Ministère de la justice

Morocco Receives Blacklist of Individuals Wanted for Terrorism Financing, Money Laundering

Morocco’s Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (Unité de traitement du renseignement financier/UTRF) has received an updated blacklist of individuals wanted for money laundering and terrorism financing. The list, which includes Moroccans, should be submitted to the Attorney General of the Rabat Court of Appeal, which has the exclusive right to decide on financial crimes related to […]

Ghana raises cocoa prices by over 50%

Ghana’s president ordered an increase in farmgate cocoa prices by 58% amid a drop in output due to climate change. Ghana is the world’s second largest cocoa producer with 15% of global output of the key ingredient for chocolate production. “The increase in the producer price of cocoa has become necessary to enhance the income […]

World Bank commends Morocco’s Doing Business progress, calls for more growth

Despite Morocco’s significant progress on the Doing Business index, much remains to be done for Morocco to move from 2.8% growth expected this year to 6 or 7% in order to reduce unemployment, World Bank Vice President for MENA region Ferid Belhaj said. Morocco improved its ranking to 53rd position in the doing business index […]