Individual Corruption

According to Transparency Maroc Revue de presse 2009 (in French), customs officials at the port of Beni Nsar, on the border between Nador and Melilla, solicit bribes from individuals entering the country. Citizens who refuse to pay bribes may wait for hours before being allowed to cross the border. A Moroccan citizen has documented the systematic demand for bribes by customs officials at the same border in a video posted on YouTube.

Business Corruption

Customs administration is considered as prone to corruption by companies as well as individual citizens. According to Global Integrity 2008, the customs agency is sometimes involved in corruption, and there are reports that some companies and institutions are granted preferential treatment.

In addition, the World Economic Forum Global Enabling Trade Report 2010 points out that time-consuming bureaucracy related to trade across borders opens the way for public officials to demand bribes in Morocco. For example, trade is impeded by customs procedures that lack efficiency, and exporting and importing require time-consuming paperwork to clear goods at the border. Corruption and bribery in these processes are not uncommon.

Political Corruption

Drug trafficking is a major problem in Morocco, one of the world's largest cannabis producers. The US Department of State 2011 reports that corruption related to the trafficking of drugs is to be found among governmental, judicial and law enforcement officials, despite the government's comprehensive counternarcotics strategy.

Frequency

The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2011:
- A standard export shipment of goods requires 7 documents, takes an average of 14 days and costs USD 700 per container.

- A standard import shipment of goods requires 10 documents, takes an average of 17 days and a costs USD 1,000 per container.

World Economic Forum: The Global Enabling Trade Report 2010:
- Business executives give the efficiency of customs procedures (formalities regulating the entry and exit of merchandise) in Morocco a score of 4.1 on a 7-point scale (1 'extremely inefficient' and 7 'extremely efficient').

- Business executives give the transparency of border administration (pervasiveness of undocumented extra payments or bribes connected with imports and exports) a score of 3.6 on a 7-point scale (1 'extremely inefficient' and 7 'extremely efficient').

Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008:
- Business executives give the level of corruption in the customs a score of 3.1 on a 5 point scale (1 'not at all corrupt' and 5 'extremely corrupt').