A local elected official from the Popular Movement (MP) who has just submitted his resignation accuses the president of the Aïn Sebaâ district in Casablanca of corruption, abuse of power, capital flight and blackmail.
The Moroccan government spokesman, Mustapha Baïtas, wanted to reassure Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) about the automatic exchange of financial and tax information, signed by the kingdom with the OECD in Paris on June 25, 2019.
An extraordinary trial opened on Monday in Béziers. Twenty defendants, including a Moroccan, are accused of drug trafficking, arms trafficking, stolen cars, etc., and about fifty civil parties are involved. The trial is taking place under heavy security and will last ten days.
The European Commission has just announced the removal of Morocco from the European Union’s gray list of countries under surveillance for money laundering and terrorist financing. This decision follows the assessment carried out by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Arrested and then incarcerated since January on suspicion of money laundering, drug trafficking and arms trafficking, Moroccan kickboxer Mohammed Jaraya remains in prison.
The federal judicial police of Leuven, in coordination with the Dutch regional police forces of Zeeland-West Brabant and Rotterdam, as well as the Spanish Guardia Civil, have succeeded in dismantling a criminal organization composed of Moroccan, Spanish and Belgian nationals. In total, 180 million euros from cocaine trafficking were laundered by this network.
After appearing before the Bayonne court for cocaine and cannabis trafficking and money laundering, a 33-year-old man was kept in custody by the judges to prevent him from fleeing to Morocco.
Accused of real estate spoliation and money laundering, a former MP saw his sentence increased to 12 years in prison by the Casablanca Court of Appeal.
The controllers of the National Financial Intelligence Authority (ANRF) have been alerted to the laundering by drug traffickers of dirty money with jewelers.
After evaluating the measures put in place by Morocco to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to remove the kingdom from the grey list.
Inspection and control campaigns carried out by a special committee of the Ministry of Justice have revealed the involvement of notaries, lawyers and adouls in money laundering networks.
24 gendarmes including colonels-major and colonels will be tried for money laundering. Their first hearing before the court of first instance in Rabat has been postponed.