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• Elderly Scrap Dealer Faces Eviction from Makeshift Dump in Northern France
  2 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  The town hall of Raismes, a commune located in the north of France, near Valenciennes, has decided to evict an octogenarian Moroccan who has been living on an unsanitary site since September. He has refused several rehousing proposals that have been made to him.
  Wild boars crossing the road, a pile of tires, scrap metal, utility vehicle wrecks... An 82-year-old scrap metal dealer, living on Rue de Dreville in Raismes and followed by social services since 2017, has turned the perimeter of (…)

• Police Officer Injured as Suspect Flees Drug Checkpoint Near Valenciennes
  20 September 2022, by Sylvanus

  A police officer was hit by a fleeing Moroccan who was carrying heroin in his car on Monday in Anzin, near Valenciennes (northern France).
  The incident occurred around 11 pm in Anzin, near Valenciennes (North). While trying to evade a check, a 29-year-old Moroccan man hit a police officer "who was holding a roadblock to stop the motorist," according to the Nord firefighters. A chase then ensued. The spokesperson for the independent police commissioners’ union specified that the victim is (…)

• Belgian Police Arrest Controversial French Imam Wanted for Deportation
  1 October 2022, by Said

  Targeted by a European arrest warrant issued by the French justice system, the Moroccan-origin imam Hassan Iquioussen has just been arrested near Mons in Belgium.
  The imam from Lourches, in northern France, is accused of making remarks deemed "contrary to the values of the Republic". Untraceable since the end of last August following an expulsion decision issued by the French authorities, he is the subject of a European arrest warrant for evading the execution of a removal decision. (…)

• Family of Deported Imam Questioned in French Evasion Investigation
  5 November 2022, by Sylvanus

  Suspected of being accomplices in evading justice, members of the family of the imam of Lourches Hassan Iquioussen were heard by the police. The Moroccan preacher is still under electronic surveillance in Belgium.
  According to a source close to the case, the judicial police of Lille heard in free hearings on Thursday the wife of Hassan Iquioussen, as well as his son and the person who drove the Moroccan imam to Belgium, reports BFMTV. They are suspected of being accomplices in evading (…)

• Domestic Violence Case Near Valenciennes: Moroccan Man Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison
  15 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  Found guilty of domestic violence, a Moroccan residing in Douchy-les-Mines, near Valenciennes, was sentenced to eight months in prison. Following an altercation, his wife had filed a complaint against him.
  A 43-year-old Moroccan, a butcher by profession, was presented in immediate appearance before the court for an act of violence against his partner, whom he married in 2008 (religious marriage), which took place on January 5 at his wife’s home, in the presence of their 13-year-old son. (…)

• Promising Moroccan Midfielder Yacine El Amri Signs 3-Year Pro Deal with Valenciennes FC
  31 May 2022, by Armel

  Until now in training at the Valenciennes VAFC Pro center, the young Moroccan Yacine El Amri signed his first professional contract with his training club last weekend for a duration of three years.
  Presented as a promising talent from the Valenciennes training center, El Amri, who plays as an attacking midfielder, has signed his first pro contract, we learn from La Voix du Nord. Thus, the young prodigy, also capable of playing in the axis or on the right, will prove himself in Ligue 2 (…)