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• Drunk Woman Assaults Police in Montauban, France; Eight Officers Injured
  14 April, by Sylvanus

  In Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne), a young heavily intoxicated Moroccan woman and a man were arrested, placed in custody, then in detention after a violent confrontation with police officers during a nighttime intervention in a building. Their trial is expected to open before the Montauban criminal court this Tuesday.
  On Thursday evening, a routine intervention for nighttime disturbance in a building turned into a confrontation. Alerted by residents, officers from the police station arrived (…)

• Antwerp Court Seizes $400 Million from Fugitive Drug Lord in Major Cocaine Trafficking Case
  13 April, by Sylvanus

  The Antwerp court has sentenced in absentia Omar Govers alias "Patje Haemers", one of the city’s most notorious drug-related criminals, whose accomplices are Belgian-Moroccans Othman El Ballouti or Nordin El Hajjioui, to a heavy prison sentence for importing more than 26 tons of cocaine.
  An admirer of the famous gangster Patrick Haemers, who had notably kidnapped Prime Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants, Omar Govers takes the nickname "Patje Haemers". In 15 years, he made a name for himself (…)

• Moroccan Man Gets 13-Year Sentence in France for Violent Sexual Assaults
  17 October 2020, by Jérôme

  Hamza Naoui Khir, a Moroccan national, was tried last Tuesday by the Assizes Court of Finistère, in Quimper. He was sentenced to thirteen years in prison and a permanent ban from French territory.
  The 43-year-old man was accused of sexual abuse on two women, one of whom was vulnerable, reports Le Télégramme, specifying that the facts date back to June 27, 2018 in Brest.
  Around 7:30 a.m., after violently beating her, Hamza Naoui Khir forced a 26-year-old woman to perform fellatio in the (…)

• Moroccan Instagram Influencer Sentenced to Prison for Misleading Practices
  4 April, by Sylvanus

  The Versailles (Yvelines) court has imposed a prison sentence and a fine on Moroccan influencer Rym Renom, followed by 1.8 million people on Instagram.
  The verdict of Rym Renom’s trial, which took place on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, is now known. Prosecuted for misleading commercial practices on social networks, the Moroccan influencer was sentenced in absentia to 1 year in prison and a 25,000 euro fine. The Versailles (Yvelines) court also ordered the seizure of a sum of 40,000 euros. (…)

• Moroccan Singer Dounia Batma Released After Serving One-Year Sentence
  31 January, by Sylvanus

  Moroccan singer Dounia Batma, who was convicted and incarcerated in Marrakech as part of the "Hamza Mon Bb" case, has just been released from prison after serving a one-year sentence.
  Dounia Batma is now a free woman. She has left the Oudaya prison in Marrakech after serving a one-year prison sentence in the "Hamza Mon Bb" case, it has been learned. A sentence handed down by the Marrakech Court of Appeal, which had increased the initial eight-month sentence. She had also been fined 10,000 (…)

• Jailed Moroccan Publisher Seeks Buyer for Struggling Media Group Amid Financial Crisis
  5 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  Taoufik Bouachrine, in prison for human trafficking and rape, would intend to sell his press group to Moulay Hafid El Alamy, businessman and Minister of Industry, Trade and Green and Digital Economy. The reason is an impending bankruptcy.
  Drastic drop in sales of the Arabic-language daily Akhbar Al Yaoum, loss of prestige of the electronic media Alyaoum24, little interest from the female public for the magazine Soltana, delay in the payment of salaries of journalists and other employees. (…)

• Moroccan Court Sentences Teenage Protester to 5 Years in Prison for Rioting
  13 December 2019, by Kamal

  The criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal of Al Hoceima sentenced, on Tuesday, December 10, a minor to 5 years in prison, for having participated in the demonstrations in the region.
  Currently on the run, the young man was prosecuted for obstructing traffic, insulting and assaulting law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties.
  The minor is also accused of premeditated assault causing serious injury, vandalism of public utility elements and armed gathering in a public (…)

• Moroccan Scammers Jailed for Online Sextortion Targeting Expats
  11 September 2020, by Ginette

  Two individuals who excelled in fraud, scams and sexual blackmail on social networks have been sentenced to one year in prison. The court of first instance of El Jadida has thus put an end to the suffering of dozens of victims.
  These two young people whose scammer career ends behind bars had managed to make many victims, most of whom are Moroccans living abroad (MREs). Their modus operandi was to film their prey in indecent and compromising positions via the webcam and through video (…)

• Parents Decry ’Racist Justice’ After Driver Sentenced in 8-Year-Old’s Fatal Pedestrian Crossing Accident
  21 December 2022, by Sylvanus

  The reaction of Yanis’ parents, the 8-year-old child who died in February after being hit by a car on a pedestrian crossing in Villeneuve-de-la-Raho, did not wait after the verdict of the Perpignan Criminal Court, which sentenced the driver to two years in prison with probation. They denounce "a racist justice" and intend to appeal the judgment.
  It is "a racist justice, our son’s name is Yanis and not Yannick," denounced on Tuesday the parents of Yanis at the end of the trial on the death (…)

• Spanish Rapper Morad Faces 6-Year Prison Sentence for Alleged Police Assault
  8 June 2023, by Prince

  The Spanish rapper of Moroccan origin Morad risks a sentence of 6 years in prison for having assaulted with a taser two Mossos d’Esquadra agents in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) on July 17, 2021.
  Morad is accused of alleged crimes of assault with a weapon and possession of a prohibited weapon (Taser). According to the police version, the agents were finalizing a curfew control device due to the pandemic in the La Florida neighborhood of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) when (…)