Morocco’s Human Rights Group Warns of Drug Money Laundering in Real Estate Sector

"Many companies and individuals behind these operations are known to establish a network of relationships within institutions, which threatens to undermine them," the Observatory says in a statement. It notes that "the continuation of money laundering operations in the economic activities of the region, particularly in the real estate sector, threatens and undermines the major efforts undertaken by the State to develop the region and reduce its social and economic disparities".

Based on these findings, the ONDH calls on Moroccan institutions, including the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Justice and the security services, to make greater efforts to combat money laundering, especially in northern Morocco, and its repercussions, such as political corruption, abuse of influence and damage to the reputation of the State, particularly with financial institutions. It also calls on the State to involve civil society in its programs to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism.