Corruption

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• Morocco Ranks 75th in Global Financial Crime Resilience Index
  15 April, by Prince

  Morocco is among the "vigilant countries" in the fight against financial crimes, according to the Global Economic and Financial Crime Index for the year 2025, published by a company specializing in legal advice and risk management.
  With a score of 2.14 points, Morocco was ranked 75th out of a total of 177 countries. The kingdom falls into the category of "vigilant countries" that implement effective measures to combat financial crimes and an effective regulatory framework aimed at (…)

• Morocco Unveils Anti-Corruption Authority Bill to Boost Governance and Civic Values
  15 September 2020, by Ginette

  The Minister of Economy and Finance presented draft law No. 19-46 relating to the National Authority for Integrity, Prevention and the Fight against Corruption. This document presented before the Justice Commission in the House of Representatives sets the operating bases of the authority.
  This authority has a crucial role to play in the fight against corruption. According to Mohamed Benchaaboun, it must ensure the monitoring of the implementation of anti-corruption policies, and (…)

• Moroccan Gendarme Arrested for Corruption in Khémisset Sting Operation
  13 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  In Khémisset, the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie arrested one of their own in the act of corruption. He is accused of having received a bribe of 400 DH.
  A gendarme in the clutches of the royal gendarmerie of Khémisset. He is accused of having demanded 400 DH to help a user cancel legal proceedings. The latter called the anti-corruption green number of the public prosecutor’s office to denounce the corrupt gendarme, reports the Arabic daily Al Akhbar.
  On the instructions of the public (…)

• Senior Moroccan Police Officer Arrested for Bribery in Temara
  17 January 2019, by Said

  A senior peace officer was arrested yesterday, Wednesday, January 16, in Temara in flagrante delicto of corruption by the national brigade of the judicial police.
  "The national brigade of the judicial police heard a complainant who claimed that the suspect police officer had demanded a sum of money as a bribe," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement, according to which "based on this information, the judicial police notified the competent prosecutor’s (…)

• Moroccan Police Commissioner Investigated for Alleged Bribery in Marrakech
  1 March 2019, by Said

  A new case of corruption has hit the Moroccan police. An investigation against an acting police commissioner for his alleged involvement in a corruption case has been opened by the regional judicial police service in Marrakech.
  "The public prosecutor’s office has tasked the regional judicial police brigade of Marrakech with conducting an investigation into a complaint filed by a citizen who accuses the commissioner of having asked him for a sum of money for mediation in the lifting of the (…)

• Moroccan Military Officer and Policeman Arrested in Prostitution Scandal
  14 March 2019, by Amine

  A captain of the Royal Armed Forces as well as a policeman and four other people were arrested last Friday due to a noisy party in an apartment until the early hours of the morning. There were three prostitutes among them.
  According to the7tv: "The accused were found guilty of corruption and involvement in a prostitution case in a furnished apartment in the Ristinga tourist complex". However, the media does not specify why corruption is involved. Would they have tried to bribe the police? (…)

• Marrakech Urban Agency Director Arrested in Corruption Sting
  5 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  The National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) of Marrakech yesterday, Thursday, July 4, arrested the Director of the Urban Agency of Marrakech, Khalid Ouaya, for a flagrant act of corruption.
  The facts reported by several media outlets this Friday, July 5, 2019, in the morning, reveal a flagrant act of corruption, involving Khalid Ouaya, Director of the Urban Agency of Marrakech. H24Info reports that this senior official was arrested by the police yesterday, "less than an hour after (…)

• Marrakech Urban Agency Director Arrested in 500,000 Dirham Bribery Sting
  7 July 2019, by Kamal

  The Director of the Urban Agency, Khalid Ouaya, was arrested in the act of corruption, as he was about to receive a bribe of 500,000 dirhams from a real estate developer in the city. The operation was carried out by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ).
  A real estate developer with several projects in the ochre city on his record filed a complaint with the Attorney General against the Director of the Urban Agency of Marrakech. He accuses him of attempted extortion of funds. (…)

• Moroccan Official Denies Corruption Charges in High-Profile Embezzlement Trial
  5 November 2019, by Kamal

  The Criminal Chamber at the Court of Appeal of Casablanca gave the floor to the President of the municipality of Had Soualem, who is being prosecuted in a case of corruption, embezzlement and fraud of public funds and abuse of power.
  Zine el Abidine Haouas stated that he did not know the reason for his presence before the Court, and that he rejected all the charges against him.
  "I have never been prosecuted, and I do not remember having visited a gendarmerie station," he argued.
  The (…)

• Morocco’s Human Rights Council Proposes Anti-Corruption Measures at Arab Convention
  9 January 2020, by Ginette

  In her speech at the Arab Anti-Corruption Convention, Amina Bouayach made proposals for an effective fight against this scourge. For the President of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), a minimum of discipline and strategies is needed to overcome corruption.
  The Conference of the States Parties to the Arab Convention against Corruption was held on Tuesday, January 7 in Rabat. Recognizing the harmful effects of corruption on the economy of any country, Amina Bouayach proposed that (…)