Before Parliament, the Director General of the National Agency for Land Conservation, Cadastre and Cartography, Karim Tajmouati, presented a report on the inventory of abandoned real estate properties (around 4,200) in Morocco. During his presentation, he pointed an accusing finger at the Association for Rights and Justice in Morocco (ADJM) representing victims of land spoliation.
Many Moroccans are victims of a real estate scandal in the context of the construction of an affordable housing project in Essaouira . They paid for apartments that were allocated to other beneficiaries.
Jurist Moussa Elkhal, a specialist in spoliation cases, says he is a victim of harassment in France where he resides.
Following a complaint filed by the president of the Association for the Defense of Human Rights, Abdellah Tatouche, against the promoter of an economic and social housing project for fraud and breach of trust, the judicial police of Marrakech is conducting an investigation.
Never has a real estate scandal shaken Morocco as much as that of the Bab Darna group, the amount of the scam being estimated at 57 million euros. Ten years of real estate fraud with at least 1,000 victims for about fifteen fictitious projects in the Greater Casablanca area.
The fight against the dispossession of real estate from Moroccans and foreigners is intensifying. From now on, users seeking to consult real estate will have to submit a written request and a court order, in accordance with the decree of 04/07/2014 on land registry procedures.
A bill, filed on February 4, 2020 in the House of Representatives, and transferred on February 17, 2020 to the Justice, Legislation and Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives, aims to amend the Penal Code. And this, for a better regulation of expropriation, with a view to better protecting private property.
The Criminal Chamber at the Casablanca Court of Appeal has just confirmed the incompetence of the investigating judge in charge of the "Bab Darna" case. It therefore inherits this file and the sentences could reach up to 20 years in prison.
The land grabbing control commission met on Tuesday, February 25 around the Minister of Justice, Mohamed Benabdelkader. The purpose of this working session was to take stock of the actions taken in this sector and to set a new roadmap to put an end to fraud.
After the recent statement by the Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Othmani, on the Bab Darna case where he declined the responsibility of his government , the Minister of Housing, in Parliament, persists and signs.
The Court of Appeal of Settat ordered a judicial expertise as part of a dispossession case in Mohammedia . The report of this expertise reveals fraudulent manipulations of two adoulaire contracts bearing the signatures of two people who had already died.
A Portuguese national involved with other individuals in a case of usurpation of other people’s land property has been sentenced to eight years in prison. This is the judgment rendered by the Casablanca Court of Appeal.