Tangier Trial Ridouan Taghi Mocro Maffia Drug Trafficking
15 May 2026
Prosecuted for attempted murder and drug trafficking, a suspect linked to the famous Dutch criminal network appeared Thursday before the Tangier court of appeal. He is accused (…)
Ridouan Taghi
Dubai is no longer a paradise: Why drug barons are eyeing Morocco
21 March 2026
Long a sanctuary for European drug traffickers, Dubai is losing its appeal due to the increase in extraditions. Pushed out, some leaders of Moroccan-origin organized crime (…)
You have to get that dog": The message that weighs down the Taghi network in Morocco
17 March 2026
The investigation into the murder of Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries is progressing with the arrest in Morocco of Ismail M. This arrest strengthens the hypothesis of a (…)
Dubai’s "Super Cartel" Crumbles: Moroccan Drug Lords Among Seven Kingpins Brought to Justice
19 July 2025
Three of the seven barons of the "Super Cartel" of the cocaine trafficking network based in Dubai are Moroccans. They are Ridouan Taghi, Othman El Ballouti and Hosni A.
Mocro Maffia Kingpin’s Nephew Nabbed in Spain: Drug Empire Crumbles as ’El Chapo de Tricht’ Gang Exposed
25 June 2025
The Spanish police have arrested Firass Taghi, a nephew of Ridouan Taghi, involved in an international drug trafficking operation. The name of this 24-year-old man had been (…)
Belgian Drug Raid: Fake Police Steal 1.4 Tons of Cocaine from Major Crime Syndicate
12 September 2024
Raid in Antwerp: fake cops steal a fortune in cocaine from Ridouan Taghi’s group. A gang of fake cops is sowing chaos in the criminal underworld of Antwerp and the Netherlands.
Former Moroccan Official Dismisses ’Mocro Maffia’ as Dutch Political Fabrication
19 August 2024
The former leader of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) and former president of the Tangier-Tetouan region, Ilyas Omari, recently claimed that the Mocro Maffia is a (…)
Morocco’s Top Court Orders Review of Dutch Nationals’ Death Sentences in Marrakech Cafe Murder Case
1 August 2024
Sentenced to death in Morocco in 2017 for a murder committed by mistake at the Café la Crème in Marrakech, two Dutch nationals could see their fate improve. The highest (…)
Dutch-Moroccan Drug Cartel Suspected in Attack on Spanish Far-Right Politician
6 February 2024
The Mocro Maffia, the Moroccan mafia specialized in drug trafficking and organized crime in the Netherlands and Belgium, would be behind the assassination attempt targeting the (…)
Spanish Police Dismantle Mocro Maffia Network, Seize €50 Million in Assets on Costa del Sol
28 January 2024
The Spanish National Police this week dismantled the branch of the Mocro Maffia, the Moroccan mafia specialized in drug trafficking and organized crime in the Netherlands and (…)