Tunisian Singer Released in Paris Human Trafficking Case

Indicted in April last year by a judge of the Junalco (National Jurisdiction for the Fight against Organized Crime), Amira had been placed in detention, along with eleven other members of this network of smugglers accused of a crime of "human trafficking in organized gang and offenses of aiding the entry of foreigners, forgery and use of forgery". The gang, made up of Moroccan and Serbian criminals, was very active between 2022 and 2023 in the Paris region, more precisely in Bobigny, and abroad, particularly in Tunisia and Serbia, reports Le Parisien. During the period, they would have helped thousands of migrants to illegally enter the Île-de-France region, a traffic that would have earned them millions of euros.

The mother of two children aged six and six months, whom she had with Mohamed K., the head of the criminal network, was living in Spain at the time of the facts. "This singer, with dual Italian and Tunisian nationality, enjoys a certain notoriety. She traveled to Serbia and would have participated in the implementation of videos intended to promote the good reception conditions of migrants in these mafia hotels," specifies the judge of the chamber of instruction.

The thirty-year-old denies any involvement in this traffic. "I have no relationship with my ex-husband’s work. I am separated and I have even filed a complaint for domestic violence against him. Because of this man, I lost everything: my job, my money, my land in Tunisia and even my home. I only have my children that I want to find back," she said during her interrogation before the investigating judge. Amira has no criminal record and "did not have an active role in these facts," according to her lawyer, Mohsen Jaidi.

"She is a business leader and a recognized artist who does not represent any risk for French society," he pleaded. Arguments that have probably led the court to order her release under judicial supervision. As for Mohamed K., he would have been recently arrested in Morocco. His extradition to France is not expected to be effective, as the Kingdom does not extradite its nationals. "This is an extremely serious matter. There are still investigations to be carried out on this very active network in France, Tunisia and Serbia. And all the people involved in this agency for illegal migrants have not yet been identified," explains the public prosecutor.