Morocco’s National Police Directorate (DGSN) and the Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development (AMDIE) have signed a partnership agreement to reinforce the security and reliability of the Kingdom’s business environment. The accord, concluded under provisions of the relevant dahir governing the DGSN, the law establishing AMDIE and legislation governing the Electronic National Identity Card (CNIE), targets two interconnected challenges: preventing identity fraud and building institutional capacity to combat economic crime.
The first axis of the agreement grants AMDIE access to the national trusted-authority infrastructure developed by the DGSN. Through electronic mechanisms, AMDIE will be able to authenticate CNIE cards and verify the identity of their holders in real time. This capability is designed to protect the interests of both investors and the state by eliminating the risk of fraudulent identity in the investment facilitation process — a measure that directly addresses one of the soft vulnerabilities in Morocco’s business environment that can deter foreign capital.
The second axis focuses on building institutional expertise. The DGSN will deploy specialists to deliver targeted training programmes for AMDIE personnel in three areas of growing concern: detecting forged documents and identity impersonation, combating economic and financial crime, and countering money laundering. The inclusion of financial crime and anti-money-laundering training signals an ambition that goes beyond routine administrative cooperation — it positions the partnership as a contribution to the broader governance reform agenda that international investors and multilateral lenders increasingly scrutinise.
The agreement is timed to coincide with a period of heightened investor interest in Morocco. The country is accelerating its programme of major infrastructure projects ahead of the 2030 FIFA World Cup, and the government has placed investment attraction at the centre of its economic strategy. In that context, strengthening the institutional guarantees around identity verification and fraud prevention is a practical measure to reduce the friction that large domestic and foreign transactions can encounter.
In a joint statement, both institutions reaffirmed their shared commitment to promoting a business climate built on trust, performance and innovation while protecting the strategic interests of the Kingdom. By combining DGSN’s technical sovereignty over national identity infrastructure with AMDIE’s mandate to attract and develop investment and exports, the agreement creates a new institutional layer of confidence for both domestic entrepreneurs and international investors considering Morocco as a base for regional operations.
