Drug War Escalates: Marseille Gang Infiltrates Cévennes, Forcing Local Dealer to Flee
13 July 2025
In a working-class neighborhood near Alès, a territorial war forces a drug trafficker to take refuge in Morocco.
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Dubai to Belgium: ’The Boss’ Drug Lord Faces Justice After €25M Real Estate Empire Crumbles
13 July 2025
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to extradite the Moroccan drug trafficker Othman El Ballouti, arrested in early December in Dubai, to Belgium.
Dubai Extradites Key Antwerp Drug Kingpin: ’Monte Christo’ Network Crumbles
10 July 2025
The United Arab Emirates has handed over to Belgium the Antwerp drug trafficker Mohamed A. A., the former brother-in-law and right-hand man of drug baron Youssef Ben Azza, (…)
Massive Drug Bust: 15 Tons of Hashish Disguised as Produce Seized in Spain’s Largest 2025 Haul
7 July 2025
The Spanish anti-drug police (UDYCO) seized 15.36 tons of Moroccan hashish, hidden in watermelons and plastic potatoes, in the port of Almeria. In total, eight people were (…)
Moroccan Customs Cracks Down on Fake Gold Ring Spanning Major Cities
6 July 2025
The Moroccan customs service is intensifying field investigations to dismantle a network specialized in the marketing of counterfeit gold, active between Casablanca, Meknes and (…)
Drug Lords Revolutionize Trafficking: ’Narco-Cooperatives’ Outsmart Police in Spain
6 July 2025
Drug traffickers like the "Messi of hashish", Jesús Pantoja or "El Yeyo" continue to carry out their trafficking in Spain from Morocco or Dubai. Their new discovery to make (…)
Major Drug Ring Busted: 12 Arrested in Seine-et-Marne Trafficking Operation
6 July 2025
Involved in the importation of drugs from Morocco and Spain, twelve individuals - ten men and two women - were arrested, indicted and then incarcerated by a liberty and (…)
Drug Traffickers Exploit Guadalquivir River: Spain’s New Cocaine Highway Challenges Authorities
2 July 2025
Drug traffickers are now passing cannabis from Morocco and Colombia through a large Spanish river that was not previously used as a highway for them.
Fugitive Drug Lords Face 53-Year Sentence: Antwerp’s Cocaine Kings Hunted Globally
29 June 2025
A new arrest warrant has been issued against Omar Govers alias "Patje Haemers", one of the most notorious drug-related criminals in Antwerp, and his accomplice Mounir El (…)
Morocco: Olive oil trafficking leads to prison
27 June 2025
In Taroudant, those involved in olive oil trafficking have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment and a heavy fine.