الاثنين 14 جويلية 2025

Scandal Unveiled: How Makhzen Manipulates Washington, Paris Through Corruption, Covert Lobbying

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Scandal Unveiled: How Makhzen Manipulates Washington, Paris Through Corruption, Covert Lobbying

✍️ BY: Dr. Hana Saada

A Former Moroccan Agent Exposes the Kingdom’s Extensive Influence Network and Illegal Practices to Sabotage Western Sahara’s Self-Determination Efforts

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Algiers, Algeria– Monday, July 14, 2025 | In one of the most damning exposures of covert state-sponsored manipulation in recent years, shocking revelations have emerged about the Moroccan Makhzen’s systematic use of corruption, diplomatic fraud, and clandestine lobbying to sway U.S. and French positions on the Western Sahara conflict.

The revelations, published by moroccomail.fr and originally leaked by the Ivorian site Afrik, center around Mustapha Aziz, a Moroccan businessman and self-proclaimed former “special missions agent” of the DGED (Moroccan external intelligence services). Aziz publicly admitted to having received large sums of money and an illegally issued diplomatic passport from the DGED’s director, Yassine Mansouri, in exchange for creating an influence network in Washington and Paris aimed at derailing support for the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination.

According to Afrik, this is not merely the story of one rogue operative, but rather the exposure of an entrenched Moroccan state-sponsored influence machine operating inside Western political and media institutions. Aziz described a network based on bribery, political blackmail, and the distribution of personal favors to European officials, particularly Members of Parliament and other high-ranking policymakers, to push the Moroccan regime’s narrative on international platforms.

The goal, as explicitly outlined in Aziz’s own words, was to sabotage the mission of the UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara and undermine any international efforts supporting Sahrawi self-determination—while maintaining the illusion of Morocco’s diplomatic legitimacy in the West.

What is even more alarming is that this clandestine lobbying apparatus, according to Aziz, is deeply embedded in French and American institutions, raising serious concerns about the ethical vulnerability of democratic nations to foreign influence from authoritarian regimes using illegal means.

This scandal echoes the Chris Coleman leaks, which years earlier had already laid bare the Moroccan regime’s exploitation of its diplomatic corps and intelligence agencies for mafia-style operations, relying on drug trafficking revenues to fund its global propaganda and espionage campaigns. The UN itself, through multiple reports, has repeatedly labeled Morocco as the world’s largest exporter of cannabis resin, indicating a direct link between narco-financing and its foreign policy misconduct.

As international demands for a resolution to the Western Sahara conflict grow louder, these revelations cast a dark shadow over the credibility of Morocco’s diplomatic claims and its so-called strategic partnerships with Western powers. They also underscore the urgent need for a robust international investigation into the influence of money, coercion, and misinformation campaigns in shaping foreign policy on such a sensitive issue.

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Translated from:
La Patrie News – “Scandale – Comment le Makhzen recourt à la corruption pour « orienter » les positions de Washington et de Paris”

 

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