The Diplomat
Karim Bouyakhrichan, alleged leader of the Dutch “Mocro Maffia”, who was arrested in January in Malaga by the National Police, has escaped after failing to appear in court, as required, after the Malaga Provincial Court had left him on provisional release.
The different branches of ‘Mocro Maffia’ are, apparently, behind the threats against the Royal House of the Netherlands and, specifically, against the Princess of Orange, Catherine Amalia, heir to the Throne, who, precisely because of these threats, moved last year to live in Madrid, from where he continued his studies at the University of Amsterdam.
Last week, during the state visit made by the Kings of Spain to the Netherlands, King William Alexander thanked our country for the protection provided to his daughter.
Yesterday, Cadena Ser announced that Karim Bouyakhrichan managed to escape after being provisionally released on March 18 due to a decision of the Provincial Court of Malaga, which imposed precautionary measures such as the withdrawal of his passport, the obligation to appear in court every 15 days and the payment of a deposit of 50,000 euros. The decision had the support of the Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office.
Bouyakhrichan appeared for the last time on the 1st of April at the Investigative Court number 4 of Marbella (Málaga), which is handling the case, in which he is being investigated for money laundering, drug trafficking, criminal organization and armed gang. He should have signed again on April 15.
Sources from the Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA) told Europa Press that the person under investigation has been signing outside of Marbella in relation to this case “and Court number 4 of Marbella was notified a few days later”, specifying that “the last “signature received corresponded to that of April 1.” In this regard, these sources have indicated that on the 15th of this month “this investigator had to sign again” “and the notification may still arrive from the place where he did so,” they pointed out.
In January, the National Police detailed in a press conference at the Canillas police complex (Madrid) the operation with which they had hit a ‘Mocro Maffia’ structure on the Costa del Sol and blocked 172 properties valued at 50 million euros and nearly three million in bank accounts. Those responsible for the UDEF congratulated themselves for arresting a “priority target” in the Netherlands after years of investigation.
After the arrest, the investigating court agreed to the provisional detention without bail of the investigated party upon appreciating the existence of a flight risk. The defense presented an appeal requesting his release and the Prosecutor’s Office opposed said appeal, requesting that it be dismissed and the measure agreed upon in the appealed order be maintained; that is, urging that he remain in prison.
In an order dated February 22 of this year, the Malaga Court, after a hearing in which the investigated person appeared, assisted by a lawyer, and the parties presented their arguments, agreed to his release with precautionary measures, including the payment of a deposit of 50,000 euros.
In said order, consulted by Europa Press, the Court of Malaga indicates that “contrary to what is alleged in the appeal, there is a risk of flight”; but considers, a little more than a month later, that “the purposes pursued when the prison measure was adopted – risk of escape – can also be achieved with other less burdensome insurance measures”, such as the precautionary measures already mentioned.
The judge of the National Court Ismael Moreno agreed to release the now escaped leader of the ‘Mocro Maffia’ Karim Bouyakhrichan with precautionary measures after obtaining a report from the Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office and once a Marbella court placed impediments to his delivery to Holland. because he had an open procedure for money laundering. The National Court, following a report from the Prosecutor’s Office, agreed in January to release him with measures such as the delivery of his passport since it could not be delivered within the framework of the European arrest and surrender order (OEDE) issued by the Netherlands.
After that decision, the National Court received an extension from the Dutch OEDE, which claimed him for drug trafficking, and Ismael Moreno summoned him, but Karim Bouyakhrichan did not appear.
As police sources confirm to Europa Press, Central Court number 2 of the National Court has issued a European Arrest and Surrender Order to find Bouyakhrichan’s whereabouts.
The Dutch public prosecutor’s office expressed its surprise at the decision of the Spanish judges to release Karim Bouyakhrichan on bail; it pointed out that it had submitted a request for his surrender as soon as it was informed of the arrest and recalled that ‘they are currently awaiting a decision on the extradition request’.
For his part, at the press conference after the Council of Ministers, the Minister of the Presidency and Justice, Félix Bolaños, described the escape of the leader of the ‘Mocro Maffia’ as ‘worrying’ and, without being able to go into details out of respect for the open procedure, expressed his confidence that he would be re-arrested.
