Morocco
Moroccan Lawyer Wins Court Case Against Gendarmes Over Speeding Ticket Dispute
The Court of First Instance of Chefchaouen ruled in favor of a lawyer registered with the Tetouan Bar who had been arrested by gendarmes for speeding.
Topic
Rights and Justice
Morocco
Moroccan Official Reassigned After Assault; Attacker Sentenced to Prison
Slapped in the exercise of his duties by a Moroccan residing in Canada, the caid of the 7th administrative annex of Temara has been transferred to an internal service of the Ministry of Interior.
France
Court Upholds Building Permit for Controversial Metz Mosque Project
The Administrative Court of Appeal of Nancy has ruled in favor of the Great Mosque project in Metz.
Morocco
Moroccan Court Orders Repayment as Swiss Entrepreneur's Textile Firm Faces Bankruptcy
Wash & Co, owned by Swiss businessman Rodolphe Pedro, known for his charitable actions towards disadvantaged French youth, has been experiencing financial difficulties in Morocco since 2023 and could file for bankruptcy.
France
Trial Postponed for Suspect in French Bus Driver Murder Case After Deportation
Scheduled for Tuesday, April 15, at the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Court of Assizes, the trial of Mohamed Akrafi, who housed Wyssem Manai and Maxime Guyennon, the murderers of bus driver Patrice Monguillot, killed on July 5, 2020, in Bayonne, has been postponed.
France
Drunk Woman Assaults Police in Montauban, France; Eight Officers Injured
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.
Belgium
Antwerp Court Seizes $400 Million from Fugitive Drug Lord in Major Cocaine Trafficking Case
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.
Belgium
Belgian-Moroccan Suspect in Child Kidnapping Case Vanishes Before Trial
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.
Morocco
French Town Sues Tangier Over Alleged Illegal Cemetery on Shared Land
The municipality of Tangier is once again agitated by a land issue. This time, a French municipality is accusing it of having transformed a plot of land belonging to it into a cemetery and has taken it to court.
France
Moroccan Woman Sues French State Over Denied Access to Ex-Partner's Trial
Deprived of her right to attend the trial of her former partner, a victim of domestic violence has sued the State for administrative dysfunction before the Paris judicial court.
France
Drug trafficking from Morocco: four French nationals retried in Rennes
Four residents of Cholet and Talmont-Saint-Hilaire were tried again on Friday by the Rennes Court of Appeal for their alleged involvement in a large-scale drug trafficking operation linked in particular to Morocco.
France
Teen Dies After Stabbing in Chambéry Street Brawl, Suspects at Large
Found unconscious with a stab wound in the back on Sunday evening in Chambéry (Savoie), an 18-year-old Moroccan died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. This death occurred following a brawl, according to the municipality.