Morocco Savvy

Morocco sets up an anti-corruption office, and public officials will have to publish their assets and business interests.

The new Central Corruption Prevention Office will work with prosecutors and courts and serve as both an adviser and a watchdog to the government. A high-profile personality is expected to be chosen as the office’s chairman.

The appointment of an anti-corruption czar is part of a series of government decisions aimed to tackle the problem. Other measures include the publication of assets and business interests of public officials and international cooperation in the recovery of proceeds from corruption.

For the last three years, Transparency International (TI) has given Morocco a mark of 3.2 on its “Corruption Perception Index”. The world’s least corrupt countries - Finland, Iceland and New Zealand - earned a 9.6 last year, while Haiti was deemed the most corrupt place on earth with a score of 1.8.

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