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• Tangier Police Arrest Three in Jewelry Store Heist, Recover Stolen Gold
  15 April, by Prince

  The judicial police of Tangier, in coordination with the services of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), have arrested three individuals for their alleged involvement in the burglary of a jewelry store.
  Aged between 29 and 46, the accused accessed the premises by drilling a hole in the wall of a building adjacent to the store located in the Beni Makada area, before taking away a significant quantity of jewelry.
  The investigation conducted by the judicial police (…)

• Morocco Launches Probe into Building Permit Irregularities in Major Cities
  14 April, by Prince

  Suspecting irregularities concerning the issuance of building permits, the central services of the Ministry of Interior have reportedly sent requests for explanation to presidents of communes in the regions of Casablanca and Rabat.
  Are commune presidents in the hot seat? The competent authorities of the Ministry of Interior have reportedly sent them requests for explanation regarding irregularities in the procedure for issuing occupancy permits, according to sources at Hespress, (…)

• Young Man Killed by Train at Spanish Station, Investigation Underway
  13 January, by Prince

  Said, a 22-year-old man, died on Thursday after being crushed by a train at the Herrera Mole station in Donostia (San Sebastián), Spain. An investigation has been opened to shed light on this tragedy.
  Said and another person were on the platform opposite the one where a train was parked. As the train had departed towards Hendaye, they jumped onto the track, according to a note from Euskal Trenbide Sarea (ETS). Said was crushed by the train; his friend, on the other hand, is safe and (…)

• Sexual Harassment Scandal Leads to Sanctions at Moroccan Business School
  1 January 2022, by Sylvanus

  The investigation commission commissioned by the Minister of Higher Education, Abdellatif Miraoui, at the National School of Commerce and Management of Oujda (ENCGO) has produced its report. Sanctions are falling.
  According to the conclusions of the inspection commission tasked with investigating the anonymous accusations of sexual harassment at ENCGO Oujda, the facts are proven. The incriminated professor and the leaders whose responsibility is engaged by virtue of their functions have (…)

• Spanish Police Dismantle Mocro Maffia Network, Seize €50 Million in Assets on Costa del Sol
  28 January 2024, by Prince

  The Spanish National Police this week dismantled the branch of the Mocro Maffia, the Moroccan mafia specialized in drug trafficking and organized crime in the Netherlands and Belgium, on the Costa del Sol. In total, 172 properties worth more than 50 million euros, as well as 3 million euros spread over more than 100 bank accounts, were seized.
  The Spanish police had been investigating for 6 years this branch of the Dutch Mocro Maffia that had settled on the Costa del Sol. This significant (…)

• Moroccan Woman Denies Adultery Accusations, Forced to Take Pregnancy Test
  25 September 2024, by Prince

  A married woman and mother of five children is accused by her husband of adultery with a moqaddem in the douar of Afella N’Dra, in the Zagora region. She denies the allegations.
  The woman rejected these accusations, claiming that her husband fabricated the whole story to oust the administrative auxiliary from his post. According to her, her husband associated her name with this affair in order to achieve his unspoken goals. The husband filed a complaint against her with the Royal (…)

• Belgian Influencer Reports Drugging and Rape During Morocco Trip, Files Complaint
  10 October 2021, by Sylvanus

  Dounia, a Belgian influencer, says she lived the worst days of her life during a trip to Morocco where she claims she was drugged and raped in a villa. She has filed a complaint against the alleged rapists and an investigation is underway.
  The events took place in a villa on August 3. "I landed with my two sons on July 31 to stay in a hotel in Mohammedia, a thirty-minute drive from Casablanca. Two days later, a friend joined me from Spain. An Instagrammer then offered to come eat at his (…)

• French Jihadist Faces Unprecedented Crimes Against Humanity Charges in Terrorism Case
  27 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  The French justice system has just given a favorable response to associations that have long demanded the expansion of legal proceedings against jihadists to include crimes against humanity.
  Indeed, this is the first time that the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) has tasked investigating judges with investigating suspicions of crimes against humanity committed by a French jihadist, Sabri Essid, reports AFP.
  This member of the Toulouse movement, who is accused of (…)

• Morocco Retains ’Hybrid Regime’ Status in Global Democracy Report
  23 November 2021, by Prince

  The democratic regime in Morocco remains "hybrid", according to the annual report of the International IDEA.
  Since 2004, Morocco has maintained its status as a "hybrid regime" in this report, which is updated annually by the International IDEA. Nearly 160 countries are classified into three categories: "declining democracies", "hybrid" regimes and authoritarian regimes. In North Africa, Tunisia is the only country recognized as democratic in the report. Algeria, Egypt, Libya, South Sudan (…)

• Foreign Tourist Allegedly Raped in Agadir; Suspect Arrested
  6 December 2022, by Armel

  A man was arrested on Sunday by the police in Agadir, for his alleged involvement in the sexual assault of a foreign tourist. An investigation has been opened.
  The victim, whose name and nationality have not been disclosed, claims in her complaint to the judicial police in Agadir that she was raped by the suspect.
  According to the initial findings of the investigation, the tourist was hosted by the accused at his home in Ait Melloul, 15 km south of Agadir, and this with the agreement of (…)