The justice system has sentenced on Friday the former mayor Mohamed El Arabi Belkaïd and his deputy to two years in prison for the misappropriation of public funds related to the organization of COP22 in 2016.
The figure is surprising. In 2025, no less than 4,861 complaints were filed against notaries in Morocco . During a meeting in Casablanca with the National Order of the Profession, the Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, gave a scathing assessment of a sector in full turmoil, where criminal sanctions and dismissals are multiplying to restore the trust of citizens.
The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) provided a formal denial, this Sunday, January 18, to the rumors of mistreatment targeting the Algerian national Raouf Belkassmi incarcerated in Rabat. This clarification responds to a video circulated on social networks denouncing the abuse allegedly inflicted on the detainee within the institution.
Drug baron Othman El Ballouti , incarcerated in the Bruges prison under a reinforced security regime, was caught in possession of a mobile phone during a check. This discovery raises questions about the effectiveness of the surveillance of high-security inmates in Belgium.
The Rabat police services brought before the King’s Prosecutor an individual suspected of usurpation of function and sentimental fraud . The man was posing as a divisional commissioner in order to extort money from several victims under the guise of marriage promises.
The public prosecutor’s office at the Marrakech Court of Appeal ordered, on Tuesday, the detention in the prison of Oudaya of an Algerian supporter . The individual, identified by the initials M. R., is being prosecuted for incitement to hatred during sports events, as well as for defamation and public insults.
A woman was apprehended by a police patrol in Ben Guerir while she was begging accompanied by her two daughters , aged 4 and 9 years old. She had a large sum of money in her possession.
The Algerian supporter who had aroused strong indignation on social networks, has been placed in detention at the El Arjat prison, near Rabat. Prosecuted while under arrest, he is now awaiting his appearance before the courts for his actions during the Algeria-DR Congo match, counting for the round of 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations.
The justice system has delivered its verdict in the case of TikToker Adam Benchakroun . The correctional chamber of the court of first instance in Tangier has sentenced the young influencer to a term of imprisonment, accompanied by a long ban on access to digital platforms.
Azzedine, a man with multiple faces and twelve aliases, saw his journey come to an abrupt halt in the Yvelines. Caught in the act of attempting a burglary, this thirty-year-old who claims to be from Morocco or Algeria was sentenced on Tuesday to a prison term accompanied by a permanent ban from French territory.
The axe has fallen for the protagonist of the "most expensive divorce in Morocco". The court sentenced Soukaina Benjelloun to a term of three months in prison, concluding a highly publicized trial.
Accused of having strangled his ex-partner in front of their children, Abdessamad El B. will remain behind bars. The Montauban court refused his release, putting an end to the situation of control denounced by the prosecution to secure the family until the trial postponed to January 16, 2026.