Tangier-Med Scandal: Certificate Counterfeiting Networks

The Moroccan customs authorities have initiated an investigation into irregularities in the use of so-called “certificates of origin” in suspicious commercial operations in the ports of Tangier-Med and Casablanca. The investigations have revealed the import of Asian products as if they were European to benefit from customs benefits, which has led to the falsification of declarations and manipulation of documents, with an estimated value of 730 m…