Morocco Installs Surveillance Cameras to Combat Begging in Major Cities

The Ministry of the Interior will install surveillance cameras to "improve security and prosecute those responsible for these acts [of begging] on Moroccan streets."

The Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, recently declared in parliament that his department "attaches great importance to the fight against begging [...] as well as the exploitation of minors and people with special needs who tarnish the image of the streets."

A total of 28,769 people, including 2,408 foreigners, were arrested for begging on the streets of the kingdom in 2022, compared to 32,669 people, including 2,975 foreigners, in 2021, he stressed.