Six Moroccan soldiers receive 20 years in prison for drug trafficking Six members of the auxiliary forces were convicted by the Rabat Court of Appeal for acts of corruption and drug export. The verdict fell on Monday October 21, 2024. Accused of complacency in drug trafficking, six members of the auxiliary forces received 20 years […]
Moroccan taxpayers: regularize your situation before December 31, 2024 The Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) invites taxpayers affected by the measure relating to the voluntary regularization of their tax situation, reinstated by the 2024 Finance Law, to regularize their situation no later than December 31, 2024. This regularization concerns natural persons in respect of their […]
A strong message from Spain to Morocco More than 1,500 pilots from the Spanish Air Force have been deployed in the airspace of the Canary Islands where they are participating in the Sirio 24 exercise. A message sent to Morocco which seeks to control this airspace. Also taking part in this military exercise which will […]
TGV Kénitra-Marrakech: a Moroccan company at the heart of the latest project The Moroccan company Mojazine has just been selected by the National Railway Office (ONCF) to carry out the seventh and final batch of civil engineering works for the future high-speed line (LGV) to link Kenitra to Marrakech. “The contract, worth 2 billion dirhams, […]
They hid the hashish in tires The Civil Guard dismantled on Tuesday a vast Moroccan hashish trafficking network in the Campo de Gibraltar. In total, 16 people were arrested. The operation carried out on Tuesday, in which 150 civil guards in Andalusia and Murcia took part, put an end to the activities of this hashish […]
Moroccan civil servants: increasingly unsustainable salary costs? In Morocco, the approximately 570,917 public civil servants are expected to cost the state 180.27 billion dirhams in terms of salaries in 2025, which represents 10.96% of GDP and nearly 53% of planned investment. Expenditures that weigh heavily on public finances. The average salary of civil servants has […]
It will be even more difficult to obtain a residence permit in France It will be even more difficult to obtain a residence permit in France. The Barnier government has announced the implementation, from 2025, of two new compulsory tests for all foreign applicants, including Moroccans. Master the French language and adhere to the principles […]
Anger in Marrakech: taxi drivers accused of harassment at the airport Many Marrakech residents and tourists are angry with taxi drivers at Marrakech-Menara airport. They claim to have been regularly harassed by the latter who want to know if they use the Indrive application. Acting like police officers conducting a check, these taxi drivers stop […]
Accident near Tangier: a three million euro Bugatti involved A serious traffic accident occurred in the “Crochet Blanco” region on the road linking Tangier to Tetouan during the tour organized by the manufacturer Bugatti to promote its luxury vehicle. Started a few days ago in Chefchaouen, the tour organized by the car manufacturer “Bugatti” to […]
Morocco: a banker takes off with his clients’ money The police arrested an employee of a city bank in Dakhla, accused of having embezzled more than a million dirhams from the accounts of certain clients. The affair was revealed after the disappearance of 1.20 million dirhams from the bank branch’s coffers, noted by an audit […]