Moroccan Gendarme Arrested in Anti-Corruption Sting Operation
3 November 2021
A gendarme stationed at the Mohammedia brigade was caught red-handed in an act of corruption, following an operation carried out by the Casablanca Judicial Police Brigade.
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Moroccan Police Commissioner Exonerated in High-Profile Drug Trafficking Case
25 October 2021
The Moroccan justice system has definitively acquitted Commissioner Mohamed Jelmad, who was sentenced in 2010 to 3 years in prison for attempted corruption in the Najib Zaimi (…)
Fez Water Authority CEO Arrested in Corruption Sting, Trial Set for October 27
16 October 2021
Hanafi Aboukir, director of the Autonomous Water and Electricity Distribution Authority of Fez (RADEEF) is now in pre-trial detention. The elements of the National Brigade of (…)
Moroccan Lawmaker Jailed in Corruption Probe After 400,000 Dirham Seizure
9 October 2021
The investigating judge at the Casablanca Court of Appeal ordered the provisional detention of Saïd Zaïdi, member of the political bureau of the Party of Progress and Socialism (…)
Watchdog Group Alleges Widespread Financial Misconduct in Moroccan Elections
26 September 2021
Transparency Maroc denounced the illegal use of money throughout the electoral process leading up to the September 8 vote. The organization calls on the authorities to respect (…)
Police Officers Among Four Arrested in Béni Mellal Fraud and Corruption Ring
23 September 2021
The National Office for the Fight against Economic and Financial Crimes of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) referred on Tuesday before the Court of Appeal of (…)
Moroccan Police Officers Arrested for Alleged Corruption in Alcohol Seizure Case
19 September 2021
A peace officer and a police inspector have been the subject of an investigation opened by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police since Friday, in order to determine the (…)
Moroccan Election Tensions Rise as Parties Trade Corruption Allegations
4 September 2021
The Secretary General of the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), Abdellatif Ouahbi, accuses the National Rally of Independents (RNI) of "flooding the political scene (…)
Senior Rabat Police Inspector Investigated for Corruption and Extortion
27 August 2021
A judicial investigation was initiated on Thursday against a senior police inspector working in a security district in Rabat, for corruption in the performance of his duties.
PJD Candidate’s Car Vandalized in Khemisset Ahead of Moroccan Parliamentary Elections
19 August 2021
The Regional Secretariat of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) in the city of Khemisset condemned the attack on the vehicle of Taîbi El Hami, head of the party’s local (…)