The police elements of Casablanca arrested, last Saturday, an individual who was posing as a commissioner in the Errahma district and was defrauding his victims with the help of an accomplice. His appearance before the Criminal Court of Casablanca is scheduled for next week.
Two years in prison with no possibility of parole, this is the sentence imposed on a 33-year-old Moroccan by the Dordogne court. On New Year’s Eve and Christmas morning, he had been arrested for violence against his ex-partner.
Out of the 1,431 cases handled by the Mediator of the Kingdom in 2019, one third came from Moroccans residing abroad (MREs), for a total of 461 complaints filed.
The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) and the General Directorate of Studies and Documentation (DGED) have just filed a complaint against individuals residing abroad.
The normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel is reaching the courts. A group of lawyers has decided to file an appeal against the Moroccan government.
The Court of First Instance of Séfrou has rendered its verdict in a trial opposing a night watchman to a merchant over a 20 DH affair. It sentenced the defendant to pay the plaintiff 400 DH.
A Muslim technician who worked at a nuclear power plant in Nogent-sur-Seine, in the Aude, won his case against the Ministry of Ecological Transition. He will be reinstated and receive a compensation of 1500€.
Involved in a money laundering network, a notary was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay the Moroccan Customs Administration the sum of 13 million dirhams. The other members of the network were sentenced to prison terms of up to seven years.
23 death sentences were handed down during the year 2019, according to the third report of the Attorney General’s Office. These sentences concerned 16 men aged between 21 and 45 years old.
The Judicial Court of Evry has given the green light to BarakaCity to continue its activities abroad. The NGO has promised to exercise all remedies against the "illegal" freezing of its funds by the government.
Two Moroccans have been stripped of Belgian nationality by the Brussels Court of Appeal for traveling to Syria. They were sentenced to prison terms and fines.
Agents of the judicial brigade of the Casablanca prefecture, in coordination with the gendarmerie services of Berrechid, succeeded in arresting the notary sentenced to ten years in prison for her involvement in a real estate spoliation case. The fugitive was being prosecuted for forgery and use of forgery.