Morocco: convicted of having robbed funds for transferring funds

Seven years in prison. This is the sentence pronounced by the Rabat Court of Appeal against each of the three members of a criminal network specializing in the robbery of money transfer agencies in several cities in the kingdom.

The accused, aged about 25, were convicted of having robbed six silver transfer agencies in Tamesna, Khémisset, Tétouan, Tikiouine and Agadir. Pursued for “training of a criminal band and theft by break -in of money transfer agencies”, they received each of seven years in prison and a fine of 50,000 dirhams, reports the daily Al Akhbar.