The alleged ringleader of the Mocro Mafia and one of the most dangerous criminals in Netherlands, Karim Bouyakhrichanhas escaped after the Provincial Court of Malaga released him provisionally against the prosecutor’s discretion.
As confirmed to EFE police and legal sources, Bouyakhrichan His whereabouts are unknown and his delivery to the Netherlands has not been carried out, whose authorities have claimed him from the National Court for drug trafficking.
Arrested in January in Marbella and admitted to prison
The National Police Spanish arrested on January 10 in Marbella (Málaga) a Karim Bouyakhrichanone of the main leaders of the Mocro Mafiaorganized crime of Maghreb origin and based in Netherlands that had expanded its networks thanks to the connection with several drug trafficking organizations based in Spain.
Since then, a series of appeals and judicial decisions with several courts and tribunals involved has ended with his release, his escape and a new arrest warrant against him.
The Court of Instruction number 4 of Marbella agreed to his entry into provisional prison upon appreciating the existence of a risk of escape, while the judge of the National Court Ismael Moreno received a European arrest warrant (ODE) of Netherlands.
Moreno asked Marbella if he had impediments to handing it over and from that court he was informed that yes, given that he had an open case in Spain.
Freedom with opposition from the Prosecutor’s Office
The defense Bouyakhrichan He appealed against his imprisonment, an appeal that was approved – with the opposition of the Prosecutor’s Office and despite the existence of a risk of escape – on February 22 by the Provincial Court of Málagawho agreed to his release with precautionary measures.
He did so against the opinion of the prosecutor, who warned the court that the detainee was wanted by Netherlands and that his escape would “very seriously hinder the judicial investigation,” according to the document to which he has had access. EFE.
The court decided to set a bail of 50,000 euros, the obligation to appear in court every fifteen days and the withdrawal of his passport, with a prohibition on leaving the national territory.
By then, the order of imprisonment of the National Court no longer weighed on him, given that the Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office, being imprisoned by order of the court of Marbella and to prevent the ODE from expiring – which have a limited validity -, he asked Ismael Moreno to decree his freedom in that procedure and the judge did so.
So the alleged leader of organized crime was released and for more than a month he attended court appearances in different Spanish cities, the last one on April 1. On the 15th there is no evidence that he fulfilled his obligation to sign, as they have informed EFE sources of Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA).
He did not appear to testify before the judge
Moreno received an extension of the ODE of Netherlands for drug trafficking, and a few days ago decided to summon him to testify, but he did not show up, so the judge issued an arrest warrant.
Karim Bouyakhrichana Dutchman of Moroccan origin, had been arrested for allegedly laundering 6 million euros from international drug trafficking.
Five other people were arrested along with him in the province of Málaga and in the autonomous city of Melilla for his alleged involvement in money laundering and his membership in a criminal organization.
The operation resulted in fourteen searches in Málaga (three and Melilla (eleven), in which 75,000 euros in cash, 10,000 euros in jewelry and two firearms were seized, and 173 real estate properties and 3 million euros lodged in 148 bank accounts were also blocked.
The most wanted criminal in the Netherlands
Bouyakhrichan He was the most wanted criminal by the Dutch authorities and considered a historical drug trafficker of the Costa del Solinvolved in numerous police investigations over the last few years as it functioned as a connection point for Latin American and European drug traffickers.
He is the brother of Samir Bouyakhrichanmurdered in Benahavís (Málaga) in 2014 and from whom he inherited the leadership of one of the most important clans in the Mocro Mafia.
After this murder, allegedly motivated by the loss of a shipment of cocaine, the family clan underwent a restructuring that allowed the Police to obtain relevant information about the organization and begin an investigation in June 2018 focused on large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering.
an organized group
More than 5 years later, the Police managed to strike down this organized group, which had built a solid infrastructure with a presence in Málaga, Marbella, Barcelona y Melillain addition to corporate ramifications in Morocco, Dominican Republic, Netherlands y Arab Emirates.
He even used companies linked to the Spanish embassy in Thailand to launder their illicit income, although never with the connivance of officials, as the researchers explained at the time.
The group also laundered by purchasing luxury homes through front men and through the ‘hawala’ method, an informal payment system parallel to banking.
Los Bouyakhrichan They have also been involved in clashes with the Taghi, the rival clan. According to the Prosecutor’s Office NetherlandsTheir leader, Ridouan Taghi -in prison since 2019-, organized the murder of the Dutch investigative journalist Peter R. de Vries.
This second clan of the Mocro Mafia could also be behind the threats suffered by the crown princess of Netherlands, Amaliaor his prime minister, Mark Ruttealthough at first it has been linked to Bouyakhrichan with those threats. EFE
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