 2022, by Sylvanus

  The residents of the Zaouiya neighborhood, located in the Aourir area of Agadir, foiled an attempted kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl. The suspects are two second-hand clothing and other used item vendors.
  The incident took place on Saturday, February 26 in the Zaouiya neighborhood, located in the Aourir area of Agadir. While she was playing not far from her home, an 11-year-old girl was spotted by two second-hand clothing and other used item vendors who were in their vehicle, reports (…)

• Two African Nationals Arrested in Morocco for Kidnapping Farm Guard
  17 March 2022, by Ginette

  A Senegalese and a Guinean were placed in pre-trial detention on Monday by the investigating judge at the Rabat Court of Appeal, for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of the guard of a farm belonging to a former police prefect.
  The two Sub-Saharans are accused of forming a criminal gang, abduction and sequestration. The kidnapped guard is a Senegalese national who worked as a guard on a farm belonging to a former police prefect, reports the daily Al Akhbar.
  After being (…)

• Missing Moroccan Mother and Son Found Safe in Agadir After Week-Long Search
  18 March 2022, by Ginette

  Missing since March 10, a mother and her 9-year-old son who were the subject of a search warrant, were found on Thursday by the judicial police services in Meknes. The mother and her son had left the family home under suspicious circumstances.
  After their disappearance, a search warrant was issued by the national security services in Meknes, after the complaint of the husband who said that his wife and 9-year-old son had left the house and could have been kidnapped. A rumor on social (…)

• Moroccan-French Couple’s Marital Dispute Leads to Kidnapping Trial in Narbonne
  30 March 2022, by Sylvanus

  Kamel M., and his brother Mohamed B., appeared on Friday, March 25 at 8:30 am before the Narbonne court to answer for the acts of kidnapping and sequestration committed between March 1 and 2, 2012 between Narbonne and Rabat, reports L’Indépendant. After their marriage in Morocco in 2010, Kamel and Hind M. settled in Narbonne where Kamel’s family has lived for nearly 50 years. This is the beginning of the troubles for the young bride.
  While the couple was spending the family evening at (…)