Public Morals Squad, Firqat al-akhlāq al-ʿāmma is a judicial police squad in Morocco whose field of work specialises in combating prostitution dens and arresting prostitutes on charges of inciting corruption while also dealing with cases of rape and sexual assault. It is a special unit within the Moroccan judicial police, attached to the Directorate General of National Security, the Moroccan police. It operates in all Moroccan cities. The Public Morals Squad’s main focus is prostitution and is known to the public as the security body which fights against the spread of sex tourism, a major problem in Morocco.1 However, over the years, the Public Morals Squad extended its activities to a variety of tasks. For example, it censors content on the Internet by prosecuting those who upload obscene or sexually immoral material (as in the case of the famous Facebook celebrity “Mario”, Ḥasan Bin Yaḥyā, who uploaded videos on Facebook, entitled “Mario Nights”, about sexual and emotional relationships, using vulgar and erotic language).2 This squad is also tasked with inspecting for illegal drug use and alcohol consumption.3 Furthermore, the squad arrests producers of pornographic content as in the case of Rapper Al-Shaṭṭ Mān and his girlfriend in Casablanca, who were arrested in 2015 on charges of filming and publishing a pornographic video on social media.4 The squad can also assume protective roles as in the case of the prosecution of a man who blackmailed his girlfriend (who severed her relationship with him); the ex-boyfriend photographed her naked at his family home and threatened to expose her on the Internet.5 One interesting case of the Public Morals Squad’s work in 2017 was the summoning in Tangiers of Ḥanān Zaʿbūl, the wife of Shaykh Muḥammad al-Fizāzī, a famous Salafi preacher in Morocco. Al-Fizāzī filed a lawsuit against her for insults, slander, defamation, misleading the public opinion and submitting a false report of kidnapping, detention and abortion.6 The Public Morals Squad also launches campaigns against homosexuals “to curb the phenomenon of homosexual behavior activities” in the streets.7 In addition, the Squad prosecutes crimes such as abortion or trade in medicine used for clandestine abortions as well as the illegal and corrupt practices of pharmacists who violate regulations during times of health care emergency.8