Missing since November 28, a police commissioner serving at the provincial security district of Essaouira was found in Marrakech. An administrative investigation has been opened in order to take disciplinary measures against him.
The health authorities of the province of Essaouira have adopted new measures at the Mogador international airport, after the appearance of a new variant of Covid-19 in certain European countries. The provincial health delegation remains highly mobilized to protect the population and prevent the spread of this virus on a local scale.
A major filming contract for the film "The Alchemist" was signed on Thursday, December 3, by the Moroccan Cinematographic Center (CCM). Amounting to 200 million dirhams, it is the largest contract ever signed in Morocco after that of Homeland (280 million).
Three individuals, found guilty of land spoliation through the use of forgery, identity theft and the formation of a criminal gang, were sentenced by the Safi Court of Appeal to 37 years in prison. Two years ago, they had managed to resell a plot of land in Essaouira , the property of a Moroccan living abroad.
In Morocco, the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc, with an increase in the number of infections and deaths. In Essaouira, a couple died of Covid-19 on the same day.
The local authorities of Essaouira announced, on Friday, the strengthening of preventive measures aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19.
The body of a Belgian investor, who died in Essaouira under mysterious circumstances, has just been exhumed on the orders of the Attorney General at the Safi Court of Appeal. The public prosecutor’s office does not rule out the hypothesis of death by food poisoning.
After a visit to Marrakech, foreign tourists arrived last Friday in Essaouira where they were arrested. Suspected of proselytism, the 7 British, of Buddhist faith, were trying to recruit among the population.
Like Agadir and Marrakech, Essaouira welcomed a first group of tourists on Saturday after several months of border closures due to the coronavirus. Among them, many Moroccans residing abroad.
Several people involved in cocaine trafficking and consumption have fallen into the nets of the judicial police of Essaouira. Among them, many tourists and foreign residents who would be connected to a hard drug trafficking network.
A new premium resort is planned in Essaouira. This new project with an investment of one billion dirhams was announced on Monday by Club Med in collaboration with the Pan-African investment fund Grit Real Estate Income Group.
The court of first instance in Essaouira has sentenced three bank executives and a regional inspector to a total of 21 years in prison. They are accused of embezzling funds from the accounts of several customers of the bank branch.