
Moroccan Ex-Legionnaire Kidnapped and Tortured in Spain: Police Suspect Drug-Related Motive
The National Police of Cadiz is searching for the criminals who kidnapped and tortured a 33-year-old Moroccan for hours in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cadiz).

The National Police of Cadiz is searching for the criminals who kidnapped and tortured a 33-year-old Moroccan for hours in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cadiz).

As he was getting off the plane at El Prat airport, coming from Nador, a Moroccan septuagenarian was arrested and then incarcerated in the Brians 1 prison, pending his extradition to France, where he is to serve a 10-year prison sentence. Stunned, his family claims he is the victim of a homonym.

Completely drunk, a Moroccan residing abroad (MRE) caused serious disturbances on a Ryanair flight connecting Madrid and Rabat.

At 13 years and 1 month, Ilyes Bennane has become the youngest Belgian international. The Liège native of Moroccan origin played a few minutes in the friendly match of the Belgian U15s against England (6-5) on Sunday, on the pitch of St-George’s Park, the prestigious English national football center in Burton upon Trent.

Mohamed Sennahe and Alexy Mesrour, two Belgian-Moroccans living in Verviers, tell their story, punctuated by difficulties and duality. Still connected to their Moroccan origins, they are both happy and proud to be Verviers residents.

As the month of Ramadan approaches, voices are being raised to demand religious training adapted to Moroccans residing abroad, particularly in France.

Customs and police officers at the Bab Sebta crossing point intercepted a large quantity of drugs. 21.4 kg of cannabis resin were seized from a light vehicle registered in Spain.

60 years after the signing by Rabat and Brussels of the convention "on the employment of Moroccan workers in Belgium", no emblematic place that could contribute to weaving social ties and enhancing the contributions of this immigrant population has been set up.

A total of six people, including an expatriate Moroccan, were arrested by the elements of the prefectural judicial police of Casablanca, in connection with the kidnapping and murder of the husband of actress and singer Rym Fikri .

More than ten years ago, a Moroccan committed a horrific crime in France. He killed his wife, who was in the process of divorcing him, and his three children before fleeing. He was arrested in Morocco and has just been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Court of Appeal of Nador.

Rachid El Baydi, a man of Moroccan origin, was sentenced to 16 years in prison by the courts for having fatally stabbed his colleague Ismail Uriadde on May 7, 2022, in a butcher’s shop at the Anderlecht slaughterhouses.

Moroccans abroad have transferred nearly 115.15 billion dirhams (MMDH) to Morocco as of the end of December 2023, an increase of 4% compared to the same period in 2022 (110.72 MMDH), according to the Foreign Exchange Office.