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  • Moroccan Corruption Worsens, 74% Say Government Efforts Insufficient: Transparency International Report
    15 December 2019, by Sylvanus

    In total, 74% of Moroccans say that the government’s efforts to fight corruption are insufficient. This is revealed by the latest Transparency International report on corruption in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
    Transparency International focused its study on citizens’ perceptions of electoral and governmental corruption in Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan and Tunisia. For the case of Morocco, 53% of citizens believe that institutional corruption is worsening. Thus, (…)

  • Marrakech Tops List of Moroccan Cities with Highest Corruption Cases, Report Finds
    7 January 2020, by Bladi.net

    The city of Marrakech is the city most affected by corruption in 2018, while Béni-Mellal only has two cases, according to a recent report from the public prosecutor’s office.
    The recent report on the implementation of the criminal policy and the management of the public prosecutor’s office revealed the cases of corruption recorded in the public administration.
    This report from the public prosecutor’s office also established a ranking of the cities affected by the cases of corruption (…)

  • Moroccan Anti-Corruption Group Pushes for Tougher Penalties on Illicit Enrichment
    20 January 2020, by Bladi.net

    Through a letter, the association wished to modify Article 8-256 of the draft Penal Code in order to restore the prison sentence and link it to the confiscation of assets resulting from the misappropriation of public funds in order to ensure greater effectiveness.
    "Transparency Maroc" also recalled the need to review and toughen the penalty for non-declaration of assets, stipulated in Article 262 bis, not to mention the adoption of the draft amendment to the Penal Code. According to the (…)

  • Transparency Report Reveals Stagnant Anti-Corruption Efforts in Morocco’s Defense Sector
    25 January 2020, by Bladi.net

    The results of the surveys carried out by Transparency Maroc took into account three major indicators, including the corruption perception index, the global corruption barometer in Africa and the MENA region, as well as the transparency barometer in the defense sector in Morocco in 2019.
    According to the transparency barometer in the defense sector, the budget allocated to defense represents $3.69 billion, or 3.1% of GDP, and its army has a workforce of 246,000 military personnel.
    The (…)

  • Morocco Slips in Global Corruption Rankings, Transparency International Reports
    30 January 2021, by Jérôme

    Morocco has not made any significant progress in the fight against corruption. With a score of 40/100, it even loses one point compared to last year, ranking 86th out of 180 countries ranked, compared to 80th position a year earlier. This is the finding of the new Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 (CPI 2020) of Transparency International.
    The corruption perception index for the year 2020 based on 13 surveys and assessments conducted by experts in 180 countries, including Morocco, (…)

  • Moroccan Anti-Corruption NGO Accuses Government of Silencing Public Meetings
    1 February 2021, by Jérôme

    Transparency Maroc denounces the ban, within a week, of two of its meetings. It sees it as an "abuse of power that confiscates the association’s right to meet and organize meetings".
    In a press release, the NGO cites the ban on a discussion meeting devoted to the subject of budget transparency in the management of public funds, on Thursday, January 21, 2021, after its launch in a hotel in Rabat. The NGO’s surprise is all the greater since all the necessary measures of prevention and (…)

  • Moroccan Activist Alleges State Surveillance and Intimidation Amid Growing Authoritarianism
    4 March 2021, by Sylvanus

    Economist Fouad Abdelmoumni, a famous human rights defender and activist of Transparency Maroc, claims that an "authoritarian and violent dictatorship" reigns "more and more" in the kingdom. He says he was the victim last year of a defamation campaign aimed at silencing him. His relatives had received videos of his intimate life.
    "There were dozens of people who received a video sequence taken without my knowledge in my house thanks to a very sophisticated audiovisual recording device (…)

  • Morocco’s Anti-Corruption Efforts Fall Short as GDP Losses Mount
    8 February 2021, by Bladi.net

    The many efforts made by Morocco for decades to fight corruption do not seem to be bearing fruit. Launched in 2015 and implemented the following year, the national anti-corruption strategy whose deadline is 2025 has failed to overcome the evil.
    The fight against corruption is still an uphill battle in Morocco. Mohamed Bachir Rachdi, President of the National Anti-Corruption, Prevention and Fight against Corruption Authority (INPPLC), does not deny the existence of the phenomenon. In the (…)

  • Poverty in Northern Morocco Fuels Migration Crisis in Spanish Enclave, NGO Reports
    5 June 2021, by Jonas

    Precariousness in northern Morocco would be the main cause of the irregular and massive departures of several young Moroccans, including minors, towards Ceuta, said Transparency Morocco, commenting on the wave of migration observed last May in the Spanish enclave.
    "These events reveal an economic and social reality, where a large part of the Moroccan population lives in chronic precariousness, often leading them to engage in informal micro-activities," denounced the organization.
    In the (…)

  • Moroccan Watchdog Slams Covid-19 Health Sector Procurement Irregularities
    13 August 2021, by Ginette

    Transparency Maroc criticizes the management of the public health sector markets during the Covid-19 pandemic. The NGO renews its concerns about a management it considers surrounded by irregularities and gray areas.
    At the forefront of Transparency Maroc’s denunciations is the non-compliance with Law No. 84-12 of August 30, 2013, the existence of concerted contracts with companies not registered with the department, as well as the acquisitions of highly sensitive supplies not registered (…)