Morocco is showing progress in its battle against organized crime, according to the latest Global Organized Crime Index released by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
The report notes that between 2021 and 2025, Morocco improved its resilience against organized crime by 0.04 points, a modest but steady rise, with one of the biggest gains in tackling money laundering, where its score climbed by half a point.
The report praises the country’s growing ability to resist criminal networks that operate across borders.
The report highlights ongoing efforts to crack down on drug trafficking, smuggling, and illegal financial operations, calling Morocco one of the few countries in North Africa showing consistent improvement in this area.
Globally, the report warns that the world’s illegal drug markets are going through major shifts. Opium production in Afghanistan has been disrupted, cocaine supply is booming, and synthetic drugs like methamphetamine and fentanyl are spreading faster than ever.
These changes are reshaping the entire map of drug production and trade, creating new risks for countries worldwide.
Cocaine and synthetic drugs, the report says, are quickly becoming the most dominant substances in the global drug trade.
While cannabis and heroin remain widely used, they are losing ground to these more profitable and easily distributed alternatives.
Synthetic drugs, in particular, are harder to control because their production doesn’t depend on climate or geography.
Labs can be set up almost anywhere, near consumers and far from the reach of law enforcement, making this market highly flexible and difficult to regulate.
Meanwhile, the legal status of cannabis continues to change in many countries, especially across North America, Europe, and parts of Latin America.
This legalization trend is creating legitimate markets but also allowing illegal ones to adapt and survive. Criminal groups are shifting their focus to other, often more dangerous substances, which forces governments to constantly adjust their strategies.
The report says that organized crime remains one of the biggest threats to democracy, national sovereignty, and global security.
As geopolitical rivalries, conflicts, and technological advances reshape the world, criminal organizations are proving faster and more adaptable than many governments, a challenge Morocco, among others, is steadily learning to meet.
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