France Tracks Dirty Money in Morocco

In this international hunt, France is leading the dance. With 110 cases opened (more than a third of the total), the Hexagon is the country that solicits Rabat the most, closely followed by Belgium, Turkey and the Netherlands. A geographical concentration that directly targets the areas where there is a large Moroccan community.

Dirty money, target number 1

What exactly are these foreign investigators looking for? Above all, the trail of money. Money laundering has become the main reason for investigations (26% of cases), even dethroning drug trafficking (22%). Fraud and organized crime complete this picture, proving that offenders are trying to use Morocco as a financial rear base.

While the Kingdom is playing the transparency game with an execution rate of 44%, some files take time. The reason is technical: tracking down complex financial flows or seizing real estate and bank assets takes much more time than simply interviewing witnesses. A complexity that does not diminish Morocco’s determination to establish itself as an impregnable barrier against transnational crime.