The prosecutor's office in Agadir released a brief statement yesterday: "The investigation into the Belguel Group and associated individuals is ongoing. We do not comment on active seizures." We managed to briefly contact Karim Belguel , the 28-year-old son of Fouad, who was arrested at Casablanca's Mohammed V airport trying to board a flight to Dubai with two suitcases full of art and uncut rubies.
One protester, Mohammed, held up a sign reading: "Belguel stole our fish, the state stole our jobs." belguel moroccan scandal from agadir exclusive
According to exclusive testimony from a former assistant who has since entered witness protection: "Fouad would not move a shipping container without the Moulay's blessing. He paid the Zaouia in gold and real estate deeds. When the audit was announced, he didn't call a lawyer—he drove to the Moulay's cave to ask for a protective charm." The charm apparently failed. When the police raided the Belguel villa in the exclusive district of Agadir last Tuesday, they found not cash, but hundreds of talismans and coded notebooks written in Soussi dialect—a code prosecutors are still struggling to break. The Economic Fallout: A Tsunami in Agadir For the people of Agadir, this is not just a tabloid story. It is a catastrophe. The prosecutor's office in Agadir released a brief
By: Special Correspondent, Agadir Dateline: Agadir, Morocco – Exclusive Investigation He paid the Zaouia in gold and real estate deeds
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