Former Moroccan Official Barred from Leaving Country Amid Real Estate Probe

The services of the royal gendarmerie forcibly brought Ahmed Idrissi to the court after he refused to respond to several summons for two weeks due to illness according to his lawyers. He was to be questioned about real estate malfunctions and other facts related to his term as head of the municipal council of Gzenaya. This attitude prompted the competent prosecutor’s office in the city of the Strait to ban him from leaving the territory as of March 2, reports Al Akhbar. His passport was therefore withdrawn. After a first hearing, Ahmed Idrissi must remain at the disposal of justice to be questioned again by the investigating judge.

This case had surfaced in 2021. The Wilaya of Tangier had filed a complaint against a presumed real estate mafia that had seized several forests in the commune of Gzenaya. Lands considered as collective lands had been clandestinely transformed into real estate developments. A series of inspections at the level of the commune of Gzenaya would have revealed dysfunctions related to real estate, which had cost Ahmed Idrissi his position as mayor in February 2021.