
Morocco Honors Top Companies for Anti-Corruption Efforts in Rabat Summit
As part of the fight against corruption in Morocco, several companies that have distinguished themselves through exemplary practices were honored last weekend in Rabat.

As part of the fight against corruption in Morocco, several companies that have distinguished themselves through exemplary practices were honored last weekend in Rabat.

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), is investigating the Nigerian ambassador to Morocco after learning that he spent $200,000 to renovate his official residence located in Souissi, one of the five districts of the urban commune of Rabat.

By the end of 2020, the direct telephone line dedicated to reporting acts of corruption , launched three years ago, had received a total of 15,881 calls, or an average of 100 calls per day, according to the national instance of integrity, prevention and the fight against corruption.

The Ministry of the Interior has just suspended the deputy of a caïd operating in the province of Taroudant. A corruption case is the reason for this sanction.

The president of a commune in the province of Settat reacted to the accusations of corruption concerning a recruitment with the governor of the province.

The Aïn Sebaâ criminal court would be plagued by corruption . Judicial officials would be involved in an extortion case for a role of intermediation in an individual’s file.

Accused of embezzlement , two former officials of the Moroccan consulate in Barcelona were placed in detention on Wednesday by the Attorney General of the King near the financial crimes court in Rabat.

Placed under arrest warrant on September 22nd, the Belgian municipal councilor of Moroccan origin, Hicham Chakir, has been released under conditions. He had been arrested for serious but unproven facts of corruption.

Hicham Chakir, a Moroccan-origin municipal councilor of Molenbeek, is being prosecuted in a corruption case, and is being held in custody. The justice will rule on his provisional release in 15 days.

A Caid posted at the administrative annex of Azli, in the Marrakech region, has been dismissed from his duties by the Ministry of the Interior.

Launched three years ago, the anti- corruption hotline of the Public Prosecutor’s Office receives more than 100 calls per day, according to Ghita Mezzour, Minister of Digital Transition and Public Administration Reform.

The case shaking the court of first instance of Casablanca has not finished revealing all its secrets. Another employee of the jurisdiction is being prosecuted for corruption.