France: Real estate assets seized in Morocco by French courts

In Cornouaille, economic and financial offenses are heavily mobilizing the judicial system. According to Marie-Noëlle Collobert, deputy prosecutor at the Quimper court, "enormous amounts of money slip through the cracks of tax oversight." Faced with this reality, direct seizures are multiplying to reinject these funds into the legitimate economy. Authorities have recovered 2.5 million euros over 2024 and 2025, and have already surpassed the one million mark in the first five months of 2026. While fraud affects highly diverse professions ranging from nursing care to shuttle boats, the installation of fiber optics and the construction sector remain the activities most targeted by investigators.

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This crackdown aims both to clean up the market and protect vulnerable workers. The magistrate denounces the unfair competition faced by legitimate companies, emphasizing that "the honest entrepreneur is ultimately penalized." Undeclared work exposes employees above all to serious health and social dangers. Without contributions for their retirement or protection in case of accident, these individuals sometimes operate in very precarious safety conditions on roadsides. The prosecutor’s office also points to risks linked to poor workmanship and non-compliance of materials used on these clandestine worksites.

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To stem this crime, the Quimper courts are establishing quarterly correctional hearings dedicated to the issue and deploying new means to track funds outside France. Since money from undeclared work quickly leaves the territory, authorities no longer hesitate to pursue these capital flows internationally. "We are beginning to be able to act quite quickly and effectively abroad," Marie-Noëlle Collobert told Le Télégramme newspaper. Investigators have notably been sent to Morocco to directly seize real estate assets acquired illegally. This cross-border cooperation strategy is bearing fruit in other countries, allowing for example the tracing of accounts in Spain linked to fraudulent financial investment offers.