With summer, illegal transport is resurfacing in several Moroccan cities. Behind the quick fix solution for passengers, specialists are warning above all about the risk in case of accident, due to the lack of legal framework and sufficient protection.
A man receiving unemployment benefits in Spain was sanctioned after an undeclared stay in Morocco to the State Public Employment Service (SEPE ). The court reduced the penalty, but he will still lose three months of benefits.
MREs settled in France must be careful about their bank accounts opened in Morocco . For the French tax administration, an account held abroad must be declared every year. In case of oversight, the fine can reach 1,500 euros per undeclared account.
MREs domiciled fiscally in France must declare their bank accounts opened in Morocco . Forgetting to do so can be costly, even if the account generates no income or is used only for family expenses.
The municipality of Tangier faces an expropriation threat in Spain . Due to lack of maintenance of the Álava-Esquível palace, which it owns in Vitoria, the city has accumulated a colossal debt with local authorities.
In Marrakech, the frantic quest for notoriety on social media resulted in a heavy sentence. A Franco-Algerian influencer received one year of imprisonment for spreading defamatory statements and accusing public officials of corruption .
The Ministry of Justice warns against a fraudulent SMS demanding payment of fake traffic fines. This phishing campaign aims to steal users’ banking data through a deceptive link.
A note from the National Land Registry Agency, issued on June 5, 2026, now imposes a strict obligation: all powers of attorney used for real estate transactions must be registered in a dedicated register of real rights .
Justice has sanctioned a private clinic in Marrakech for a serious diagnostic error. The establishment and its insurance will have to pay 500,000 dirhams to a patient suffering from malaria, falsely diagnosed with gallbladder inflammation .
A resident in Spain is being ordered to pay nearly 33,000 euros by the courts. The reason? Extended stays in Morocco and family income that skyrocketed, resulting in the complete withdrawal of her social benefits.
Wrongly accused of running a red light, a sixty-year-old man stood his ground against law enforcement all the way to court. Facing a fine of 547 euros, Ali ultimately won his case before Belgian justice.
Former minister Mohammed Moubdii was sentenced Thursday to 13 years in prison for embezzlement of public funds. The Casablanca Court of Appeal also imposed a heavy fine in favor of the municipality of Fkih Bensalah.