Morocco: Mayor loses everything after conviction

The Court of First Instance of Fez has ordered the seizure of all real estate and personal property, as well as the bank accounts of a former president of the commune of Midelt, member of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), prosecuted for money laundering and embezzlement of public funds among others.

The court also decided to seize the movable and immovable property of four other defendants prosecuted in the same case, and to sentence them to a one-year suspended prison sentence. The former president of the commune of Midlet and his co-defendants are being prosecuted before the chamber responsible for financial crimes of the Fez Court of Appeal for abuse of power, bribery, embezzlement of public funds, falsification of documents, etc.