A deputy prosecutor general of the King near the Court of Appeal of Tangier was recently arrested following a complaint for extortion. At the origin of this arrest, a call to the green number set up by the presidency of the public prosecutor’s office to report blackmail and corruption.
Three police officers were arrested as part of an investigation led by the National Office for the Fight against Economic and Financial Delinquency. They are suspected of misappropriation and embezzlement of public funds.
It’s getting more complicated for deputy Rachid El Fayek , who has just seen his sentence increased by the Fez Court of Appeal in the case of corruption and falsification of official documents.
Corruption is gaining ground in the judicial sector in Morocco. Several judges and lawyers working in the courts of Casablanca have been heard by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) for acts of corruption. Some of them have been referred to the public prosecutor’s office.
The President of the National Authority for Integrity, Prevention and Fight against Corruption, Mohamed Bachir Rachdi, said that King Mohammed VI is "dissatisfied" with the alarming proportions that corruption is taking in the kingdom, despite the legal arsenal put in place and the efforts made to strengthen the fight against this phenomenon.
The criminal chamber of the Casablanca Court of Appeal has ruled: Mohamed Moubdii , former minister and former mayor of the city of Fqih Bensalah, remains behind bars. Despite the efforts of his lawyer, the court decided to keep him in detention.
The USFP (Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires) parliamentarian representing the Nador constituency will soon be tried for corruption. He will appear before the Chamber of Financial Crimes near the Court of Appeal of Fez alongside his son and other defendants.
After the arrest on Thursday of Mohamed Moubdii, a deputy of the Popular Movement (MP) and former minister, for alleged financial crimes, voices are rising to call on the Moroccan government to strengthen its fight against corruption and illicit enrichment.
The president of the commune of Fkih Ben Saleh and deputy of the Popular Movement (MP), Mohamed Moubdii , was incarcerated on Thursday, April 27 for alleged financial crimes. He was arrested along with thirteen other co-defendants, including entrepreneurs who had benefited from the commune’s contracts that he presides over.
The Rabat Court of Appeal has just sentenced a lawyer involved in a case of fraud and corruption to a five-year prison sentence, accompanied by a heavy fine.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is considering the return to his post of David Govrin , the head of the Israeli liaison office in Rabat, after the closure of the investigation targeting him for alleged sexual harassment and financial corruption.
Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit is on a crusade against corruption within local authorities. He has instructed walis and governors to dismiss commune presidents who are in conflict of interest situations. Several elected officials have already been dismissed.