Morocco’s prosecutor slams Monjib’s travel ban allegations

The King's Prosecutor at the Rabat Court of First Instance says the allegations of Maati Monjib, who is being investigated for money laundering, relating to an alleged abusive travel ban are contrary to reality.

RABAT - The King's Prosecutor at the Rabat Court of First Instance announced that the statements published by Maati Monjib on social networks on October 13, 2021, in which he claimed to be unfairly banned from traveling are "contrary to reality and completely far from the truth."

“As proof, Monjib is the subject of a procedure relating to money laundering investigated by the investigative judge and, after having been detained in the context of this case, the investigative judge granted him provisional release conditional on two measures of judicial control, namely the closing of the borders against him and the withdrawal of passport, indicates a press release from the public prosecutor.

On October 07, 2021, Monjib formulated, through his lawyers, a request for the lifting of the freezing of his bank account and his properties, the recovery of his passport and the opening of the borders to travel abroad , which was rejected by the investigative judge on October 13, 2021.

Monjib presented himself at Rabat-Salé airport in order to leave the national territory, although the decision to close the borders taken against him still remains in force, due to the fact that the investigative judge did not accede to his request.

Monjib's property was frozen in connection with the said case as a precautionary measure usually applied in money laundering cases.

“On the basis of all these data, the allegations of Maati Monjib relating to an alleged abusive travel ban remain contrary to reality with regard to the maintenance of the decision by the investigating judge, as explained above,” concluded the press release.