Month-long search

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A 39-year-old prisoner who escaped from Innsbruck prison in July last year was arrested in Morocco in mid-March. The German had been sentenced to 20 months in prison in December 2022. He did not return to prison when he was released and the search remained unsuccessful for months. In the end, the trail led to Casablanca ...

The German was imprisoned in Tyrol for various property offenses. After his disappearance, cross-border cooperation with Germany and Turkey finally led investigators to Morocco.

Prisoner is brought back to Austria
There he was arrested by Moroccan police at Casablanca airport on March 17. Once the formalities have been completed, the man is to be transferred to Austria and detained again.