The research sections of Lyon, Chambéry, Nîmes and Montpellier, supported by Europol, dismantled a vast network for laundering drug trafficking money that channels dirty money to Morocco via Spain.
Lawyers have a crucial role to play in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism. This is what the Minister of Justice, Mohamed Ben Abdelkader, affirmed on Thursday in Laâyoune, during a colloquium organized by his department in partnership with the Bar Association of Laâyoune-Agadir-Guelmim.
An investigation into fraud and money laundering between France and Morocco resulted in the arrest of about forty suspects in Sète and Frontignan.
Notaries must play a key role in the fight against the misappropriation of funds in all its forms, said the Minister of Justice, Mohamed Ben Abdelkader, on Thursday in Rabat, on the occasion of a meeting organized at the initiative of his department, in partnership with the National Council of the Order of Notaries of Morocco.
The authorities in the Tangier region have seized several tons of smuggled fabrics and textile items. An investigation has been opened in the wake of this on money laundering by these networks.
The Federal Judicial Police of Brussels is on the trail of the "Chaabi Bank" bank, a subsidiary of the Moroccan banking group "Banque Populaire". This is part of a judicial investigation initiated by the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office into illicit activities related to money laundering, the Belgian press reveals.
Hunted for a long time, a Moroccan national who has made the large-scale trade in used clothing his own, has been arrested by the Spanish authorities in Melilla. The accused is close to extremist circles.
The 9 members of a Moroccan family, prosecuted for cocaine trafficking and money laundering, are still in pre-trial detention awaiting the final verdict of the Antwerp court. Meanwhile, the Belgian judicial authorities have requested the seizure of all their real estate assets in Morocco.
Nine members of the same Moroccan family appeared on Thursday before the investigating judge at the Antwerp court in Belgium. They are accused of having laundered millions of euros in real estate projects in Europe and Morocco.
Moroccans are suspected of being linked to British money laundering networks operating in Ceuta and Melilla. A judicial investigation has been opened.
The dismantling of a money laundering network last week in Spain has shed light on arms and cocaine trafficking operations conducted by Moroccans.
The Minister of Justice, Mohamed Ben Abdelkader, indicated on Tuesday in Rabat that Morocco is making efforts to strengthen its system to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism.