RABAT, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Moroccan authorities in coordination with Spanish security services have busted a criminal network suspected of embezzling large sums of money from accounts in international banks, Morocco's interior ministry announced in a statement on Tuesday.
The investigation led to the arrest of 16 suspects in the cities of Casablanca, Meknes, Khenifra, Oujda, Marrakech and El Hajeb, for their alleged links with this criminal network and their relations with a network in Spain, the statement said.
The ministry said that all targeted banks have been identified.
Search operations enabled the seizure of electronic equipment used in these criminal acts and large sums of money from the criminal activities, the same source said.
The suspects were remanded in police custody to complete the probe, and investigations are still underway to arrest other individuals who may be involved in these criminal acts, it noted.
