The Bank of Morocco monitored a number of counterfeit papers during the year 2023, and indicated that their total amounts to 6,290 papers, equivalent to 837 thousand dirhams, according to the annual report of the Bank of Morocco on the economic, monetary and financial situation of the country. last year.
The report of the same authority indicates that “the rate of counterfeiting of currencies continued its downward curve, returning to 2.3 counterfeit notes per million notes in circulation, after 2.9 notes in 2022 and 5.2 notes in 2019”, indicating the continued dominance of 200 notes. banknotes with a nominal value of Dirham over counterfeit papers, with a share of 54 percent.
As for secure identification and utility documents, all requests have been met, namely two (2) million biometric passports, 2.2 million electronic driving licenses, electronic registration certificates, 70,000 firearms permits, as well as 75 million stamps and badges.
