Robbery

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• Brussels Diamond Heist Trial: Key Suspect Denies Involvement in $50 Million Airport Robbery
  10 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  The appeal trial of the "crime of the century", the spectacular robbery of a plane carrying diamonds, committed in February 2013 at Brussels-National Airport in Zaventem, by a Moroccan and several other individuals of different nationalities, opened on Monday before the Brussels Court of Appeal.
  The justice system is trying to determine the responsibility of four defendants and perhaps finally lift some of the gray areas of the crime of the century. Four defendants Houssein B., Abdellah (…)

• Diamond Heist Trial Resumes: $40 Million Airport Robbery Case Back in Brussels Court
  13 January 2023, by Armel

  Since Monday, the Brussels Court of Appeal is trying four individuals accused of having participated in the famous robbery of a plane carrying diamonds at Brussels-National Airport in 2013. The defendants, including Houssein B., are accused of having stolen 121 packages containing diamonds, gold bars and precious stones for a total of 37 million euros.
  The facts date back to February 18, 2013, when eight masked and armed individuals disembarked on the tarmac of Brussels airport and (…)

• Suspect Arrested in Rabat Currency Exchange Robbery After Viral Video
  30 January 2023, by Armel

  The elements of the anti-gang brigade of Rabat, in collaboration with the services of the DGST, recently arrested an individual suspected of being involved in a robbery carried out in a currency exchange office in the city center of the capital.
  The arrest of the suspect came after an investigation conducted by the anti-gang brigade of Rabat to elucidate the case, reports Assabah, which specifies that its agents reacted to videos widely circulated on social networks, showing the robber (…)

• MMA Fighter Lee Murray Denies Masterminding $83M Kent Robbery in New Documentary
  6 April 2023, by Sylvanus

  From his cell in the Salé prison, MMA fighter "Lightning" Lee Murray, presented as the mastermind behind the robbery of the Securitas depot in southeast England that occurred on the night of February 21, 2006 in Tonbridge, Kent, breaks his silence.
  "I didn’t have control. It wasn’t me who had the idea, it wasn’t me who knew where the depot manager lived. It wasn’t me who knew what car he was driving. I wasn’t the one who had someone working inside. You understand? How can I be the (…)

• Oil Company in Morocco Robbed: Police Launch Investigation in Tétouan
  25 October 2023, by Prince

  An international company specializing in the production and distribution of oils, based in the industrial zone of Tétouan in Morocco, was the victim of a robbery. The scientific police have opened an investigation to identify and apprehend the perpetrators of this criminal act.
  The robbery would have taken place on Friday, according to sources consulted by the local media, specifying that the thieves emptied the company’s safe, taking away a large sum of money. Informed of the theft, the (…)

• MMA Fighter Lee Murray Plots Comeback from Moroccan Prison After Record-Breaking UK Heist
  7 July 2024, by Sylvanus

  From his cell in the Salé prison, the MMA fighter "Lightening" Lee Murray, presented as the mastermind behind the robbery of the Securitas depot located in southeast England that took place on the night of February 21, 2006 in Tonbridge, Kent, regrets the past, lives the present with passion and looks to the future with hope.
  Murray plans to open a gym once he is out of prison, hopes to make another appearance in the octagon and even aims to win the UFC title, summarizes The SUN. (…)

• Fugitive Suspect in Paris Bank Heist Sentenced in Absentia, Millions Still Missing
  26 October 2024, by Sylvanus

  Involved in the robbery of the Milleis bank located at the Champs-Élysées roundabout (8th arrondissement) in January 2019, a man on the run in Morocco has been convicted in absentia by the Paris judicial court.
  The verdict was handed down last Thursday. The Paris judicial court sentenced Hicham E. to seven years in prison instead of the 9-year sentence requested against him, reports Le Parisien. Targeted by an international arrest warrant, he is the "colleague" of Alexandre A., 41, a (…)

• Belgian Crime Family Linked to International Drug Trafficking
  31 January, by Prince

  The Sekkaki brothers, of Moroccan origin, are involved in several thefts, robberies and escapes in Belgium. And that’s not all. They are now linked to international drug trafficking.
  The Sekkaki family is originally from northern Morocco. Mohamed Sekkaki, born in Douar Aghlid Imzouren, a small village south of Al Hoceima, moved with his wife Faiza to Belgium. The couple settled in Mechelen, in a modest residence across from the Racing Mechelen football stadium. Mohamed and Faiza had nine (…)