The dissemination of rumors and fake news has been severely punished in Morocco since last week. Two girls arrested on Saturday evening by the judicial police in Tangier learned this the hard way.
A Spanish court has sentenced a suspected Moroccan terrorist to two years in prison for publishing an Islamic State (IS) propaganda video showing scenes of violence.
Two individuals, taking advantage of the state of health emergency, to burglarize a supermarket in Témara , were arrested by the judicial police elements of the prefecture of Skhirat-Témara.
Incarcerated in Morocco since December 2018, under an arrest warrant issued for a case of domestic violence, and then for drug trafficking, the brother of Célia, a Toulousain, is dying while awaiting his extradition to France to receive care and escape a likely COVID-19 contamination in the Rabat prison.
An individual of Libyan origin was arrested in Morocco for having killed a man in Malta, more precisely in Santa Luċija.
Two nurses from Fkih Ben Saleh have been sentenced to 4 months’ imprisonment with a fine of 500 dirhams for corruption.
While the border with the city of Ceuta has been closed, four young Moroccans braved the sea to return to the country. However, they were arrested upon arrival at their destination.
Three individuals who were trying to forcibly enter a mosque located in Jamaat Shaim were arrested on Monday by the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Safi.
The judicial police of the Nador district security department proceeded, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, to the arrest of a 29-year-old individual. He is suspected of having posted online through computer systems a video containing erroneous and fraudulent data on the new coronavirus (Covid-19).
The provincial security services of Salé have, on Monday, March 23, arrested 113 adults and 9 minors. The latter have violated the confinement imposed by the Ministry of the Interior in order to fight against the progression of the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite numerous awareness campaigns and arrests, disinformation is managing to establish itself on the web and instant messaging applications. Since Monday, false information has been circulating about new marches that allegedly took place in Tangier on Sunday evening, with the same intensity as the demonstrations that took place on Saturday.
Two individuals were arrested on Sunday evening by elements of the prefectural judicial police service in Fez, with the collaboration of the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). They are suspected of manufacturing chemicals harmful to public health.