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• Morocco Ranks 75th in Global Financial Crime Resilience Index
  15 April, by Prince

  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.
  With a score of 2.14 points, Morocco was ranked 75th out of a total of 177 countries. The kingdom falls into the category of "vigilant countries" that implement effective measures to combat financial crimes and an effective regulatory framework aimed at (…)

• Viral Videos Spur Rapid Police Response to Rising Crime in Morocco
  14 April, by Sylvanus

  Theft, assaults against people and public property with bladed weapons, and other forms of crime have become commonplace in several Moroccan cities. Thanks to the dissemination of numerous videos on social networks, law enforcement has managed to arrest suspects very quickly.
  The resurgence of these criminal behaviors in the streets requires strengthening security interventions to limit the presence of people who sow disorder in neighborhoods, an active activist in the city of Casablanca (…)

• French Authorities Arrest 7 Terror Suspects in Brest Raid
  22 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  The Directorate General of Internal Security (DGSI) arrested, on Monday, January 20, seven individuals in Brest and in the Finistère department, as part of a judicial investigation for "criminal and terrorist conspiracy".
  The arrested persons, aged 28 to 38, are suspected of having prepared a project of violent action in France and a project of departure towards the Iraqi-Syrian zone, indicate judicial sources.
  Among them, there are men on the S file, who were under surveillance due to (…)

• Suspect Arrested in Fatal Rabat Rape Case Captured on Video
  17 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  On Monday, July 15, 2019, a horrible video showing a woman victim of a rape had alarmed the web. To provide clarification and silence the rumors, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) reacted by specifying that this case had been handled by the Rabat Police Prefecture on June 8 last.
  The video of the rape of the woman in question will have gone around the social networks and shocked more than one. Reacting immediately, on the same Monday, the DGSN explained that after the (…)

• Dutch Duo Sentenced to Death in Marrakech Café Shooting Case
  27 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  At the end of this controversial "La Crème" café affair that shook the ochre city, the verdict of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Marrakech did not mince words. Indeed, on the night of Friday, July 26 to Saturday, July 27, 2019, this court ordered the death penalty against the two Dutch murderers.
  Death penalty for Robles Martinez, aged 26, and for Gregoria Semeril, 31 years old. This is the verdict pronounced, after several months of trial against the two Dutch murderers (…)

• Moroccan Pharmacist Kills Wife, Self After Divorce Request in Skhirat Tragedy
  12 September 2019, by Kamal

  The city of Skhirat woke up on Wednesday, September 11, to a horrible domestic homicide. The perpetrator of the crime is a pharmacist who committed suicide an hour after shooting his wife 4 times.
  The crime, the motive of which was a divorce procedure that the perpetrator rejected, was committed early on Wednesday, September 11, in front of the victim’s pharmacy as she was about to park her car, reports the website Akhbarona.
  The perpetrator of the tragedy, who was known for his (…)

• Rapper Booba Calls for Retaliation Against Journalist Over Controversial Police Comments
  8 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  The recent statements by columnist Zineb El Rhazoui on the CNews channel continue to cause waves. This time, it is the rapper Booba who attacked the former Charlie Hebdo journalist on social media.
  In a serious tone, journalist Zineb El Rhazoui declared during the debate on the violence recently recorded in Yvelines, in Chanteloup-les-Vignes: "The police must use live ammunition in such cases."
  Since then, the controversy has continued to swell around her remarks. On his Instagram (…)

• Former Charlie Hebdo Journalist Sues Rapper Booba Over Social Media Clash
  9 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  Zineb El Rhazoui asked her lawyer to file a complaint against rapper Booba. The latter had reacted to the controversial remarks of the former Charlie Hebdo journalist who was speaking about the violence that occurred in certain French neighborhoods.
  Zineb El Rhazoui’s remarks had sparked a lively controversy last Tuesday about the violence that occurred in Mantes-la-Jolie and Chanteloup-les-Vignes. The former Charlie Hebdo journalist had thought that the police should shoot live (…)

• Tragic Discovery: Disabled Girl’s Murder Sparks Witchcraft Rumors in Moroccan Village
  1 October 2020, by Jérôme

  The kidnapping and murder of little Naima are particularly worrying her family, as well as the highest authorities. The investigations continue, torn between witchcraft, treasure and strabismus.
  The body of the little girl was found lifeless, last Saturday, in a mountain of Tafergalt, near Agdez (Province of Zagora), 41 days after her disappearance under mysterious circumstances, recalls Hespress.com. Witnesses are being questioned in order to reach the perpetrator of this crime that is (…)

• Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie Frees Hostages, Dismantles Criminal Network in Khémisset
  8 April, by Prince

  The Royal Gendarmerie dismantled on Sunday a dangerous criminal network that was spreading terror in the locality of Oulmès, Khémisset province.
  The members of this criminal gang, three men and a woman, had taken hostages who were freed by the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Khémisset, during a lightning operation, reports Assabah.
  "After a raid carried out in a residence in the locality of Oulmès, in coordination with the gendarmes of the brigades of Tiddas, Oulmès and Maâziz, (…)