The charred body of a young InDrive driver was discovered in the suburbs of Casablanca. This brutal crime adds to a series of alarming violence targeting transportation professionals, ranging from armed robberies to murders.
The mobility platform inDrive is accelerating its transformation into a "super-app" model by officially deploying its advertising services on the Moroccan market. This initiative aims to diversify the company’s revenues beyond passenger transport by relying on a captive and engaged audience during trips.
The justice system has ruled in the case of the VTC driver who dragged a police officer in Salé. The Court of First Instance of Salé sentenced, this Thursday, November 12, the driver of the "Indrive" platform to a sentence of 11 months in prison, accompanied by a fine of 10,000 dirhams.
The Moroccan police are investigating a violent incident in Rabat involving a carpooling app, Indrive, and a student.
Following an attack targeting its drivers in Morocco, the inDrive transport platform has denounced the incident. Without providing more details on the circumstances of the attack, the company calls for a thorough and impartial investigation so that the perpetrators are brought to justice.
The Casablanca police recently dismantled a criminal network that was using the VTC application InDrive to trap users, mainly women.
The police services have arrested an InDrive driver in Rabat, for insults and threats of violence, and then placed him in custody. He was the subject of a complaint filed by a Youtuber.
The National Coordination and the Regional Office of the National Organization for Human Rights and the Defense of Freedoms in Morocco call on the authorities responsible for the transport sector to find effective solutions to resolve the recurring conflict between taxi professionals and "Indrive" drivers. They believe that this situation could affect public safety and tourism.
The video showing an "Indrive" driver harassed and attacked by a taxi driver has elicited a reaction from the security service of the city of Casablanca. The two individuals were arrested, and an investigation is underway to clarify the matter.
In Casablanca, tensions are rising again between users of smart applications and taxi drivers. The lack of a law regulating this new type of transport is detrimental to the drivers.