Royal Gendarmerie

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• High-Ranking Moroccan Gendarmes Face Trial for Money Laundering in Drug Trafficking Case
  17 February 2023, by Sylvanus

  24 gendarmes including colonels-major and colonels will be tried for money laundering. Their first hearing before the court of first instance in Rabat has been postponed.
  Already convicted of corruption and participation in an international drug trafficking, 24 gendarmes, including colonels-major and colonels, will be tried before the court of first instance for money laundering, as defined in the 1988 Vienna Convention. The latter decided to postpone the hearing due to the absence of a (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Incinerate 12 Tons of Seized Drugs in Al Hoceima
  13 November 2020, by Ginette

  The Boukidaren wholesale market was used as the site for the destruction of about 12 tons of drugs. These are mainly seizures made in recent months during several operations in Al Hoceima.
  This destruction operation was carried out under the supervision of a joint commission, chaired by the Deputy Prosecutor of the King near the Court of First Instance of Al Hoceima and composed of representatives of Customs, the National Security, the Royal Gendarmerie, the local authority, Civil (…)

• Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie Frees Hostages, Dismantles Criminal Network in Khémisset
  8 April, by Prince

  The Royal Gendarmerie dismantled on Sunday a dangerous criminal network that was spreading terror in the locality of Oulmès, Khémisset province.
  The members of this criminal gang, three men and a woman, had taken hostages who were freed by the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Khémisset, during a lightning operation, reports Assabah.
  "After a raid carried out in a residence in the locality of Oulmès, in coordination with the gendarmes of the brigades of Tiddas, Oulmès and Maâziz, (…)

• Morocco Deploys Special Forces to Combat Coastal Drug Trafficking
  16 January 2019, by Said

  Morocco has decided to use strong means to fight against drug trafficking. To this end, special units of the Royal Gendarmerie will soon be created to achieve this.
  According to the newspaper Al Massae, these units will be deployed in northern Morocco, particularly on the coasts, in an attempt to neutralize traffickers who no longer hesitate to use their weapons against the security forces.
  The newspaper reports an incident that occurred last week in which a drug baron fired on the (…)

• Gendarmerie Scandal: Alleged Cover-Up of Farmer’s Murder Shakes Moroccan Region
  6 March 2019, by Amine

  An earthquake has just hit the brigade of the Royal Gendarmerie of Talmest, in the Essaouira region. There is talk of non-denunciation of the perpetrators of a murder.
  The regional commander of the Royal Gendarmerie of Essaouira would have, according to Assabah, received a sound recording where an element of the brigade of the Royal Gendarmerie of Talmest denounces the perpetrators of a murder when, officially, the investigation is stalling. The brigade chief himself would be implicated. (…)

• Moroccan Law Enforcement Faces Rising Violence: Over 4,000 Attacks on Officials Prosecuted
  7 September 2019, by Ginette

  The national police, the Royal Gendarmerie and the auxiliary forces are exposed to verbal and physical attacks in Morocco, according to L’Economiste.
  The newspaper explains that customs officers, people working in the judicial authorities and even forest guards are on the list of officials targeted by the violence that generated 4,175 prosecutions in total.
  The people indicted in this regard are mostly men, but there are also about 300 women.

• Moroccan Court Overturns Compensation for Ex-Soldier in Controversial Desertion Case
  15 March 2019, by Amine

  Here is a very strange story. The Court of Appeal of the Administrative Court of Rabat has just overturned a first-instance judgment granting compensation to a former soldier who spent 2 years and 7 months in prison due to a desertion he denies. According to the Court of Appeal, roughly speaking, it cannot be proven that he did not desert.
  A former soldier had been sentenced to three years in prison and had been granted a royal pardon 5 months before the end of his sentence. He will have (…)

• Moroccan Woman Exposes Gendarmes in Corruption Sting Operation
  5 April 2019, by Amine

  Two gendarmes stationed in Khouribga have just been trapped by a woman they were blackmailing. They were asking her for 3,000 dirhams to release her son, arrested as part of a traffic violation.
  This request from the gendarmes was not to the liking of the mother who turned to the green number set up to fight corruption, anonymously or not. She explains the story, namely that two gendarmes are demanding 3,000 dirhams in exchange for the release of her son. And here is the case that falls (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Seize Ton of Drugs in Coastal Raid Near Agadir
  16 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  On Friday, September 13, the Royal Gendarmerie of Guelmim seized a ton of drugs at Plage Blanche, south of Agadir.
  This quantity of drugs, packaged in boxes, was confiscated, according to barlamane.com, by the Royal Gendarmerie, following detailed information received concerning this drug trafficking operation.
  The same media also indicates that the seized drugs were to be transported to an unknown destination. An investigation has been immediately opened and the perpetrators of this (…)

• Moroccan Police Arrest Five in Illegal Treasure Hunt Involving Jinn Beliefs
  3 November 2019, by Bladi.net

  Five treasure hunters were arrested in flagrante delicto in Driouch in northern Morocco.
  The Royal Gendarmerie surprised the 5 people, aged 36 to 51, on their place of exploitation, digging pits.
  Arrested, these defendants justified themselves by arguing that they were looking for a supposed treasure secured by "jinns", reports today.ma.
  The same source specifies that, for their defense, the individuals showed the research plan to the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie.
  The accused (…)