The 21 -year -old student, accused of cybercrime by the American authorities, has been imprisoned in the Cherifian kingdom for two months. His lawyer claims his transfer to France.
Le Monde with AFP
The Court of Cassation of Morocco pronounced a “favorable opinion” to the extradition to the United States of French Sébastien Raoult, suspected in a case of cybercrime, according to an official document consulted Monday by AFP.
In a decision rendered on July 20, the highest courtyard in the country “did not order” the extradition of the 21 -year -old French, imprisoned for two months in Morocco, but said he was “favorable”, explained a Moroccan source close to the file. The extradition itself can only be decided “by the Prime Minister, on the proposal of a commission also bringing together the ministers of foreign affairs and justice,” added the same source.
To motivate its decision, the Court of Cassation indicates that the extradition request was made by the United States “within the period provided for by law”, accompanied by all the necessary documents (arrest warrant, summary facts and information on the identity of the suspect). In addition, she specifies that the “crimes” for whom he is claimed by the Americans “have their equivalents in the Moroccan penal code” and adds that “the extradition request fulfills all the conditions required by law”. >
liable to a sentence of 116 years in prison in the United States
The French lawyer of Sébastien Raoult, Philippe Ohayon, reacted by reiterating his request to open a judicial inquiry in France, with a French arrest warrant to obtain the extradition of his client to the France. This decision “strengthens us in our determination to obtain the extradition in France from Sébastien Raoult,” he said. “We believe that Sébastien Raoult was not simply abandoned by France, but that it was sacrificed, in view of the Franco-American police operation of May 31 with the arrest in France of five other people in This file “, the same day as the arrest of his client in Morocco.
The case arouses a lot of emotion in France, where Sébastien Raoult’s father recently launched a call to President Emmanuel Macron so that he would help him. The American authorities are calling for the extradition of the 21 -year -old student from Epinal for his alleged involvement in a case of cybercrime targeting companies, in particular. According to the French weekly L’Obs, the microsoft giant would be part of it.
Sébastien Raoult has been imprisoned since June 2 at Tiflet 2 prison, near Rabat. He is liable to a sentence of a hundred and sixteen years in prison in the United States if he is found guilty, according to Philippe Ohayon.