Moroccan Comedy Star Jailed Over Unpaid Actor Wages and Fraud Allegations
27 July 2023
Abdelfettah Jouadi, Moroccan comedian and producer, was placed in detention on the orders of the Casablanca prosecutor’s office on Wednesday.
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Moroccan Truckers Sentenced for Smuggling 76 kg of Cannabis into France
25 July 2023
The Montauban Judicial Court sentenced two Moroccan truckers to two years in prison for transporting 76 kg of marijuana and cannabis resin. They had been intercepted on the A (…)
Moroccan Man Sentenced to 9 Months for Unlicensed Driving and Threats to Police in Pau, France
23 July 2023
Arrested on Wednesday during a traffic check at a roundabout on Boulevard Alsace-Lorraine in Pau, Soufiane, a 45-year-old Moroccan, was sentenced on Thursday to 9 months in (…)
Former Moroccan Lawmaker Sentenced to 5 Years for Raping Disabled Minor
18 July 2023
The criminal chamber of the court of first instance of the court of appeal of Fez has just sentenced the former MP Rachid El Fayek to 5 years in prison for the "rape" of a (…)
Former Moroccan Minister Mohamed Ziane’s Health Deteriorates in Prison, Family Reports
11 July 2023
The former Minister of Human Rights and lawyer, Mohamed Ziane, detained in the El Arjat prison in Salé, would suffer from serious health complications due to poor management of (…)
Moroccan Man in France Sentenced to 4 Years for Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault
8 July 2023
A Moroccan residing in Mulhouse appeared before the court on charges of habitual violence, sequestration and sexual assault against his wife. He was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Tangier Official Jailed in Spanish Visa Fraud Scandal at Consulate
6 July 2023
The vice-president of the Bni Makada district in Tangier has just fallen victim to the Schengen visa fraud case that hit the Spanish consulate in Tangier.
Police Commissioner and Bank Director Jailed for $260,000 Embezzlement Scheme in Morocco
26 June 2023
Prosecuted for misappropriation of funds and falsification of digital documents, a police commissioner and the director of a bank agency were sentenced to 8 and 3 years in (…)
Spain’s Supreme Court to Review 1991 Rape Conviction in Potential Wrongful Imprisonment Case
26 June 2023
The Supreme Court of Spain has agreed to re-examine the case of the Moroccan Ahmed Tommouhi, wrongly convicted of a series of rapes in 1991.
Suspect in Fatal Stabbing of Ride-Share Driver Sent to Psychiatric Prison
25 June 2023
The man who killed a VTC driver of Moroccan origin three days ago in Fuengirola, in the Malaga region, has been admitted to the psychiatric prison center in Seville.