Assessing Free Trade Zone Integrity, Policy Centre for the New South

‘Assessing Free Trade Zone Integrity’, Policy Centre for the New South, Workshop, 12 February 2020

The workshop took place as a moderated roundtable discussion. Participants were invited to learn from each other and develop common, cross-sectoral approaches to safeguarding the integrity of Moroccan free-trade zones.

Participants hailed from the Moroccan government, civil society and the private sector.

Hosted by Alexandria Reid and Anton Moiseienko, RUSI.

Discussion questions included:

• Morocco’s free-trade zones facilitate significant amounts of legitimate trade. What do we know about related risks of illicit trade and financial crime?

• What key policies and measures are in place to address those risks?

• Whose responsibility is it to prevent illicit trade and financial crime in Morocco’s free-trade zones?

• How can facilitating legitimate trade be reconciled with preventing illicit trade and financial crime?

• What are the key future priorities in doing so?

• What is the role of private sector and non-governmental organisations?

Access the full agenda here.