Morocco : Officials of industrial fish canning unit in Safi prosecuted

The public prosecutor at the Court of first instance of Safi announced Tuesday that it has been decided to prosecute some managers of an industrial fish canning unit in Safi, for violation of the decree-law relating to the state of health emergency.

On the basis of the results of the judicial investigations ordered by the public prosecutor's office into the circumstances and causes of the spread of Covid-19 in a unit specializing in the canning of fish in Safi, it has been decided to prosecute some managers of the above-mentioned unit and certain persons in charge of monitoring the implementation of the health protocol at the establishment, as well as those responsible for transporting workers, for violation of the provisions of article 4 of the decree-law on the state of health emergency and to summon them to appear before the court to be tried in accordance with the law, said the public prosecutor in a statement.