Rabat – Moroccan police arrested a 72-year-old Norwegian man on Thursday in a rural area near the northern city of M’diq. The man is wanted by Norwegian authorities under an international arrest warrant linked to suspected involvement in a global money laundering network.
According to security sources, officers from Morocco’s National Brigade of Judicial Police carried out the arrest after identifying the suspect during a routine check against the database of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL).
The system confirmed that the suspect was the subject of a global alert issued by Norway’s central police office in Oslo.
The suspect was reportedly being sought for his alleged links to an international criminal group involved in money laundering activities across borders.
After the arrest, the suspect was placed under legal procedures related to extradition. Morocco’s central Interpol office in Rabat, which operates under the General Directorate of National Security, informed its counterpart in Norway about the detention.
The arrest is part of Morocco’s ongoing cooperation with international law enforcement agencies and its efforts to track and detain individuals wanted for transnational crimes.
Morocco regularly works with global partners, including interpol, to strengthen security cooperation and combat organized crime, drug trafficking, and financial crimes that cross borders.
