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• Former French Official Fined for Anti-Muslim Comments About Transit Workers
  19 March 2022, by Ginette

  The former deputy mayor of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines) had accused in December 2019 the management of the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) of having "recruited thousands of Arab-Muslim agents who despise Christmas and consider users as cattle".
  These remarks were made as a sign of protest against the railway workers’ strike at the time. More than two years after her remarks, which were considered scandalous, Agnès Cerighelli’s conviction for racial discrimination has (…)

• Former Moroccan Bank Employee Sentenced for $300,000 Embezzlement Scheme
  18 October 2022, by Ginette

  The criminal chamber near the Court of Appeal in charge of financial cases in Marrakech has sentenced a former Al Barid Bank employee to three years in prison. He embezzled more than three million dirhams.
  The funds were diverted from the bank to the accused’s account, who in addition to the three years of actual imprisonment, was also sentenced to pay a fine of 30,000 dirhams and to repay Al Barid Bank the embezzled amount of 3,082,076 DH, reports Aujourd’hui le Maroc.
  It was the bank (…)

• Canadian Driver Arrested at French Border with 242 kg of Moroccan Cannabis
  20 February 2019, by Said

  A routine check by customs officers in the Bielsa tunnel in the Hautes-Pyrénées led to the discovery of nearly 250 kilos of Moroccan cannabis in a car driven by a Canadian national.
  In a statement to the press reported by the newspaper Sud-Ouest, the public prosecutor questioned the "surprising circuit" taken by the trafficker to cross the border between Spain and France. "He has an atypical profile and the circuit is surprising, it is not common to go through the Bielsa tunnel," he said. (…)

• Moroccan Family Sues King Mohammed VI in Marrakech Land Dispute
  20 February 2019, by Amine

  Here is an unusual case! A Moroccan family has just brought a case against Sovereign Mohammed VI over a property dispute in Marrakech.
  The heirs of one Benmoulay Ali Alaoui filed a case against King Mohammed VI in 2017. It was on February 23, 2017. A date that will certainly remain in memory.
  The case concerns a plot of land, according to Goud.ma, a plot called "Bendehmane", located behind the Ben Youssef high school in Marrakech. The plot is (only) one hectare. For the heirs, this land (…)

• Comedian Gad Elmaleh Uses Legal Maneuver to Remove Plagiarism Accusation Videos from Twitter
  20 February 2019, by Amine

  It is by invoking neighboring rights that Gad Elmaleh has managed to have the videos accusing him of plagiarism removed from Twitter. These are the work of a person whose pseudonym is Copycomic.
  The information is revealed by Le Parisien, who cites Copycomic: "Gad Elmaleh, following my CopyComic videos about him, and through a law firm, has just taken action against the CopyComic account".
  It is at least necessary to explain what neighboring rights are. These are rights that are in fact (…)

• Marrakech Café Shooting Trial Begins: 16 Accused, Including Dutch Suspects
  26 February 2019, by Said

  After several months of investigation and numerous postponements of hearings, the trial of the perpetrators of the shooting at the Café la Crème in Marrakech will open this Tuesday at the court of first instance in the ochre city.
  In total, 16 people are being prosecuted in this case, including two Dutch nationals, accused of being the shooters, as well as their accomplices including the manager and owner of the café, reports the Arabic-language newspaper Al Akhbar.
  In October 2017, (…)

• Diploma Forgery Ring at Moroccan University Results in Harsh Sentences for 26
  9 January 2023, by Ginette

  26 people prosecuted for forgery of diplomas from the International University of Rabat were sentenced to heavy sentences by the criminal chamber of the Casablanca Court of Appeal.
  The main defendant, an employee of the University, was sentenced to 8 years in prison by the court. The two mediators between the main defendant and those who obtained fake diplomas in exchange for money were each sentenced to 5 years in prison.
  The criminal chamber also sentenced a third defendant to seven (…)

• Morocco: an activist arrested for criticizing the authorities
  24 March 2024, by Prince

  Moroccan activist Youssef El Hirech was arrested on Tuesday for an alleged offense of attacking a public official, attacking authority and disseminating private information without consent on social networks.
  Youssef El Hirech was placed in detention at the Kenitra prison, reports Europa Press. The date of his trial has been set for April 4 at the court of first instance of the city. The activist faces a sentence of four years in prison and a fine of up to 20,000 dirhams (about 1,800 (…)

• Moroccan Serial Rapist Sentenced to 12 Years in Montpellier, Avoids Deportation
  2 March 2019, by Amine

  Lahcen Aghrod, a serial rapist who was active on the streets of Montpellier during the summer of 2015, has just been sentenced to serve a 12-year prison sentence. However, while his deportation was requested, the judge decided that it would not take place since he is recognized as having a mental disorder.
  According to Attorney General Philip Ughetto, Lahcen Aghrod is "a raging sexual predator", "a lone wolf who stalks his prey" and shows "rare violence, terrible ferocity". The latter was (…)

• Casablanca Dog Meat Gang Appeals 10-Year Sentence in Shocking Food Safety Case
  3 March 2019, by Amine

  While they were sentenced to 10 years in prison (the maximum sentence), the trial of the members of the gang who were marketing dog meat has just begun on appeal.
  At the end of 2018, the gendarmerie arrested 7 people, in flagrante delicto, as they were preparing minced dog and sick cow meat. This meat was sold to street vendors in Casablanca and also in Mohammedia. Before the courts, the prosecution requested a 10-year prison sentence. And they were sentenced to ten years in prison, the (…)