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.
Moroccan Abdelali Boukhriss, an employee of the Atalian group, was sentenced for corruption to 18 months in prison with a suspended sentence. The defendant, in charge of the renovation of the gas pipes of Paris Habitat, would have received more than 500,000 euros in commissions. He appealed.
Two Spanish women of Moroccan origin claim to have been victims of blackmail and fraud by two Moroccan gendarmes, as they were returning to Melilla after a vacation in Ifrane.
At a first hearing at the Casablanca Court of Appeal on Tuesday, the lawyers of several gendarmes accused of corruption highlighted the contradictions in the statements of the drug trafficker Mohamed S., who claims to have paid them bribes to facilitate his illicit activities.
A police commissioner from the city of Aït Melloul was arrested in flagrant corruption. A judicial investigation is underway to shed light on this case.
The Ministry of the Interior has decided to strengthen its control over development projects across the country. This initiative follows worrying observations concerning deliberate delays in the implementation of these projects, with the aim of inaugurating them as the 2026 legislative elections approach. The objective? To exploit these achievements as an electoral campaign argument.
Financial scandal at the University of Greater Manchester. A senior official at the British institution is said to be involved in a case of embezzlement and unexplained financial flows to a company based in Morocco.
Moroccan singer Saïda Fikri loudly expresses her aversion to corrupt personalities who hate and fight committed art.
The lure of gain led a Marrakech city councilor to fall into a trap set by the authorities. A member of the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), she was arrested for accepting a bribe from a French investor.
The Supreme Council of the Judiciary has ordered the dismissal of a judge serving in a court of first instance, convicted of corruption. The magistrate was caught in the act, while receiving the sum of 500 dirhams from a citizen in exchange for the return of his driver’s license.
Despite the adoption in 2015 of the national anti-corruption strategy, corruption is not declining in Morocco due to the main resistances encountered, both at the intra-state level and throughout society, and in particular in the economic field. Ahmed Bernoussi, Secretary General of Transparency Maroc, paints a bleak picture.
Suspected of drug trafficking, Mohamed Ali Duas, deputy of the MDyC, was arrested on Thursday in Ceuta as part of an operation carried out by the Guardia Civil.