Overview

• Authorities detained 24-year-old Badiss Mohamed Amide Bajjou in Tangier under an Interpol red notice for arrest, kidnapping and false imprisonment.
• French investigators have charged 25 individuals, including six minors, over the series of kidnappings and attempted abductions.
• January’s high-profile abduction of Ledger co-founder David Balland saw kidnappers mutilate the victim by cutting off his finger and demanding a hefty ransom.
• Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau held an emergency meeting with cryptocurrency leaders in May and ordered strengthened security protocols for executives.
• Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin praised Morocco’s General Directorate for National Security for demonstrating “excellent judicial cooperation” in the operation.