European Court Upholds Freeze of Funds Prior to Conviction

On September 2, 2009, the European Court of First Instance upheld the freezing of funds of Mohamed El Morabit, a Moroccan national, convicted on March 10, 2006, by a court in Rotterdam of participating in a criminal organization with terrorist aims (the so-called “Hofstad Group”) despite his eventual acquittal by the appellate court...(more)