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• American Investor Faces Appeal in Marrakech Child Abuse and Blackmail Case
  2 February 2019, by Amine

  Sentenced by the criminal court to 4 years in prison for embezzlement and rape of minors and for filming his sexual acts with his victims without their knowledge (married women and minors), an American national will appear on Thursday, this time on appeal.
  This case had made headlines. This American investor was filming his victims in pornographic poses, in his guest house (in the Marrakech area), before blackmailing them to get them to accept new relationships with him. It was a text (…)

• Qatar Airways Expands Morocco Service: Daily Flights to Casablanca Starting May
  19 February 2019, by Said

  The airline Qatar Airways is strengthening the Morocco destination with the increase of its services to the airports of Casablanca and Marrakech from next summer.
  Currently with two flights per week between Doha-Hamad airport and Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca, the links will increase to 7 starting May 29, reports the specialized website Air Journal citing Airlineroute. Departures from Doha are scheduled at 8:05 am every day for an expected arrival at 2:30 pm in Casablanca, while the (…)

• Air France Boosts Paris-Marrakech Flights to Meet High Demand
  16 April 2019, by Said

  In total, Air France offers 13 flights to meet the strong demand during the period until the end of October. "Air France Morocco’s offer thus increases to 59 weekly flights at the national level to Roissy CDG," the airline said in a press release.
  According to Air France, the schedules have been designed to "offer great flexibility to its clients to Paris and more than 1,000 destinations worldwide."
  As for the flights, they are scheduled on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, (…)

• Medical Student Arrested at Marrakech Airport for Illegal Abortion Network
  29 April 2019, by Kamal

  A medical student was arrested by the border police at Marrakech international airport for his alleged involvement in clandestine abortion operations and the import of unauthorized drugs.
  The investigation carried out by the security services has revealed the existence of a network made up of the student in question and a medical representative, both involved in clandestine abortions through fraudulent methods and the import of banned pharmaceutical substances.
  According to Al Massae, (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Arrest 4 in Illegal Abortion Ring, Including Doctors and Pilot
  12 May 2019, by Kamal

  The practice of clandestine abortion is becoming more and more frequent in Marrakech. Last Friday, 3 doctors and an airline pilot, involved in several cases of clandestine abortion, were arrested and referred to the public prosecutor’s office.
  The case was revealed when two women, tried in an abortion case, revealed the names of their attending physicians, who tried to deny the facts before finally admitting them.
  According to Morocco World News, the airline pilot, who has 24 years of (…)

• Interpol-Wanted Danish Gang Member Arrested in Morocco for Violent Crimes
  24 May 2019, by Amine

  A Danish criminal who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol at the request of the Danish authorities has just been arrested in Marrakech. The facts for which he is wanted show that he is dangerous and violent.
  According to a statement from the DGSN (General Directorate of National Security), this criminal is wanted (by the Danish authorities) for alleged membership in an organized criminal gang and for serious assault and battery in the context of (…)

• British Tourist Loses Finger in Quad Bike Accident During Marrakech Birthday Trip
  4 June 2022, by Sylvanus

  While she had gone to Marrakech with her family to celebrate her birthday, a 40-year-old British woman loses a finger in a quad accident in the Agafay desert.
  A birthday that will mark her for life. Lucy-Lou Merner, owner of a beauty salon, her husband Daniel, 41, and four of her children aged 15, 14, nine and eight, left for Marrakech on April 27 to spend a week of vacation there. Vacations during which she had planned to celebrate her 40th birthday. On April 29, her children, as well as (…)

• Stepmother Arrested in Marrakech for Double Homicide of Minor Children
  3 August 2020, by Kamal

  A woman in her fifties was arrested on Sunday, August 2, for her alleged involvement in the premeditated double homicide of her two stepchildren.
  On Sunday morning, the prefectural service of the judicial police of Marrakech opened a preliminary investigation, following the death of two minor children, aged 12 and 14, killed by their stepmother at the family home in the Kasbah neighborhood.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security stressed that the 12-year-old boy (…)

• Morocco Advances Plans for High-Speed Rail Extension to Marrakech
  8 March 2023, by Prince

  Detailed studies for the extension to Marrakech of the high-speed line (HSR) connecting Tangier to Casablanca are progressing. Morocco is giving itself the means to equip itself with a modern rail infrastructure.
  After the inauguration in 2018 of its first high-speed line (HSR), the first in the African continent, Morocco is working to further develop and modernize its rail network. Detailed studies are underway for the extension to Marrakech of the Tangier-Casablanca HSR, over a distance (…)

• FIFA Chief to Visit Morocco, Backing Joint 2030 World Cup Bid with Spain and Portugal
  14 January 2019, by Said

  FIFA President Gianni Infantino will travel to Marrakech on Tuesday to learn more about the bid for the 2030 World Cup that Morocco plans to submit with Spain and Portugal.
  Gianni is willing to support this bid, which is not at all to the liking of UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, who said he was opposed to the idea of a bid from different confederations, in this case the European one with Spain and Portugal and the African one with Morocco.
  Ceferin had also been annoyed that the (…)