Morocco Country Profile
Environment, Natural Resources and Extractive Industry
Business Corruption
Companies report that bribery is not uncommon when dealing with environmental inspections in Morocco. For instance, Global Integrity 2008 reports that business inspections by government officials to ensure public environmental standards are usually carried out in an arbitrary and ad-hoc manner, and bribes are extracted from companies in return for favourable treatment or expedited processing.
Political Corruption
According to the Transparency International Global Corruption Report 2007, the army exerts control over the fishing industry and polices the catches of Moroccan and EU trawlers. Apparently, high-ranking officials in the military and in the security agencies, along with their family members, are owners of the companies that export fish to Spain. The financial involvement of these individuals charged with overseeing compliance with fishery conservation policies represents a serious conflict of interest.
