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Which will insufflate a new dynamic to fuel smuggling movement toward the Moroccan Kingdom, that underwent last year a considerable drop back owing to surveillance tightening all along the border areas, as well as the new oil stations supplying system established in Telemcen. Many questions are raised concerning the decision’ background in this very critical moment the Moroccan Kingdom experiences and the “difficulties addressed by large categories of the Moroccan society” This increase in energy products prices is the forth one within two years. While the royal economic affairs ministry justified its decision by the soaring oil prices in the international market shifting from $150 to $530 a tonne, and the royal’ finance department cannot afford 14 billions Dirham yearly to cover these products prices, the explanation is said inconvincible. Moreover, security services strengthened surveillance procedures on oil smugglers vehicles, yet this illicit activity has not ceased definitely, according to local sources in border areas, given that borders surveillance services seizes daily hundreds of litres of this material. Note worthy that royal oil market covers more than 50% of this material overall consumption in the kingdom. The Algerian customs general manager visited Ain Temouchent and Telemcen wilayas (provinces) two days after the decision coming into force in the Moroccan kingdom. Abdou Bouderbala stated that the customs decided to “tighten surveillance on oil smuggling, and will set up the suitable mechanisms to keep pace with the techniques used by oil smuggling networks, and that 25 customs centres will be created in Telemcen for that purpose” El- Khabar | ||||||||||||||||||
Fuel prices rise in Morocco, smuggler networks under close surveillance