These cases are spread between 2019, with 229 cases, and 2020 during which 161 cases are being investigated or under-trial, said Ben Abdelkader, who was speaking at a communication meeting organized by the Ministry of Justice and the Casablanca Bar Association on the theme "the lawyer's role in the system of fighting money laundering and terrorism financing."

Money laundering and terrorism financing are among the most complex and dangerous crimes that are of particular interest around the world, the minister said, stressing, in that regard, that a set on initiatives has been launched in Morocco to strengthen the national legal systems, such as the Law 43.05 related to the fight against money laundering.

He also recalled the creation in 2009 of a Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (UTRF), for national coordination on money laundering and terrorism financing.

Abdelkader also said that the Ministry of justice is currently working on a project that will be published soon in the official bulletin. This project will define the ways in which legal and judicial professionals, lawyers, notaries, and others, can join the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing, he explained.

With the emergence of crimes of terrorism, money laundering, electronic crimes, and human trafficking, and the adoption of alternative means for dispute resolution, the lawyer's role has become more effective for the smooth running of justice, he concluded.