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Hamburg’s supreme court has agreed to extradite Mohamed Boudrika, former president of Raja Casablanca football club, who is wanted in Morocco on charges including embezzlement and fraud. Boudrika was arrested last July in Hamburg following an arrest warrant filed by Morocco. He will face trial in Morocco for financial crime accusations. A court in Casablanca […]
Ivory Coast on Wednesday (14 September) slammed Mali for “blackmailing” over 46 Ivorian troops who have been detained by Bamako and urged leaders of the regional bloc ECOWAS to discuss the crisis “as soon as possible”. Mali’s ruling junta last week tied the troops’ release to the extradition of Malians living in Ivory Coast — […]
Eastern Libyan forces led by Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar Tuesday extradited one of Egypt’s most wanted terrorists to Egyptian authorities, a move welcomed President Fattah al-Sisi. Live television footage on the national TV showed Hesham Ashmawi being escorted from a military aircraft by heavily armed GIS forces, local media Egyptian Streets reports. Ashmawi, 41, a […]
The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), headquartered in Tripoli, has surrendered to Italian authorities a famous Italian arms smuggler wanted in the EU member state for facilitating violation of the UN arm embargo on the North African country. Franco Giorg was flown to Rome aboard a private jet, Libya Observer reports Tuesday. The dealer […]
Tunisian authorities have officially demanded France to extradite Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of deposed and exiled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The Tunisian Justice ministry in a statement on Saturday said it asked the foreign ministry to demand Belhassen’s deportation from France, in line with bilateral agreements between the two countries. Belhassen on the run […]
Morocco agreed to return to France its national Thomas Gallay who was convicted by a Moroccan court for connections with a terrorist network, the Justice Ministry said. The ministry explained in a statement that this extradition comes in response to a request by President Emmanuel Macron, adding that the convict will spend the remaining of […]
Germany extradited to Morocco Mounir El Motassadeq who was indicted in 2007 for his involvement in September 11 attacks, international news agencies reported. At the age of 44, El Motassadeq was given a 15-year jail sentence for his involvement in the killing of 246 passengers who lost their lives in the September attacks on the […]
Morocco extradited to the USA Renwick Haddow, a British citizen accused of fraud related to Bitcoin, the US department of Justice (DOJ) said. The British citizen is accused of defrauding investors of More than $36 Million, the DOJ said in a statement. The DoJ complaint alleges Haddow, 49, “misappropriated investor funds” and “made false and […]
Dutch drug trafficker, Said Chaou, has been arrested in the Netherlands after Rabat requested his extradition accusing him of funding and igniting unrest in the northern Rif region. Minister of foreign affairs Nasser Bourita Thursday informed the cabinet at its weekly meeting that the wanted trafficker was arrested in the Netherlands and would be extradited […]
After the arrest of several Libyans in Egypt amongst which is Ahmed Qadhaf al-Dam, Khadafi’s cousin who served as Egypt-Libya relations coordinator under Khadafi’s regime, who is wanted in his native country. Libya has been demanding for their extradition during the past week, has now come up with a bulky incentive to Egypt. According to […]