The former Minister of the Civil Service, Mohamed Moubdii , had his passport confiscated, with a ban on leaving the national territory. The former member of Abdelillah Benkirane’s government must face justice following the financial irregularities found within the municipality of Fqih Ben Salah.
The many efforts made by Morocco for decades to fight corruption do not seem to be bearing fruit. Launched in 2015 and implemented the following year, the national anti-corruption strategy whose deadline is 2025 has failed to overcome the evil.
Transparency Maroc denounces the ban, within a week, of two of its meetings. It sees it as an "abuse of power that confiscates the association’s right to meet and organize meetings".
Morocco has not made any significant progress in the fight against corruption. With a score of 40/100, it even loses one point compared to last year, ranking 86th out of 180 countries ranked, compared to 80th position a year earlier. This is the finding of the new Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 (CPI 2020) of Transparency International.
The Legislation Committee of the First Chamber of Parliament has just completed the detailed examination of the draft law relating to the National Authority for Integrity, Prevention and the Fight against Corruption. Frozen since early October, it should be adopted before the end of the current parliamentary session which ends in early February.
As part of an effective fight against corruption, Bank Al-Maghrib and two other key institutions in the financial sector, in partnership with the National Anti-Corruption Authority (INPPLC), met on January 18th for the annual review meeting of the anti-corruption cooperation agreement in the financial sector. Among other resolutions, the participants decided to strengthen the capacities of the sector’s stakeholders for good management of the risk of corruption in the financial sector.
17 people, including the former president of the municipal council of Laâyoune -El Marsa, Hassan Derham, will appear next Thursday before the investigating judge in charge of financial offenses at the Marrakech Court of Appeal. They are being prosecuted for "offenses of embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds, forgery and use of forgeries, and participation each in their own right".
The Court of Appeal of Agadir has sentenced a police inspector to a 5-month prison sentence with a fine of 1,000 dirhams. The accused was found guilty of active corruption, abuse of power, forgery and use of forgery.
The bill filed by the National Anti-Corruption Authority does not receive unanimous support within Parliament. Deputies are unable to agree on all the provisions provided for in the text.
Thanks to the current health crisis, economic intelligence is emerging as a tool for economic performance and a factor of competitiveness for Morocco. Go or perish, the time when it was considered a luxury is over.
Moroccan billionaires who have been appointed to high positions or elected as deputies or mayors are facing justice. They would be involved in cases of corruption, embezzlement of public funds or mismanagement.
The Marrakech Court of Appeal sentenced MP Abdellatif Abdouh to five years in prison, thus confirming the judgment handed down at first instance in the so-called Casino Es Saâdi case. Five deputy mayors and four councilors were also convicted.