Morocco cancels 22,315 debt-related wanted notices
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Linformation
Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi announced the cancellation of 22,315 wanted notices linked to imprisonment for debt after cases were reviewed under new rules in the Code of Criminal Procedure. Enforcement of the measure was also cancelled for 3,991 detained people, he told the House of Councillors.
Morocco’s Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi has announced the cancellation of 22,315 wanted notices linked to imprisonment for debt, a debt-recovery procedure, after the cases concerned were reviewed in light of the new provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. He was speaking on Tuesday before the House of Councillors, according to Moroccan media outlet Linformation.
The operation concerned people aged over 60 or under 20. The Justice Ministry also cancelled the enforcement of imprisonment for debt against 3,991 detained people, after examining their age and the nature of the sums owed, Abdellatif Ouahbi said.
