
European Police Bust Moroccan-Led Marriage Fraud Ring Spanning Multiple Countries
A Moroccan network, specialized in sham marriages and other scams, has been dismantled thanks to the collaboration of police officers from several European countries.

A Moroccan network, specialized in sham marriages and other scams, has been dismantled thanks to the collaboration of police officers from several European countries.

The precautions taken by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) to ensure transparency during the entrance exams for police training cycles are finally paying off. 96 cases of fraud were detected on Sunday.

Two years in prison and a fine of 320,000 dirhams. This is the sentence handed down by the criminal chamber in charge of financial crimes at the Court of Appeal of Fez against Mohamed Semsam, the Provincial Coordinator of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) of Sefrou.

The Bab Darna case has not finished revealing all its secrets. Amina Achkoun, the group’s financial director, was before the public prosecutor near the Aïn Sebaâ correctional court on Tuesday to answer for her involvement or not in this major real estate scam.

Arrest of two international freight truck drivers who wanted to fraudulently introduce 1928 new smartphones of different brands into Moroccan territory. It was the Customs elements operating at the port of Tanger-Med who thwarted this attempt on Friday.

Three Moroccans were brought before the Court of Appeal of Meknes for setting up a criminal network specializing in fraud and scams on the Internet. They are accused of having stolen nearly 900,000 dirhams from their victims in the United States, Australia, Germany and Iraq.

The Prefectural Judicial Police Service of Tangier apprehended three individuals for their alleged involvement in cases of fraud and scams on the internet and issuing checks without provision.

A case of forgery of the Moroccan driver’s license is making headlines in Spain. These forged licenses would have been used, according to the Spanish authorities, to obtain similar documents in Spain.

An 87-year-old woman has just filed a complaint against several individuals, including a lawyer, for fraud and extortion. She was made to sign a deed of sale of her 4 hectares of land in exchange for 200 dirhams.

Thwarting of three attempts to fraudulently introduce mobile phones and electronic devices into the national territory. The feat was accomplished by the customs elements operating at the Port of Tanger-Med.

Forgers were unmasked during the entrance exam to the Moroccan police. The verification of the authenticity of the documents presented allowed the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) to detect fake university degrees.

An investigation has been initiated by the Casablanca Court of Appeal. It relates to a mafia specialized in the falsification of national identity cards of citizens in order to seize their real estate.