The control services of the Directorate General of Taxes and the National Financial Intelligence Authority ((ANRF)) are investigating suspicious banking transactions detected in Casablanca and El Jadida.
Tried for human exploitation, fraud and money laundering in the agricultural sector, the masterminds of a network that mainly recruited illegal labor from Morocco for service companies in agriculture in various regions of France were sentenced to one year in prison.
In Morocco, a group composed of Moroccan and foreign nationals is suspected of money laundering. Two of them are on blacklists of financial regulators in their countries of origin and have a history of dubious files.
Morocco is stepping up its fight against illegal financial circuits. The National Financial Intelligence Authority (ANRF) has just published its annual report for the year 2023, and the figures testify to an intensification of the efforts deployed to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
Moroccan customs, in coordination with the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) and the Royal Gendarmerie, are striving to thwart all attempts at money laundering through gold by Moroccans and foreigners involved in suspicious activities.
After recent seizures of large gold shipments, the control services of the Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration (ADII) have stepped up their investigations at airports to limit the smuggling of jewelry and gold objects and money laundering.
To launder money from drug trafficking, some criminal networks buy luxury smartphones in Melilla to resell them at competitive prices in Morocco.
Moroccan customs are currently conducting a large-scale investigation into an import fraud system involving several companies.
The Moroccan Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, announced the strengthening of control measures on casinos and gambling platforms to fight against money laundering.
A vast money laundering network led by an Algerian was dismantled in Marrakech by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police of the Royal Gendarmerie.
As part of the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, the competent services of the Ministry of the Interior carried out control missions in seven casinos between April and September 2024, and dismantled several terrorist cells in recent months.
The trial of a Moroccan residing in Gibraltar, the head of an international network specialized in money laundering from international drug trafficking and its members, also of Moroccan nationality, continues before the Ceuta court.