French drug criminal ‘fled’ to Morocco

GENEVA: A suspected leader in a drug trafficking and money laundering ring uncovered by French and Swiss investigators last week fled to Morocco before the wave of arrests, Le Temps reported yesterday.
The man, whose identity was not given beyond that he was of Moroccan origin and living in Paris, was reportedly a childhood friend of the main Swiss suspect, Meyer Elmaleh.
Elmaleh, a Geneva-based wealth manager suspected of running the money laundering racket Paris says legitimised at least 100 million euros, had said during police questioning his friend had suggested a tax-evasion arrangement for his clients.