
The former mayor of Nador falls for corruption
The former deputy-mayor of Nador , Soulimane Houliche (PAM), was sentenced to three years in prison by the Criminal Chamber at the Court of Appeal of Fez, in charge of financial crimes.

The former deputy-mayor of Nador , Soulimane Houliche (PAM), was sentenced to three years in prison by the Criminal Chamber at the Court of Appeal of Fez, in charge of financial crimes.

A judge from the court of first instance of Laâyoune , in southern Morocco, was arrested in flagrante delicto of receiving a bribe of 130,000 dirhams.

In Morocco, the public prosecutor’s offices of the courts of first instance have started to transfer to the new chambers in charge of money laundering crimes the files of commune presidents and parliamentarians convicted of embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds.

Suspicions of corruption surround the construction of luxury villas on the public maritime domain in the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region.

Suspected of financial irregularities in his management of the municipality of Fkir Ben Salah, the former minister Mohamed Moubdii , currently in prison, could soon appear before the courts.

The case of Rachid M’Barki, the Franco-Moroccan former presenter of the night news on BFMTV, who was indicted for "passive corruption" and "breach of trust," has not finished revealing all its secrets.

Three Moroccan deputies have just been referred to justice for corruption. Already about twenty parliamentarians are being prosecuted for acts of corruption and embezzlement of public funds.

In Morocco, several deputies and local elected officials are being prosecuted before the courts for alleged offenses of corruption and abuse of power.

Around twenty Moroccan parliamentarians are in the sights of the justice system. They are being prosecuted for forgery and use of forgeries, abuse of power, squandering and misappropriation of public funds.

The "Desert Escobar" affair, which led to the arrest of the president of the Oriental region, Abdenbi Bioui, and Saïd Naciri, president of Wydad Casablanca, is reigniting the debate on the need to adopt a law on illicit enrichment.

The fight against corruption is not producing encouraging results in Morocco, which has been poorly ranked in global rankings for four years.

The Constitutional Court calls for partial elections to fill the vacant seats in the electoral districts of Benslimane and Fès South, following the dismissal of deputies Said Zaidi and Abdelkader El Boussairi, both members of the House of Representatives.