Rights and Justice

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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 (…)

• Belgian-Moroccan Suspect in Child Kidnapping Case Vanishes Before Trial
  11 April, by Sylvanus

  While he is due to appear before the Tongeren Assize Court on April 22, a 32-year-old Belgian-Moroccan has disappeared from the radar. This man accused of kidnapping a child is untraceable in Tongeren.
  Will Abderrahman Laktit be present at his trial for kidnapping on April 22 before the Tongeren Assize Court? Nothing is certain. "We think he is on the run," it is said. The units went to Abderrahman’s home and noticed that there was no one there. The thirtysomething is accused of a double (…)

• Spain Delays Repatriation of Moroccan Worker’s Body, Demands Further Tests
  12 February 2022, by Prince

  The Spanish judicial police require more thorough tests before the court authorizes the repatriation of the body of Taofik Belassal, the young Moroccan seasonal worker who died in a fire that occurred in Huelva in December 2019.
  The young man’s family has already appealed to the Spanish court three times to order the repatriation of his body. Without success. The Moroccan police even confirmed Taofik’s identity to the Spanish judicial police in November, after conducting a DNA test with (…)

• 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 (…)

• Kickboxing Champion Mohammed Jaraya Detained in Netherlands on Drug and Arms Charges
  2 February 2023, by Said

  Moroccan champion Mohammed Jaraya, arrested two weeks ago on suspicion of drug trafficking, arms and money laundering, will remain in prison for at least three months.
  The Moroccan was to appear before the court in Den Bosch (Netherlands) this week, but his pre-trial detention has been extended by ninety days. As a result, the fight he was to have on February 11 as part of Glory 83 in Essen has been canceled.
  Sources from the criminal milieu and the police, cited by the Dutch site AD, (…)

• Moroccan Man with Violent History Arrested in Amsterdam for Avignon Murder
  12 January, by Sylvanus

  Fouad L., a 34-year-old man from Morocco, is the main suspect in the murder of Barbara, a 24-year-old woman found dead in December in her studio in Avignon. Arrested in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, he should soon be extradited to France where he will be tried.
  What is Fouad L.’s profile? This man is known to the police. He has a heavy criminal record: 17 convictions for serious offenses such as carrying weapons, death threats, aggravated violence, kidnapping, sequestration with acts of (…)

• Atalian Employee Convicted in Paris Housing Gas Pipe Corruption Scheme
  25 March, by Prince

  Moroccan Abdelali Boukhriss, an employee of the Atalian group, was sentenced for corruption to 18 months in prison with a suspended sentence. The defendant, in charge of the renovation of the gas pipes of Paris Habitat, would have received more than 500,000 euros in commissions. He appealed.
  The facts date back to the late 2000s, when Abdelali Boukhriss, as head of the gas sector for TFN, a subsidiary of the French cleaning giant Atalian, was entrusted with the renovation of the gas pipes (…)

• Moroccan Judges and Lawyers Implicated in Casablanca Court Corruption Probe
  8 June 2023, by Prince

  Corruption is gaining ground in the judicial sector in Morocco. Several judges and lawyers working in the courts of Casablanca have been heard by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) for acts of corruption. Some of them have been referred to the public prosecutor’s office.
  The BNPJ investigators continue to conduct their investigations to apprehend other unscrupulous justice professionals. Magistrates cited by "intermediaries" in a corruption case in the courts of Casablanca (…)

• Morocco Prosecutes Nearly 50,000 for Violating COVID-19 Emergency Measures
  4 May 2020, by Bladi.net

  Nearly 50,000 people are being prosecuted in court by the various public prosecutor’s offices in the kingdom for violating the state of health emergency.
  According to the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, of the total of 49,274 people, the rate of prosecutions in a state of arrest does not exceed 4.83%, while that of prosecutions in a state of freedom is around 95%. It also specifies that the use of pre-trial detention against certain persons (2,379) was justified by the fact (…)