Customs fraud in Morocco: automotive companies in the sights

Large, well-known companies are suspected of involvement in cases of fraud and customs evasion during imports of spare parts for cars and vehicles of various brands.

Following the transmission by the National Targeting Unit of precise information to the central and regional customs control teams, an operation is carried out to verify the accounts of the “barons” of automobile spare parts. This information indicates that these parts were purchased from suppliers in Europe and Asia. Importing companies are said to have reduced the declared value of products in collusion with their suppliers, thus depriving the public treasury of substantial customs revenue.