Topic

Investigation

Morocco10 Aug 2025

Moroccan Authorities Probe Student-Linked Real Estate Money Laundering Scheme

Following the receipt of information concerning the fraudulent use of "student" identities in money laundering operations through real estate investments in a legal form, the National Financial Intelligence Authority (ANRF) is investigating the compliance of unusual financial transfers between Moroccan students abroad, particularly in France and Canada, and managers of real estate associations located mainly in the Rabat-Casablanca axis, and the origin of these operations.

Morocco3 Aug 2025

Moroccan Urban Planning Scandal: Officials Probed for Collusion with Real Estate Developers

Due to their complicity with real estate developers, civil servants working for the urban planning services of several prefectures under the regions of Casablanca-Settat, Marrakech-Safi and Rabat-Salé-Kénitra are in the sights of the central administration services of the Ministry of the Interior. They are conducting administrative investigations.

Morocco2 Aug 2025

Real Estate Fraud Scandal Rocks Morocco: Tax Evasion and Fake Contracts Exposed

Fraud networks involving property owners, real estate developers, and banking officials are the focus of control services under the General Directorate of Taxes (DGI). They are conducting in-depth investigations, which have detected several cases of tax evasion.

Morocco29 Jul 2025

Moroccan Tax Fraud Scandal: Money Laundering Ring Exposed in Casablanca-Tangier Business Corridor

Inspectors from the National Financial Intelligence Authority (ANRF) are investigating small and medium-sized companies based between Casablanca and Tangier, suspected of fictitious declarations and money laundering.

France29 Jul 2025

Tragic Loss: Parents Seek Truth in 3-Year-Old's Fatal Paris Garbage Truck Accident

The family of Omar, the 3-year-old child who died crushed under a garbage truck in Paris, has joined the civil party. They hope that the investigation, now led by the judicial processing service of accidents at the Paris police headquarters under the direction of an investigating judge, will shed light on this case.

Morocco25 Jul 2025

Real Estate Scam Exposed: Developers Exploit Housing Aid with Fraudulent Permit Schemes

The General Inspection of Territorial Administration of the Ministry of the Interior, in coordination with the Inspection of the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and Housing, are conducting in-depth investigations into alleged fraudulent maneuvers related to building permit applications filed with the one-stop shops of local authorities by real estate developers.

Morocco23 Jul 2025

UK Accused of 'Justice Outsourcing' in Securitas Heist Case: MMA Fighter's Conviction Sparks Controversy

Human rights organizations accuse the United Kingdom of having outsourced its justice system to Morocco by transmitting the investigation file of Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani, the MMA fighter "Lightening" Lee Murray, presented as the mastermind behind the robbery of the Securitas depot located in the southeast of England that occurred on the night of February 21, 2006 in Tonbridge, Kent, which facilitated his conviction to 25 years in prison.

Morocco20 Jul 2025

Moroccan Expat's Home Stripped Bare: Brazen Burglars Loot Entire House in Driouch

The house of a Moroccan living in Spain was the target of a burglary in Driouch, where unknown individuals stole the entire contents of the premises.

Belgium16 Jul 2025

Second Arrest Made in Brutal Anderlecht Narco-Assassination Case

The police have managed to arrest a second suspect in the "narco-assassination" of Nordine, a 49-year-old father shot dead at the foot of his building in Anderlecht on June 5th.

Morocco15 Jul 2025

Morocco's Small Business Crisis: Bankruptcies Triple as 40,000 Firms Face Collapse

In Morocco, the number of small businesses that have gone bankrupt has increased considerably in three years. This is revealed by a new national study by the Moroccan Instance of Very Small Enterprises (IMPE) on the situation of VSEs.

Morocco14 Jul 2025

Stolen Spanish School Laptops Traced to Moroccan Black Market, Exposing Cross-Border Tech Trafficking

Some 500 laptops stolen from the Santa Coloma de Gramenet high school in Catalonia would have been located in Morocco where they were sold at half price.

Sport13 Jul 2025

Tragic Anniversary: Parents of Missing French Rugby Star Seek Answers in South Africa

The parents of Medhi Narjissi, the 17-year-old French rugby player who disappeared in South Africa in early August 2024, will pay their respects a year later on Dias Beach, at the Cape of Good Hope, where their son was swept away by the waves. They should also be heard by the South African justice system as part of the ongoing investigation.