Morocco-France Money Laundering: 1 Billion Euros and Corrupt Police

At the head of this structure is Lahoucine A. S., a businessman based in Morocco. According to investigators, his organization operated in an almost industrial manner to launder over one billion euros over the last decade, including 319 million between 2019 and 2025. The system relied on a compensation mechanism crossing cash from drug trafficking and company transfers justified by fake invoices. The funds then transited through shell companies, particularly in the Middle East.

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This financial power made it possible to corrupt French institutions by buying the services of two active police officers, recently charged and imprisoned. The National Anti-Fraud Office revealed that this corruption pact gave traffickers direct access to sensitive police data. The criminals sought to anticipate ongoing investigations to escape the judicial net.

Sergeant-Major Johnny B., assigned to anti-drug operations in Martinique, was the linchpin of this infiltration. The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) exposed him thanks to an Excel file seized from the network’s accountant, detailing searches billed at 500 euros each. The officer illegally consulted strategic files to gather information on major drug traffickers, including members of the DZ Mafia or the Marseille kingpin "Mimo".

Placed in police custody, the officer admitted to having met Lahoucine A. S. as early as 2017 in Toulouse. In exchange for nearly 200,000 euros received in cash or cryptocurrencies, he delivered screenshots of judicial files. Aware of his actions, he admitted his faults to investigators: "From there, it’s a downward spiral, he started asking me to do searches on himself, on his family, on third parties". A second police officer, Ryad A., also admitted to providing similar services.

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This vast underground circuit benefited top-tier criminals and thousands of business leaders eager to evade taxes, according to Le Monde. Among the suspected clients is singer Gims, suspected of using this channel to obtain liquid cash, which he firmly denies. For his part, presumed innocent, the Moroccan businessman has still not been heard by French justice and rejects any involvement in this fraud.