Morocco: eleven international suspects arrested in Marrakech and Tangier
Moroccan law enforcement have captured eleven individuals wanted by France, Belgium and the Netherlands for offences related to money laundering, drug trafficking and fraud.
Morocco: eleven international suspects arrested in Marrakech and Tangier
Moroccan security forces conducted coordinated operations on Monday in Marrakech and Tangier, resulting in the capture of eleven fugitives. The joint action of the DGSN and DGST was based on information derived from Interpol records.
The profile of those detained is marked by a strong multinational component. Ten of them hold two passports, combining Moroccan nationality with French, Belgian or Dutch citizenship. The eleventh is a French citizen with no Moroccan ties. All were the subject of judicial requisitions from different countries for financial offences and drug-related matters.
Data from the international police organisation made it possible to establish that the majority of those captured—ten in total—were registered under red notices at the request of French, Belgian and Dutch magistrates.
The count by nationality reveals six individuals holding dual Franco-Moroccan passports, sought by courts across the Mediterranean for money laundering, participation in mafia networks active in drug sales, as well as for fraud and misappropriation of funds. Three others, with Belgian-Moroccan dual nationality, were wanted by the justice system of the Belgian kingdom for the illicit export of narcotics. One man holding Dutch and Moroccan nationality was also targeted by an international alert for drug trafficking and laundering of illicit funds. Additionally, a French citizen pursued by the BNPJ on Moroccan territory was arrested under a separate procedure relating to money laundering.
Searches carried out at the homes of the suspects made it possible to seize substantial assets: high-value timepieces, prestigious automobiles and motorcycles, cash in dirhams and foreign currency, bank statements, mobile devices, sachets of cocaine, as well as passports and identity cards.
The prisoners have been remanded in custody and handed over to the competent prosecutors. The ongoing investigations aim to precisely determine the offences alleged, both in the files transmitted by foreign authorities and within the framework of the local procedure, in order to decide on prosecutions in accordance with Moroccan legislation and international cooperation requests.
Source: Barlamane.com
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