The government maintained efforts to prevent human trafficking. The national anti-trafficking commission, which was administered by MOJ and included two representatives from civil society, coordinated the government’s efforts to combat trafficking. However, civil society and international organizations reported the anti-trafficking commission had inadequate resources and personnel to effectively coordinate the government’s anti-trafficking efforts. The government began implementing the 2023-2030 national strategy and an accompanying 2023-2026 implementation plan – approved in March 2023 – in coordination with international organizations; funding to implement the strategy and implementation plan came from individual ministries’ budgets. The anti-trafficking commission continued partnering with an international organization to develop a comprehensive database to track law enforcement actions, judicial proceedings, trafficking trends, protection measures, and other information on the government’s efforts; the database was pending full operationalization for the second consecutive year at the end of the reporting period. The government launched a study on money laundering and human trafficking. The government conducted public awareness campaigns, including television ads, billboards, art exhibits, and social media outreach, at times in coordination with international organizations. The government established a 24 hour toll-free hotline to report potential trafficking cases which was staffed by social workers in July 2023; the hotline received 1,780 calls, 17 of which were referred for investigation. However, international organizations reported the hotline was inactive for at least three months of the reporting period.
The government reportedly continued to implement Law No. 19.12, adopted in 2018, which required protections for foreign domestic workers including valid work contracts that meet national labor standards in order for a work visa to be granted. Law 19.12 also banned the use of intermediaries to negotiate recruitment of domestic workers on behalf of the intended employer and recruitment agencies in order to reduce vulnerability to fraudulent recruitment. Article 480 of the Labor Code prohibited all worker-paid recruitment fees. The government did not report efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts or child sex tourism. The government provided anti-trafficking training to its diplomatic personnel. Moroccan peacekeeping forces received anti-trafficking training and operated under a “no tolerance” standard for troops involved in UN peacekeeping missions. Although not explicitly reported as trafficking, an international organization reported receiving four sexual exploitation allegations with potential trafficking indicators against Moroccan peacekeepers deployed to the UN peacekeeping missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2023, two allegations in the Central African Republic in 2021, and one allegation in the DRC in 2021; the allegations were pending investigation and review at the end of the reporting period.
from 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report – U.S. Department of State
2024 Trafficking in Persons Report – United States Department of State
