Morocco Arrests Key Suspect in French Crypto Kidnapping Spree

Moroccan authorities have arrested Badiss Mohamed Amide Bajjou, a French-Moroccan national suspected of orchestrating a string of high-profile kidnappings targeting cryptocurrency executives and their families in France. Bajjou was apprehended on Wednesday, June 4, in Tangier, Morocco, after being the target of an Interpol red notice requested by French authorities. The operation involved the Moroccan National Brigade of the Judicial Police and General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance. Bajjo’s arrest follows a coordinated investigation into his alleged role in multiple violent abduction plots targeting prominent figures within the crypto industry.