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• 11-Year-Old Girl Killed in Antwerp Drug-Related Shooting
  11 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  An 11-year-old girl whose uncle is said to be a Moroccan drug trafficker was killed on Monday in Merksem (Antwerp) in a shooting. It would be a settling of scores in the drug trade.
  On Monday, a Moroccan family was targeted. The local police announced that an 11-year-old girl was killed, after shots were fired at a house in the Antwerp district of Merksem, reports Belga. The targets of the assailants were a garage door behind which a living room converted into a living room and kitchen (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Dismantle International Money Laundering Ring
  25 July 2019, by Kamal

  The security services have succeeded in arresting several suspects who are the subject of international arrest warrants, following the screening operation carried out at the border posts. Two suspects were being prosecuted for money laundering.
  The preliminary investigation made it possible to identify an international criminal network, led by Moroccans in charge of diverting dirty money from fraudulent transactions to Morocco. Once there, it is laundered by intermediaries through real (…)

• Wanted Drug Trafficker Disarms Gendarme and Flees in Casablanca
  20 November 2019, by New

  A drug trafficker wanted for some time fled last Saturday in Casablanca, taking the weapon of the gendarme trying to arrest him.
  The gendarmerie officer was on a mission for the Aïn Sbaâ brigade in Casablanca for a traffic accident case that occurred in Tit Mellil. Not far from the accident site, he noticed the presence of the wanted drug trafficker, with his Audi vehicle.
  According to the newspaper Al Akhbar, when trying to take advantage of the opportunity to arrest him, the (…)

• Spain Investigates Alleged Schengen Visa Fraud at Moroccan Consulate
  7 December 2023, by Said

  The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched an investigation into allegations of sale of Schengen visas to Moroccan citizens at the Spanish consulate in Nador. Many complaints had been filed.
  According to these testimonies, obtaining these visas would cost up to 15,000 euros. However, diplomatic sources told the newspaper EL Español that this ongoing investigation does not directly concern the trafficking of visas.
  Several local media have reported for several days a possible (…)

• Moroccan Drug Gang Linked to Fatal Shooting in Spain’s Galicia Region
  15 June 2024, by Prince

  The Mocro Maffia would be behind the assassination of a man in Galicia, a city located in northwestern Spain. The victim, shot in broad daylight, would have been mistaken for his brother who was the target of the Moroccan mafia. The police lean towards a settling of scores related to drug trafficking.
  The Moroccan gang would be behind several shootings and murders in Spain, the latest of which took place this week in Galicia, reports El Debate. An investigation has been opened and has (…)

• Major Drug Trafficking Ring Busted: 120 Convicted in Brussels Trial
  30 October 2024, by Prince

  End in Brussels of the exceptional trial of 120 people prosecuted for international cocaine and cannabis trafficking, among other things, from Morocco. The accused were sentenced to sentences ranging from a few months to 17 years in prison.
  After a long trial that took place from December 2023 to May 2024, the Brussels court finally delivered its verdict on Tuesday in this case of international drug trafficking from Morocco for which more than 120 men and women of Albanian, Colombian, (…)

• Spanish Police Bust Major Moroccan Hashish Ring, Seize 376 Kilos of Drugs
  10 October 2022, by Prince

  The Spanish police have dismantled a major hashish trafficking network from Morocco, based on the coasts of Cadiz and Malaga, with ramifications in other Spanish communities. In total, 21 people were arrested and 296 kilos of marijuana and 80 kilos of hashish were seized.
  The criminal network was transporting the drugs by sea from Morocco, storing them in warehouses before transporting them by truck to countries like France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The police operation led to the (…)

• 11-Year-Old Girl Killed in Antwerp Drug Gang Shooting, Police Investigate
  11 January 2023, by Prince

  A 11-year-old girl was killed on Monday in Antwerp in a shooting that targeted her home in Merksem. A member of a Moroccan family involved in drug trafficking, Ferdaous was a collateral victim of a settling of scores between drug traffickers.
  "The 11-year-old girl was seriously injured. She was taken to the hospital, but unfortunately she died shortly afterwards," said Willem Migom, spokesperson for the Antwerp police, on Tuesday. Initially, the agents thought the young girl had succumbed (…)

• Omani Sultan Pardons Moroccan Woman After 7 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking
  8 April, by Prince

  Sentenced to life for drug trafficking in Oman, Fátima Ofkir, a 25-year-old Spaniard today, was granted amnesty after seven years in prison. The young woman returned to Barcelona a week ago.
  Whose father is Moroccan had been recruited by a drug trafficking network in Spain, which had sent her to Oman to retrieve a package containing seven kilos of morphine. Arrested in this country, she will be sentenced to life imprisonment. But after seven years in prison, she was pardoned by the Sultan (…)

• Canadian Driver Arrested at French Border with 242 kg of Moroccan Cannabis
  20 February 2019, by Said

  A routine check by customs officers in the Bielsa tunnel in the Hautes-Pyrénées led to the discovery of nearly 250 kilos of Moroccan cannabis in a car driven by a Canadian national.
  In a statement to the press reported by the newspaper Sud-Ouest, the public prosecutor questioned the "surprising circuit" taken by the trafficker to cross the border between Spain and France. "He has an atypical profile and the circuit is surprising, it is not common to go through the Bielsa tunnel," he said. (…)