The Regional Gendarmerie Unit in Ksar El Boukhari, northwest Algeria, has successfully dismantled an organized cross-border criminal network involved in orchestrating and facilitating the illegal entry and exit of Moroccans across the land borders.
The Regional Gendarmerie Unit stated that upon deepening the investigation to trace the flow of money earned by Moroccans in Algeria and its transfer to their families in Morocco, it was found that the process involved a dual-nationality individual.
This person would receive the amount in Algerian currency and then transfer it to someone in Morocco using electronic applications.
Following the extension of jurisdiction to several provinces, six Moroccan members of the network were arrested in a residence set up as a transit center.
The gendarmerie reported that the operation led to the seizure of financial sums in both national and foreign currencies, along with six Moroccan identity cards, three Moroccan passports, and mobile phones.
After completing all legal procedures, all members of this network will be presented before the competent judicial authorities on charges of “migrant smuggling within an organized cross-border criminal group and transferring capital in and out of the country.”
