Trial

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• Drunk Woman Assaults Police in Montauban, France; Eight Officers Injured
  14 April, by Sylvanus

  In Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne), a young heavily intoxicated Moroccan woman and a man were arrested, placed in custody, then in detention after a violent confrontation with police officers during a nighttime intervention in a building. Their trial is expected to open before the Montauban criminal court this Tuesday.
  On Thursday evening, a routine intervention for nighttime disturbance in a building turned into a confrontation. Alerted by residents, officers from the police station arrived (…)

• Belgian-Moroccan Suspect in Child Kidnapping Case Vanishes Before Trial
  11 April, by Sylvanus

  While he is due to appear before the Tongeren Assize Court on April 22, a 32-year-old Belgian-Moroccan has disappeared from the radar. This man accused of kidnapping a child is untraceable in Tongeren.
  Will Abderrahman Laktit be present at his trial for kidnapping on April 22 before the Tongeren Assize Court? Nothing is certain. "We think he is on the run," it is said. The units went to Abderrahman’s home and noticed that there was no one there. The thirtysomething is accused of a double (…)

• Moroccan Gendarmerie Officers Face Trial for Money Laundering Scheme
  2 November 2022, by Sylvanus

  24 gendarmes, including colonels, are being prosecuted for their involvement in a money laundering case. Their trial opened before the Court of First Instance in Rabat, as well as the courts in Fez, Casablanca and Marrakech.
  The appearance of the 24 gendarmes, including five colonels previously convicted on appeal to prison sentences ranging from two to six years, totaling about 76 years in prison instead of the 61 years they had received in 2019, took place last week. In the absence of (…)

• Omar Raddad: French Court Rejects New Trial in Decades-Old Murder Case
  13 October 2022, by Ginette

  The former Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad will not have a new trial. The justice rejected on Thursday the second request for review filed by his lawyer Me Sylvie Noachovitch, based on new elements.
  The investigating commission of the court of review ruled on Thursday that the request of the former Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad, convicted twenty-eight years ago for the murder of Ghislaine Marchal and who wanted a new trial, was inadmissible. His lawyer said she was "disappointed" and (…)

• Morocco Sentences 17 Protesters to Prison in Jerada Unrest Crackdown
  19 January 2019, by Said

  Prison sentences of up to four years have been handed down against 17 people prosecuted in the context of the protest movement that hit the Jerada region.
  Quoted by AFP, their lawyer Abdelhak Benkada indicated that his clients were sentenced to sentences ranging from 2 to 4 years in prison for clashes that occurred in March 2018 during a banned demonstration by the authorities, during which 312 law enforcement officers were injured as well as 32 protesters.
  The accused were prosecuted (…)

• Moroccan Scammers Jailed for Online Sextortion Targeting Expats
  11 September 2020, by Ginette

  Two individuals who excelled in fraud, scams and sexual blackmail on social networks have been sentenced to one year in prison. The court of first instance of El Jadida has thus put an end to the suffering of dozens of victims.
  These two young people whose scammer career ends behind bars had managed to make many victims, most of whom are Moroccans living abroad (MREs). Their modus operandi was to film their prey in indecent and compromising positions via the webcam and through video (…)

• Witness Testimony Sparks Controversy in High-Profile Surgeon’s Trafficking Trial
  7 January 2024, by Prince

  Several witnesses were heard on Friday before the Casablanca Court of Appeal as part of the trial of the so-called Dr. Hassan Tazi case, named after the famous plastic surgeon, prosecuted for human trafficking, abuse of weakness and fraud.
  The statements of the security guard of the Chifaa clinic, of which the accused is the owner, provoked a strong reaction from the defense lawyers who accused the guard of "false testimony", noting contradictions and inconsistencies in his statements. (…)

• Moroccan Workers Accuse French Companies of Modern Slavery in Labor Court Case
  12 March 2019, by Amine

  Slavery still exists in France, according to Moroccans. Indeed, five Moroccans, former posted workers, have just accused a French company... of slavery! Before the labor court in Arles.
  The judgment of a slavery case before the labor court in Arles has just been postponed to May 16, when it was initially supposed to take place this Monday, after two other postponements to be noted. This time, the defense was not even reachable.
  It is in fact 5 Moroccan workers who are suing a Spanish (…)

• Belgian Court Sentences Dutch-Moroccan Man to 12 Years for Major Heroin Trafficking Ring
  28 June 2019, by Kamal

  A Dutch national of Moroccan origin was sentenced by the Ghent Court of Appeal in Belgium to 12 years in prison for setting up a drug trafficking network. He is accused, along with his cousin, of having sold more than 210 kilos of heroin, and of causing the death of 3 people who died of overdose.
  The 43-year-old individual and his 22-year-old cousin were involved in a hard drug trafficking network operating between Belgium and the Netherlands. The two men were arrested on November 14, (…)

• DNA Evidence Prompts Push for Retrial in Infamous Omar Raddad Murder Case
  23 June 2021, by Sylvanus

  A new trial could open after the discovery of traces of a male DNA not belonging to the former Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad, convicted and then pardoned for the death of Ghislaine Marchal, killed on June 23, 1991 in Mougins (Alpes-Maritimes). His lawyer Sylvie Noachovitch has decided to file a request for a retrial of the 1994 trial this Thursday, June 24.
  New developments in the Omar Raddad case. His lawyer will file a request for a retrial of the 1994 trial this Thursday following (…)