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Spanish court grants release of suspect in Ceuta-Morocco drug tunnel case

A Spanish court has released one of the main suspects in the drug smuggling tunnel case linking Ceuta and Morocco after he posted bail of €20,000. The decision, made by Spain’s National Court, partially granted a request for release based on humanitarian and medical grounds. The suspect,......

Moroccan authorities seize 9,000 narcotics pills at Tangier Med port

Moroccan authorities intercepted a significant drug smuggling attempt at Tangier Med port early Monday, seizing 9,000 prescription narcotic pills concealed in a small truck entering the country. The pills, identified as Rivotril, a powerful sedative, were hidden in a locked bag within the vehicle. Customs......

Pascal Prache to succeed Jean-François Bohnert as Head of France’s national financial prosecutor’s office

Pascal Prache, the current Director of Judicial Services, is set to become the new head of France’s National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF), according to the Ministry of Justice. He will succeed Jean-François Bohnert, who has been appointed Attorney General at the Court......

Fire attack victim dies from injuries in Tangier after shocking Al Hoceima incident

A man who suffered severe burns in a brutal attack in Al Hoceima has died from his injuries at Tangier University Hospital Center after several days in intensive care. The victim, an artist with special needs and a motor disability, sustained third-degree burns when another man set him on fire during......

Moroccan authorities seize over 21,000 psychotropic pills hidden in toys at Tangier port

Moroccan security and customs officers at Tangier Med Port intercepted an international drug trafficking attempt, seizing 21,142 psychotropic pills concealed inside children’s toys. The operation took place after officers, supported by trained sniffer dogs, inspected a foreign-registered utility......

England: Mosque fire treated as a hate crime by police

Police in southern England are investigating a fire outside a mosque in the coastal town of Peaceheaven as a hate crime, authorities said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday night, just three days after a deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester that......

Belgium seeks extradition of 41 criminals from the United Arab Emirates

Belgium is intensifying its efforts to bring high-profile criminals to justice, following recent successful extraditions from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). After the transfer of Moroccan-born drug trafficker Othman El Ballouti in late 2024, and of Belgo-Moroccan Nordin El Hajjioui, also known as “Dikke......

The downfall of Zhimin Qian, the "goddess of wealth" behind a €6 billion crypto scam

Zhimin Qian, also known by her alias Yadi Zhang, has admitted her role in one of the largest cryptocurrency frauds ever uncovered. The 47-year-old Chinese businesswoman, once nicknamed the “goddess of wealth,” pleaded guilty on September 29 before a London court to orchestrating a vast financial......

Young man indicted in France over rape and death of elderly woman

A 20-year-old man has been formally charged and placed in pre-trial detention in France after the rape and death of an 80-year-old woman in Niort, in the Deux-Sèvres department. The Poitiers prosecutor’s office announced the decision on Saturday. The events occurred during the night of......