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  • Moroccan Gendarmes on Trial for Alleged Corruption in Drug Trafficking Case
    1 March, by Sylvanus

    The trial of the gendarmes accused of corruption and complicity with a drug trafficker in Béni Mellal continues before the Court of Appeal of Casablanca.
    Tuesday’s hearing was marked by the lawyer representing the accused Rachid S., a former gendarme in Beni Mellal, raising the contradictions in the statements of the drug trafficker, who claimed to have paid bribes to the gendarmes to facilitate his illicit activities. He confused Mohamed S., presenting substantial evidence showing that (…)

  • Montauban Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Offenses, Wedding Plans Derailed
    11 March, by Sylvanus

    After an immediate appearance on Friday, March 7, 2025 before the judicial court of Montauban, Fouad L., a man of nearly 40 years old, who was considering getting married in Morocco to the young woman he is in love with, was sentenced to a prison sentence.
    Fouad L., a resident of Montauban, who will soon be 40 years old, will not be able to get married anytime soon in Morocco to the young woman he says he is in love with. Tried in immediate appearance this Friday, March 7, 2025 before the (…)

  • Major Drug Trafficking Trial Begins in Belgium, Implicating 62 Suspects
    11 March, by Sylvanus

    Five months after the verdict of the Sky ECC mega-trial for international cocaine and cannabis trafficking involving Maghrebians, another case called "Costa" is now being brought before the Tongeren criminal court. The trial is ongoing.
    Since Monday, 62 individuals involved in the major Costa drug case are answering for their actions before the Tongeren criminal court. Among them are businessmen and lawyers, a port manager, dockers, a doctor, the drug baron "Bolle Jos", the president of (…)

  • Far-Right French Politician to Face Trial for Defamation Against Muslim School
    12 March, by Sylvanus

    Marion Maréchal, far-right European deputy, will be tried before the Valence criminal court for defamation against a Muslim association. She faces up to 12,000 euros in fines.
    Legal troubles for Marion Maréchal. Indicted on Tuesday for defamation after her remarks against the association "Valeurs et Réussite", which manages the Muslim school in Valence, she will soon be tried before the Valence criminal court, reports francebleu. The far-right European deputy risks up to 12,000 euros in (…)

  • Verdict Nears for Fiancé in Casablanca Rape Case Controversy
    15 March, by Sylvanus

    The fiancé of the French lawyer, who accused three sons of businessmen of having raped her in Casablanca, and who is currently in prison, knows the date of the verdict of his trial.
    Mohamed Amine Naguib, the fiancé of the French lawyer allegedly raped in early November 2024 during a party in a residence in Ain Diab, Casablanca, was arrested in January at Mohammed V airport as soon as he returned from Paris. He was the subject of a complaint filed against him by the Casablanca Bar (…)

  • Mother Convicted of Killing Disabled Daughters Faces Retrial in French Court
    22 March, by Sylvanus

    The trial of the Moroccan mother sentenced in June 2024 to a heavy prison sentence for the murder of her two disabled daughters in Barbaste will open before the Gers Assize Court in Auch next week.
    On June 20, 2024, Naïma Bel Allam, a former Moroccan-born accountant, accused of aggravated voluntary homicide, had been sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Lot-et-Garonne Assize Court. Dissatisfied with this verdict, she appealed. A second trial will therefore open on Monday, March 24 (…)

  • Major French Real Estate Fraud Trial Begins, Involving Morocco and 762 Victims
    31 March, by Prince

    The trial of the Apollonia case, considered one of the biggest real estate scandals in France, opens this Monday, March 31 before the Marseille judicial court. Morocco is cited in this major scam involving notaries and bankers who are said to have collected around one billion euros from 762 victims.
    During this trial, which will last more than three months, the 15 defendants, including a company, a lawyer, three notaries, and several salespeople and employees in charge of relations with (…)

  • Court Postpones Trial of Canadian-Moroccan Woman Accused of Assaulting Official
    4 April, by Said

    The court of first instance of Témara on Thursday ordered the postponement to April 10 of the examination of the case concerning a Moroccan residing in Canada accused of assault on an authority agent, a caïd. Her husband, her brother and a friend are also being prosecuted in this case.
    During Thursday’s hearing, the defense presented new arguments. The lawyer of the main accused argued that his client "is not the one who started the assault, but that she was first slapped, which prompted (…)

  • French Lawyer Drops Complaint, Alleged Attackers Released in Morocco
    5 April, by Said

    The investigating judge at the Casablanca Court of Appeal granted, this Friday, provisional release to four men implicated in a case of "rape and kidnapping" involving a French lawyer. This decision comes after the withdrawal of the complaint by the latter.
    The four accused, identified as the sons of Moroccan businessmen, have left the local Oukacha prison where they had been in pre-trial detention for about five months, according to Al3omk.
    The release was motivated by the plaintiff’s (…)