American billionaire John Paul DeJoria has led a long court battle against a Moroccan company after a failed oil project he promised to launch in the Kingdom. Lobbying to change a Texas law, he escaped a $123-million Moroccan settlement.
Months after his ex-wife was arrested, former Moroccan diplomat Abdeslam Jaidi has been charged with visa fraud by a New York court. He is accused of bringing Moroccan and Filipino workers to the US based on materially false documents.
A Tangier court sentenced, Thursday, a Spanish man to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a Moroccan minor. A Moroccan NGO promised to appeal against the decision that it deems insufficient, citing new evidence.