Yes, the
Mocro Maffia (Moroccan Mafia) is a significant problem in the Netherlands,
representing powerful criminal organizations primarily involved in large-scale
cocaine and cannabis trafficking, leading to extreme violence like
'liquidations' (assassinations) and destabilizing parts of society, involving
major ports like Rotterdam, and impacting public safety.
Key
Aspects of the Problem:
Drug
Trafficking Hubs: They heavily control drug routes, particularly cocaine, using
major ports like Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Extreme
Violence: Conflicts between groups have resulted in numerous assassinations,
mistaken-identity killings (liquidations), and torture, creating widespread
fear.
Sophisticated
Operations: They use encrypted communication (like EncroChat/Sky ECC), involve
corrupt officials, and have vast networks.
Expansion:
While rooted in the Netherlands, their operations extend to Belgium and Spain.
Prominent
Figures: Figures like Ridouan Taghi (though captured) and others linked to
these groups have become notorious.
In short,
the Mocro Maffia is a well-documented and severe challenge for Dutch law
enforcement and society, impacting drug trade, public safety, and justice
The Mocro
Mafia (or Mocro Mafia or cocaine mafia) is a collective name for a number of
criminal organizations consisting of criminals of mainly Moroccan origin active
in the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain. These criminals mainly trade in
cocaine via the ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam and Algeciras. A conflict within
the Mocro Mafia led to a Mocro war in 2012 between rival criminal organizations
with Gwenette Martha and his right-hand man Najib Bouhbouh on the one hand and
Benaouf 'Ben' Adaoui and Houssine 'Hoes' Ait Soussan on the other. This
conflict has led to dozens of liquidations and mistaken murders. Well-known
criminals associated with the Mocro Mafia are Gwenette Martha, Najib Bouhbouh,
Benaouf Adaoui, Houssine Ait Soussan, Ridouan Taghi and Saïd Razzouki.
Reason
for the Amsterdam underworld war
According
to various investigations and cracked PGP messages, the cause of the Amsterdam
underworld war (Mocro Mafia war) was a stolen or intercepted shipment of 200
kilograms of cocaine in the ports of Antwerp that took place in March 2012.
Because Gwenette Martha was increasingly incarcerated, Houssine 'Hoes' Ait
Soussan (former friend and partner of Gwenette Martha) and Najib Bouhbouh
(right-hand man of Gwenette Martha) were given more responsibilities in the
organization. At one point, a conflict arose between Houssine and Gwenette
Martha and he decided that he could continue without Gwenette Martha. Gwenette
Martha was later not happy with this, because Houssine abused the cocaine lines
and network set up by Gwenette Martha's when Gwenette kept getting stuck.
Benaouf
A. was Houssine Ait Soussan's brother-in-law and was thus introduced to the
cocaine trade. Benaouf is growing very fast and in a short time, together with
other investors, has ordered 200 kilograms of cocaine that had to be collected
in the ports of Antwerp. Benaouf had engaged a group of drug collectors, but
for unknown reasons this did not happen, so Benaouf had to quickly arrange
another group in the short term. The group that Gwenette Martha, Najib Bouhbouh
and Houssine Ait Soussan have always worked with were the 'Turtles'. This is a
group of collectors from Antwerp who removed the transported cocaine from the
containers from the ports of Antwerp. Since Benaouf had no contacts with the
Turtles and was not a friend of Gwenette Martha, he asked if Houssine knew of a
group that wanted to do this. Eventually, the Turtles were called in (probably
through Najib Bouhbouh). It was later announced that the cocaine was not
present in the container. It would have been intercepted according to the
Turtles. The clients, including Benaouf, did not accept and believe this and
sent a punitive expedition to Antwerp to kidnap and detain one of the Turtles.
A ransom would have to be paid to release him. They also took a photo with the
kidnapped Turtle in or next to a meat grinder, after which the photo was sent
to the family. Gwenette Martha also heard about this when he heard that Benaouf
was hunting the Turtles. This was the starting signal for the Amsterdam
underworld war. Houssine was in between and had to choose between his in-laws
Benaouf or his 'ex-boyfriend' Gwenette Martha.
In the
end, it was camp Benaouf and Houssine against camp Gwenette Martha and Najib
Bouhbouh.
First
liquidations after the conflict
Redouan
Boutaka, a convicted bank robber and a good friend of Gwenette Martha, was
suspected in the underworld of having committed several liquidations. He has
never been officially suspected or convicted of this. After he went into hiding
abroad (probably Jamaica), it seemed that Gwenette Martha had called him back,
as a conflict had just begun between the two rival groups. Benaouf felt that
Boutaka was after him and that he was being called back to liquidate Benaouf.
Benaouf had him preventively liquidated on April 22, 2012 in a hookah café in
Amsterdam.
Najib
Bouhbouh, the right-hand man and a childhood friend of Gwenette Martha, was
liquidated on October 18, 2012 in broad daylight in front of a hotel in Antwerp
by two gunmen. Najib Bouhbouh had an appointment at the hotel with a 'good
friend' of his (Chris Bouman) and a third unknown person. When the three walked
out, Chris Bouman sent a text message to the shooter that the three are now
walking outside, causing the shooters to walk up to the three and liquidate
Najib Bouhbouh. Chris Bouman would have played a double role afterwards and
would therefore have been involved in this liquidation. Benaouf A. is said to
have been the client again and was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2014. At
the time of the liquidation, Gwenette Martha was detained, but when he heard
about this, he became very emotional. He considered Najib Bouhbouh a second
brother (his first brother was shot dead and died in his arms). Gwenette Martha
is said to have converted to Islam after the liquidation of Najib Bouhbouh.
This was
followed by the double liquidation in the Staatsliedenbuurt on 29 December
2012, in which two young men (Saïd el Yazidi of 21 and Youssef Lkhorf of 28)
were brutally shot dead with heavy automatic weapons. This would have been a
reaction from Gwenette Martha's camp to the death of Redouan Boutaka, but
especially to that of Najib Bouhbouh. Benaouf was on the road that evening with
Saïd el Yazidi and Youssef Lkhorf in a Land Rover, because he had an
appointment with a third person (most likely Rida Bennajem). They walk for a
while, until they heard a car coming and almost immediately fire was opened on
Benaouf through their own windshield. Most likely, Gwenette gave Martha a
liquidation order with a total of 7 shooters, including Anouar 'Popeye' B (shooter
Audi), Adil 'Kinker' A (shooter Audi), Hamza 'Chiep Chiep' B (driver Audi),
Derkaoui 'Pirkie' van der Meijden (shooter Golf) and Naoufal 'Noffel' Fassih
(shooter and driver Golf). The actual target Benaouf managed to escape, because
he jumped into the water between two houseboats. The shooters of the Audi then
went after the two other young men, taking their lives.
The
riddled Range Rover in the Staatsliedenbuurt
Moments
later, when the Audi took off, two motorcycle officers were waiting on the
Haarlemmerweg. When the officers wanted to start the chase, the driver of the
Audi hit the brakes and almost immediately a Kalashnikov was kept out of the
window and fire was opened. The officers dropped to the ground out of fear and
for their own safety to hide behind the motorcycles. The bullets flew right
through the engines, but the officers were not hit. This set the tone in the
underworld war between the two rival groups.
The
iconic image of the flashing lights of the riddled Range Rover became the
symbol for the Wild West shooting in the Staatsliedenbuurt. Mayor Eberhard van
der Laan classified the shooting as 'wild west' the next day.
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