Illegal Luxury Villas Surge Near Casablanca Amid Corruption Allegations

According to the initial elements of the investigation, municipal councilors, caids and auxiliary agents would be involved in this case. 20,000 to 30,000 dirhams per unit, this is the amount in return for which these officials issued these documents, reports the daily Assabah, adding that more than 700 anarchic villas have thus been erected on 3,000 square meter plots with a built-up area of 500 square meters, in the midst of a multitude of chicken coops in the Sidi Yahia Zaër area.

The phenomenon is also visible in the outskirts of Casablanca and Mohammedia, particularly in the green spaces in Nouaceur and near the Oued El Maleh, details the newspaper.

The owners of these villas who are in fact officials recently involved in corruption, blackmail and prostitution cases, had carried out these works thanks to the state of health emergency, reports the same source.

It is the free movement of citizens, back with the gradual lifting of confinement, that has exposed these anarchic constructions and this clandestine subdivision. Violations that occur as electoral deadlines approach, notes the newspaper.