Investigation

Articles

• Judge Orders Confrontations in Casablanca Rape Case Involving French Lawyer
  6 March, by Prince

  As part of the in-depth investigation into the alleged rape of a French lawyer in Casablanca, the investigating judge proceeded, a week ago, to confrontations between the accused, Kamil Bennis, M’hammed Alj and Saad Slaoui, and between the latter and the witnesses.
  After detailed interrogations, the investigating judge heard last Thursday several witnesses who had participated in the evening organized at the home of Bennis-Alj-Slaoui, where the alleged sexual assault is said to have taken (…)

• Moroccan Municipal Leader Under Investigation for Property Embezzlement
  14 March, by Sylvanus

  The president of the municipal council of Targuist, affiliated with the Constitutional Union (UC), is the subject of an investigation following a complaint for embezzlement of public property.
  Legal troubles are looming for Issam El Khamlichi, president of the municipal council of Targuist, affiliated with the Constitutional Union? He is the subject of an investigation following the instructions of the Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Fez. The judicial police officers are trying (…)

• Informal Bakeries in Morocco Accused of Misusing Subsidized Flour for Profit
  15 March, by Prince

  In Morocco, informal bakeries would use subsidized flour to produce bread that they sell at competitive prices in order to increase their margins during this Ramadan month.
  "The competent services of the Ministry of the Interior would have received information that informal bakeries divert and exploit subsidized flour, the price of which does not exceed two dirhams per kilogram, to produce bread that they sell for less than two dirhams per unit," reports Assabah.
  This practice allows (…)

• Helicopter Drug Trafficking Attempt Foiled Near Tangier, Suspect Arrested
  17 March, by Sylvanus

  Elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of the Fahs Anjra brigade, on the outskirts of the city of Tangier, are conducting an investigation to elucidate the circumstances of an operation to traffic quantities of cannabis by helicopter in the region. A suspect - a truck driver - has already been arrested.
  It all started with the detection by a Navy radar of a helicopter taking off from the Ksar Sghir region towards the European shore. Investigations then began. These revealed that it was (…)

• Jordanian Investor Alleges Fraud in Major Moroccan Textile Factory Sale
  20 March, by Sylvanus

  A Jordanian investor is accusing a notary and two foreign nationals of falsifying an official document related to the sale of the largest textile factory in the city of El Jadida. They are the subject of a complaint.
  The lawyer of the Jordanian investor has provided other elements to the file: deliberate participation in the falsification and bad faith of an official document, use of a forged official document, as well as misappropriation and dissipation of funds belonging to others in (…)

• Missing Spanish Girl Found Safe in Morocco After Mother’s Cross-Border Trip
  23 March, by Prince

  A father residing in Roquetas de Mar (Almeria) reported the disappearance of his four-year-old daughter on Wednesday. After 24 hours of investigation, the Guardia Civil discovered that the minor had been taken to Morocco by her mother.
  Following the announcement of Arwa’s disappearance, the SOS Desaparecidos association and the National Center for Missing Persons (Cndes) published a search notice on social media to help find the child.
  The Civil Guard opened an investigation for alleged (…)

• Insurance Fraud Ring Uncovered in Rabat, Multiple Arrests Made
  24 March, by Sylvanus

  A lawyer from Rabat, a legal assistant and two intermediaries have been placed in pre-trial detention in the El Arjat prison following the dismantling by investigators from the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) of a vast fraud network.
  It all started with information gathered by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). The BNPJ elements then conducted an investigation that resulted in the dismantling of a vast network of insurance fraud and the arrest of (…)

• Alarming Study: 70% of Moroccan Teen Girls Experience Violence
  27 March, by Prince

  In Morocco, 70% of girls aged 15 to 19 have experienced some form of violence in the past twelve months. These alarming figures were revealed by the High Commission for Planning (HCP) in its report published on March 25, 2025.
  This data comes from the national survey on violence against women and men. According to this study, the phenomenon is taking on alarming proportions in the kingdom. Nearly 60% of Moroccan teenage girls suffer in silence from domestic violence (spousal, family or (…)

• French Man’s Disappearance in Morocco Remains Unsolved After One Year
  5 April, by Sylvanus

  A year ago, a French resident suddenly disappeared. Leaving his home on the night of April 10, 2024 in Rabat, he has not given any sign of life since. An extensive search operation had been set up in Morocco and France... Without success...
  The hopes of finding Clément Besneville are dwindling. This 30-year-old Frenchman who would have left his home, an apartment located on Boulevard Laalou, in the heart of the old medina, around 10 pm on April 10, 2024, remains untraceable. His father is (…)