These cases, part of which are under criminal investigation, while others are before courts, are spread between 2019, with 229 cases, and 2020 during which 161 cases were registered, said Ben Abdelkader, who was speaking during a communication meeting organized by the Ministry of Justice and the Meknes Bar Association on the theme "the lawyer's role in the system of fighting money laundering and terrorism financing".

He noted that the evaluations carried out by the competent international bodies, mainly in 2007 and during the period between September 2017 and 2019, showed the notorious evolution that the national system has witnessed, despite certain remarks relating to the non-financial sector.

The official noted that the legal and judicial professions, mainly lawyers, notaries and Aduls, are among the non-financial entities about which a remark was raised by the international financial working group, which relates to their under-involvement in the fight system against money laundering and terrorism financing.

Ben Abdelkader recalled that his department has set up a qualification plan for legal and judicial professions, in order to avoid certain negative remarks, expressing the readiness of the ministry, in consultation with the Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (UTRF), to support lawyers' bodies in order to provide them with the technical assistance necessary for a better implementation of commitments in this area.

"We will make sure at the Ministry of Justice, in coordination with the UTRF and the unions of bar associations, to schedule communication meetings to shed light on these obligations and to provide simplified practical guides", he said, adding that his department is preparing a draft resolution explaining the approaches and procedures for involving the legal and judicial professions in the system of fighting money laundering and terrorism financing, similar to what was undertaken for the financial professions.