Wealthy property owners and influential officials are now being caught up in the campaign to reclaim public land in Bouznika. Several have been ordered to vacate their properties before September 15, under threat of demolition.
Six Algerian nationals were arrested for their alleged involvement in a vast forgers’ network. Targeted by Interpol, they used fictitious companies to obtain residence permits and evade international justice.
Eleven individuals wanted for drug trafficking and money laundering were arrested this week between Tangier and Marrakech. Among them are several Belgian-Moroccans whose extradition to Europe is formally excluded by Moroccan legislation .
Public outrage has led to immediate judicial action. On Monday, the prosecutor’s office placed three men in detention in Benslimane. They were filmed encouraging their six-year-old nephew to consume an alcoholic beverage.
A major security operation took place in Al Hoceima this Saturday. Police conducted a reconstruction of an armed robbery targeting a money transfer agency, the day after the arrest of a first suspect in Meknès.
The president of the Taza Provincial Council was arrested this Monday, April 6 by the judicial police. Suspected of tax fraud and financial misconduct, he was taken into custody along with his two brothers.
The Ministry of Justice has deployed a digital platform dedicated to absentia procedures . This portal aims to accelerate the execution of sentences and to publicly identify individuals who did not appear for their trial.
A vice-president of the Ménara district was arrested Thursday afternoon in Marrakech for suspected corruption . In charge of urban planning, he was allegedly caught by the judicial police while receiving a bribe of 150 000 dirhams.
An American billionaire has been jailed in Salé for his alleged involvement in an illegal judicial intermediation network. Accused of fraud and complicity, he was arrested after a manhunt conducted by Morocco’s judicial police.
The Moroccan police arrested on Tuesday in Tangier a 34-year-old French national, subject to an international arrest warrant and a red notice from Interpol for his alleged involvement in a large-scale drug trafficking network.
Moroccan justice authorities ordered on Wednesday the withdrawal of the passport and a travel ban against Abderrahim Bendou. The MP and businessman is being prosecuted while at liberty over suspicions of marketing dairy products unfit for consumption.
The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has rejected claims made by Le Figaro concerning an alleged lack of diligence in the case of French national Clément Besneville , who disappeared in Rabat in 2024. In a detailed statement, the institution said that investigations are continuing actively and that regular communication has been maintained with the family and French authorities.