France
France Expands Drug Trafficking Crackdown to Dubai and Caribbean
While Dubai has become a paradise for drug traffickers - including Franco-Moroccans - France is adopting a new strategy to track them down in the United Arab Emirates.
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Belgium
Major Drug Trafficking Trial Opens in Brussels, Linking Morocco to European Networks
The mega-trial for international cocaine and cannabis trafficking scheduled for early November finally opened in Brussels on Monday before the correctional court relocated to the Justitia, the former NATO headquarters converted into a highly secure judicial arena. Among the more than 120 defendants are Maghrebians who imported drugs from countries including Morocco to Belgium.
Morocco
Major Schengen Visa Forgery Ring on Trial in Morocco
The trial of several forgers specialized in the manufacture of visas for the Schengen area, recently arrested in the north of the Kingdom, has begun in Tetouan.
Morocco
Major Cocaine Bust: Moroccan and US Authorities Seize 215 kg at Tanger Med Port
The National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ), in collaboration with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), succeeded in foiling an attempt to traffic cocaine at the port of Tanger Med.
Morocco
Spain Investigates Alleged Schengen Visa Fraud at Moroccan Consulate
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.
Belgium
Wanted Belgo-Moroccan Drug Lords Evade Justice in Dubai and Morocco
On the list of the most wanted drug traffickers are several Belgo-Moroccans. They now live in Morocco, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, thus escaping Belgian and French justice.
Belgium
Brussels Court Sentences Notorious Drug Trafficker to 7 Years for Failed Prison Break Attempt
After a 12-year prison sentence for his escape from Beauvais and 13 years of detention in Bordeaux for drug trafficking, the Franco-Moroccan Mohammed Benabdelhak, alias "the Bumpy One", sees his criminal record further aggravated by a new conviction.
Morocco
Drug Baron Arrested for Brutal Murder of Former Associate Near Settat, Morocco
A drug baron in the town of El Borouj, in the province of Settat, brutally murdered one of his collaborators on Sunday after the latter decided to stop this illegal trafficking.
France
Algerian Suspects Face Trial in Paris for Child Trafficking and Drug Crimes
Algerians suspected of trafficking in unaccompanied foreign minors, including Moroccans, drugs, psychotropics and receiving stolen goods will appear in December before the Paris Criminal Court.
Morocco
Moroccan Gendarmes Sentenced in Drug Trafficking Corruption Case
Prosecuted in detention for corruption, blackmail and defamation, two gendarmes who were serving at the Lalla Mimouna brigade under the command of the royal gendarmerie of Souk El Arbaa and a drug trafficker were sentenced in the first instance to prison terms.
Morocco
Police Officer and Gendarme Arrested in Safi for International Drug Trafficking Ring
The National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) arrested on Sunday in Safi a police officer and a gendarme for their alleged involvement in an international drug trafficking network.
Morocco
Massive Drug Bust in Casablanca: 4.6 Tons of Cannabis Seized, Two Arrested
Elements of the anti-gang brigade of the Casablanca police prefecture arrested two individuals in possession of 4.6 tons of cannabis resin. They are accused of international drug trafficking.