Brussels: 120 people convicted of drug trafficking from Morocco End in Brussels of the exceptional trial of 120 people prosecuted for international trafficking of cocaine and cannabis, among others, from Morocco. The accused received sentences ranging from a few months to 17 years in prison. After a long trial which was held from December 2023 […]
The murder of Soufiane Benali: a trial between revenge and trafficking in Brussels The trial of the murder of Soufiane Benali, a 23-year-old young man, nicknamed “Nana”, killed in July 2020 in Forest, Belgium, continues before the Brussels Assize Court with the indictment of the attorney general. One of the family’s lawyers denounces “a publicity […]
An 81-year-old Moroccan missing near Charleroi Ahmed Selassi, an octogenarian suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, has disappeared in Marcinelle (Charleroi) since October 17 and searches continue to find him. As the hours pass, concern has grown in Charleroi since the disappearance, Thursday, October 17, of Ahmed Selassi, 81 years old. Nearly 500 people on Saturday and […]
All Ryanair flights to Morocco canceled at Charleroi airport A social movement paralyzes Charleroi airport this Tuesday. Due to a strike by security personnel, Charleroi airport is forced to cancel all departing flights, including four to Morocco. The airport, which published a press release on Monday, specifies that 89 flights were scheduled to depart this […]
Drug trafficking in Antwerp: a former Moroccan escapee sentenced to a heavy sentence Mohamed J., arrested in Morocco in 2009 and sentenced to ten years in prison after his escape from Bruges prison aboard a helicopter with Ashraf Sekkaki alias “The King of Escape”, was sentenced Friday by the court Antwerp Correctional Facility to forty […]
The Soufiane Benali murder trial: revelations about the shooting in Forest The trial for the murder of Soufiane Benali, a 23-year-old young man, nicknamed “Nana”, killed in July 2020 in Forest, Belgium, continues before the Brussels Assize Court. Other hearings will take place this Monday, October 14. On Friday, the brother of Adnane Mahroug, injured […]
Cocaine, millions and yachts: the fall of Dubai’s “Monte Christo” Drug trafficker Youssef “Benz” Ben Azza, 37, faces a long prison sentence. With his well-structured criminal organization, in 2020 he imported and marketed more than fifteen tons of cocaine via the port of Antwerp. At the start of his indictment, the prosecutor specifies that this […]
In Belgium, “there is a revival of religion, a re-Islamization from below” In Belgium, the radical behavior of students linked to religious facts worries teachers, writers, academics and researchers. “There is a revival of religion, a re-Islamization from below. This is more evident among young people, because they are in contact with education which becomes […]
The strange political journey of Latifa El Hammoud, former Moroccan MP Latifa El Hammoudformer member of the House of Representatives in Morocco, is a candidate in Schaerbeek for the next local elections. An atypical career. An unsuccessful candidate in the 2012 local elections where she obtained 335 votes, Latifa El Hammoud has decided to try […]
Mohammed J., former escapee from Bruges prison, tried for drug trafficking in Antwerp Escaped from Bruges prison in 2009 with the notorious Moroccan-born Mechelen criminal Ashraf Sekkaki on board a helicopter, Mohammed J. appeared last Thursday before the Antwerp court for cocaine trafficking and possession of weapons. The prosecution requested a four-year prison sentence against […]