The Moroccan customs are currently carrying out an operation to dismantle a criminal network active in the trafficking of counterfeit or smuggled alcohol in various tourist areas of the kingdom.
The Société marocaine des boissons (SBM) will not renew the license contract for the production and distribution of Heineken brand products, which expires next December.
Morocco is in the top 17 countries where the percentage of non-drinkers of alcohol is the highest in the world, according to a compilation of figures that has just been published. All these countries have a predominantly Muslim population.
In six months, tax revenues from alcohol have seen a significant increase, reaching over 800 million dirhams. This is what the quarterly report on the execution of the 2023 Finance Act indicates.
Karkoubi , called the "drug of the poor" due to its low cost of preparation and sale, is increasingly consumed in Spain, especially by young people in whom it causes "psychopathic" behaviors that can lead to suicide.
Seven people died in Meknes after consuming adulterated alcohol . The incriminated product would have been purchased in a local grocery store, according to a source close to the investigation cited by Map .
Due to the increase in taxes on non-alcoholic beverages, as well as the notification received from the city of Rabat to pay taxes related to the occupation of public space, cafe and restaurant owners in Rabat plan a 72-hour strike.
The police arrested today a former MP from the Istiqlal Party, suspected of having used his service passport as a parliamentarian while he had lost his status as a deputy. The man was in a state of intoxication .
Football player Sofian Kiyine , midfielder for the Belgian club Oud-Heverlee Louvain, tested positive for alcohol after a road accident that occurred on March 30 near the Flémalle sports hall, according to information communicated by the Liège prosecutor’s office cited by Belga.
During the holy month of Ramadan, many Moroccans try to get rid of their addictions to alcohol, tobacco or other drugs.
The association of winegrowers, the Cellier des demoiselles, located in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, in the Corbières region, has started exporting its products to Morocco, after the resumption of its exports to the United States following the suspension of the Trump tax.
The authorities in Fez have banned hotels belonging to MP Aziz Lebbar and other establishments in their territory from serving alcohol. A decision that follows the corruption allegations made against them.