Moroccan Firms Shift to Legal Imports as Cross-Border Smuggling Ends
1 March 2020
The illegal introduction of Spanish products into Morocco is over. Moroccan companies now import these products legally.
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Ceuta Residents Petition Moroccan King to Ease Border Restrictions
29 February 2020
A delegation from Ceuta is mobilizing to send King Mohammed VI a petition, signed by the city’s residents, to request the reduction of the security measures put in place to put (…)
Moroccan Customs Launches Video Campaign to Combat Smuggling Threats
23 February 2020
The Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration has published a new video capsule to raise public awareness about the evils of smuggling.
Morocco Plans Special Trade Zone for Former Ceuta Border Merchants
23 February 2020
Put an end to the illegal economic activities of the past, while promoting the reconversion of former traders who operated in Bab Ceuta, without complying with the law. This is (…)
Casablanca Contraband Merchants Face Crisis as Border Closures Threaten Livelihoods
21 February 2020
Merchants of contraband products in Casablanca fear the closure of their shops. Another fallout from the closure of border posts at Sebta and Melilla. Two of these merchants (…)
Morocco’s ’Mule Women’ Face Uncertain Future as Border Crossing Closes
3 February 2020
The "mule women", now relieved of their burdens, are twiddling their thumbs, waiting to find another alternative to their precarious social situation, impacted by the closure (…)
Ceuta Tightens Border Controls on Moroccan Construction Materials to Combat Smuggling
31 January 2020
Since Wednesday, January 29, construction materials from Morocco are subject to control at the Ceuta border crossing. This is the decision made by the government of the (…)
Moroccan Police Implicated in Ceuta Border Smuggling Scheme, Report Finds
24 January 2020
About 200 cars out of more than a thousand dedicated to porterage belong "to security agents and customs". This is revealed by the report of the Parliamentary Commission on the (…)
Crackdown on Smuggling Boosts Consumer Product Sales, Shifts Illicit Trade Routes
14 January 2020
The measures put in place to fight smuggling in Sebta and Melilla are a boon for operators specialized in the distribution of consumer products. But we will have to remain (…)
Spain’s Ceuta May Restrict Entry for Moroccan Nationals Amid Border Tensions
13 January 2020
For a few days now, information has been circulating on social media about the closure of the Spanish enclave Ceuta to Moroccan nationals starting this Monday, January 13.