Africa
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Morocco: statutes on record and in force
Morocco, in Africa, is party to all four of the instruments tracked here, the last of them since 2009. It appears on neither FATF list. Its confirmed instrument on record is the Dahir on Law No. 73-282 concerning the repression of drug addiction, Arts. 1-8. Every line below carries the source it came from and the date that source was read.
International framework
Morocco is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1992 and the most recent from 2009.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 28 Oct 1992 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 19 Sep 2002 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 9 May 2007 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 8 Apr 2009 | Chapter XVIII-12-c |
What each instrument obliges a party to do is set out once, per instrument, in the conventions reference. The dates above are what is specific to Morocco: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
Below are the confirmed instruments, given in their enacted titles. Where a register supplies a citation number it is carried through unchanged.
Dahir on Law No. 73-282 concerning the repression of drug addiction, Arts. 1-8 (No. 73-282) — A principal drug control instrument, carrying the 1988 Convention's trafficking and confiscation obligations into domestic law. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
One body is named in the record for Morocco, each confirmed on Morocco's own government domain. The division of mandate is what decides where a case can actually be taken: interception, investigation and prosecution are three different powers, rarely held by one body.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Customs clearance of goods (ADIL) | customs and border control | mre.gov.ma |
Ratification sequence
How a state assembled its treaty position is itself a fact about the position. Morocco came to these instruments over 17 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1992 and ending with the Firearms Protocol in 2009. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the UNTOC at 2 years, the longest the Firearms Protocol at 8.
Morocco became a party to the 1988 Convention in 1992, 4 years after it was adopted — faster than the median lag of 5 years across this dataset.
Between the first date and the last, the framework binding this jurisdiction was incomplete in specific ways. For the 10 years between 1992 and 2002, Morocco was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the UNTOC, the UNCAC or the Firearms Protocol. For the 5 years between 2002 and 2007, Morocco was bound by the 1988 Convention and the UNTOC but not yet by the UNCAC or the Firearms Protocol. A case opened in one of those years would have had a narrower framework available to it than the same case opened now.
On coverage, Morocco is one of 81 jurisdiction s here party to 4 of the four, against 81 party to all four. Within Africa the dataset holds 53 jurisdictions, of which 6 are currently under FATF increased monitoring.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Morocco is recorded as Not listed . The lists are revised three times a year, so this record moves on that cadence rather than continuously. The mechanics of listing and delisting are on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Morocco
Which drug-control conventions has Morocco ratified?
All four: the 1988 Convention on 28 Oct 1992, the UNTOC on 19 Sep 2002, the UNCAC on 9 May 2007, the Firearms Protocol on 8 Apr 2009.
Is Morocco on the FATF grey list?
No. Morocco appears on neither the increased-monitoring list nor the call-for-action list in the FATF statements of 19 June 2026.
What national drug legislation is on record for Morocco?
Dahir on Law No. 73-282 concerning the repression of drug addiction, Arts. 1-8 (No. 73-282), confirmed against the UNODC legal library.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Morocco that is the UNODC legal library. The entry links straight to the document, so the wording can be checked rather than taken on trust.
What is source tier A, and why is this record in it?
Tier A means a national instrument has been confirmed against an official register — for Morocco, 1 of them. The treaty dates and the listing status are separately sourced, so all three layers of this record carry a citation.
Why does the ratification date matter?
The date is the point from which the obligations bind. Morocco's earliest of these commitments dates from 1992, its most recent from 2009; the gap between them is a rough measure of how long the framework took to assemble.
Sources
- Ratification dates: United Nations Treaty Collection, depositary status tables (chapters VI-19, XVIII-12, XVIII-14, XVIII-12-c). Checked 2026-07-29.
- Listing status: FATF, Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring and High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action, 2026-06-19.
- Dahir on Law No. 73-282 concerning the repression of drug addiction, Arts. 1-8: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.