Documented and undocumented foreign migrants, especially women and children, are highly vulnerable to forced labor and sex trafficking in Morocco and as they transit through Morocco to reach Europe. Traffickers exploit many migrants who voluntarily use smugglers to enter Morocco.

Documented and undocumented foreign migrants, especially women and children, are highly vulnerable to forced labor and sex trafficking in Morocco and as they transit through Morocco to reach Europe. Traffickers exploit undocumented migrants who voluntarily use smugglers to …

In 2009 Morocco was a source, destination, and transit country for men, women, and children who are subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution. Children were trafficked within the country from rural areas to urban centers to work as maids or laborers, or for commercial sexual exploitation .

On 30 July 2024, Morocco marked the 10th World Day Against Trafficking in Persons under the Blue Heart Campaign. This effort was a collaboration between the European Union delegation in Morocco, the Moroccan National Committee for the Coordination of Measures to Combat and Prevent Human Trafficking, the Ministry of Justice, and the Regional ...

Jan 20, 2025 · In February 2017, the Moroccan government cooperated with the Spanish government in the arrest of a 10-member human trafficking ring moving trafficking victims between Morocco and Spain. The government also reported cooperating with the governments of the Netherlands and Turkey on international trafficking cases during the reporting period.

As required by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the TIP Report assesses governments around the world on their efforts to combat human trafficking. The 19th annual TIP Report includes assessments of 187 countries and territories, including the United States.

Jul 9, 2024 · Rabat — Morocco's National Commission for the Coordination of Measures to Combat and Prevent trafficking in Persons (CNCLT) has taken note of the publication of the US State Department's annual...

Jan 20, 2009 · Morocco lacks an anti-trafficking law, which remained a serious obstacle to successfully prosecuting human trafficking crimes and contributed to confusion among officials in differentiating human smuggling, illegal migration, and human trafficking offenses.

Jan 20, 2009 · The Moroccan government made some efforts to prevent human trafficking. In September 2013, the government’s National Council for Human Rights released a report and recommendations to radically reform Morocco’s migration policies, to include changes to policies on human trafficking as they pertain to migration.

Morocco adopted a roadmap to eliminate child labor by 2030 as part of its commitment as a Pathfinder country under Alliance 8.7 and adopted the National Plan to Combat and Prevent Human Trafficking (2023–2030), along with the National Referral Mechanism for Victims of Human Trafficking.