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  • Man Jailed for Using Brother’s Identity to Evade Justice in French Traffic Stop
    24 September 2019, by Bladi.net

    The facts date back to July 27, 2018 in Volx. Ayoub had then not deemed it necessary to give his real identity, but that of his brother Nassim who, quite logically, had his driver’s license revoked.
    Keeping a low profile, he does not explain his behavior justified solely by his desire to evade justice, reports La Provence.
    For the magistrate Stéphane Kellenberger, representing the Public Prosecutor’s Office, these young people "play their lives that are extinguishing on the roads of our (…)

  • Overloaded Caravan Bound for Morocco Stopped on French Highway, Driver Faces Heavy Fines
    10 September 2022, by Sylvanus

    The gendarmes on duty at the Motorized Platoon of Charleville-Mézières (Departmental Road Safety Squadron) intercepted during the night from Thursday to Friday a caravan and its trailer heading to Morocco that was zigzagging at 30 km/h on the highway. The driver was heavily fined.
    It was following an alert from motorists driving on the A

  • Fake Lawyer in Morocco Sentenced to 2 Years for Scamming Court Litigants
    6 October 2019, by Sylvanus

    The Correctional Chamber near the Court of First Instance of Imintanout sentenced an impostor to two years in prison with a fine of 5,000 dirhams. He usurped the title of lawyer.
    After being fired by a law firm where he had worked for several months, a young man used the knowledge he had acquired in legal procedures to scam, reports Aujoud’hui Le Maroc.
    His strategy is quite simple: he offers his services to litigants he meets in the halls of the courts for fees. When the "client" (…)

  • Moroccan Anti-Israel Activist Jailed After Confrontation Over Palestinian Dates
    9 November 2019, by Ginette

    The President of the Moroccan Observatory against Normalization with Israel and Coordinator of the Imazighen League for Palestine, Ahmed Ouihmane, was convicted of "violence against a public official".
    According to the account of the facts, Ouihmane caused an incident in front of the date stand from the Israeli settlements located in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    His dispute with a police officer ended up in court. Thus, he was sentenced to one month in prison and a fine of (…)

  • Morocco Sees 407% Surge in Speeding Violations, DGSN Report Shows
    9 November 2019, by Bladi.net

    Road traffic offenses related to speeding have increased by 407.15% this year, according to an infographic just published by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
    According to figures from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), speeding accounts for 21.5% of all road traffic offenses in October last year, followed by offenses for not wearing a helmet, 8.31%, using a mobile phone, 3.83%, not respecting the red light, 3.7%, not wearing a seatbelt, 3.17%, not (…)

  • Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva Fined and Suspended for Controversial Tweet About Teammate
    14 November 2019, by Ginette

    For a controversial tweet about French defender Benjamin Mendy, Portuguese Bernardo Silva has been suspended and will have to pay a hefty fine of 58,000 euros.
    The Portuguese player had, in a tweet, compared the world champion, Benjamin Mendy, to the mascot of a Spanish brand of chocolate candies. While French defender Mendy took it sportingly, the message sparked an outcry for its perceived racist nature.
    For Bernardo Silva, this tweet was just a friendly joke, as they are used to (…)

  • Moroccan Teacher Sentenced to One Year for Bigamy, Court Reduces Initial Penalty
    25 November 2019, by Sylvanus

    The two-year sentence handed down against a teacher married to two men by the Court of First Instance of [Meknès] was commuted to one year on appeal.
    If the teacher’s prison sentence was reduced on appeal to one year of imprisonment, it is because the judges removed two charges against her, in particular that of breach of trust and fraud, reports the newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum.
    This was also possible thanks to the presentation of elements showing that it was her first husband who had (…)

  • Moroccan Authorities Apprehend Three Military Deserters from Royal Armed Forces Training Center
    27 November 2019, by Sylvanus

    Elements of the Royal Gendarmerie arrested, on Friday, November 22, three conscripts who had deserted the training center of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) in Kasbat Tadla.
    The three deserter conscripts were apprehended at their respective homes in the Azib Errouhi, Sidi Bouzid and Sid L’Mokhtar districts, reports the newspaper Al Massae.
    According to the same source, the services of the royal gendarmerie launched the investigations after receiving arrest warrants issued against the three (…)

  • Man Jailed for Illegally Halting Casablanca Tram After Soccer Match
    5 December 2019, by Ginette

    The Tramway Police Brigade arrested a man who, without any valid reason, immobilized a tramway for nearly 10 minutes. This was on Saturday, November 23 in Casablanca, after the last derby match.
    The man accessed the tramway network without a travel ticket and activated an alarm handle. This constitutes an offense, RATP Dev said in a statement.
    The defendant was sentenced to two months in prison with a fine of 500 dirhams.
    RATP Dev Casablanca took the opportunity of this incident to (…)

  • Moroccan Student’s Appeal Set for January 20 in Free Speech Case
    8 January 2020, by Sylvanus

    After an appeal, a new trial has been set for January 20 in the case of Ayoub Mahfoud, a young high school student from Meknes, who repeated the lyrics of the title "3acha cha3b" (Long live the people) on Facebook. He had been sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 5,000 dirhams on December 17, 2019.
    The high school student in the first year of the baccalaureate had been arrested at the beginning of December. In accordance with articles 179, 263 and 265 of the Moroccan Penal (…)