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Morocco’s Financial Crime Unit Tightens Grip on Suspicious Currency Flows

Le Bureau national de lutte contre les crimes économiques et financiers (BNLCEF), a specialized unit of the national judiciary police brigade, (BNPJ), has opened an investigation into a group of businessmen and foreign exchange office operators suspected of channeling large sums of money of undetermined origin into the Moroccan economy. The development was reported on […]

Morocco Warns of Fish Stock Depletion in Mediterranean Due to Overfishing

Morocco’s Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch warned of a looming depletion of fish stocks in the Mediterranean, which may negatively impact the living of thousands fishermen. “The Mediterranean as a shared sea between several states is facing a dangerous situation marked by a drastic decrease of fish stocks with repercussions on the livelihoods of […]

Burkina Faso: search underway for 50 women abducted by jihadists in restive Sahel region

Security forces are searching for at least 50 women that were abducted by suspected Islamist extremists in Burkina Faso’s insurgency-hit northern Sahel region, a regional governor said Monday, January 16. The women were kidnapped on January 12-13 while in the countryside gathering wild fruit near the town of Arbinda in Soum province, Lt. Col. P.F. […]