Children were trafficked within the country from rural areas to urban centers to work as maids or laborers, or for commercial sexual exploitation.
Moroccan men, women, and children were exploited for forced labor and prostitution in Middle Eastern countries.
Young Moroccan girls from rural areas were recruited to work as child maids in cities, but often experienced non-payment of wages, threats, and physical or sexual abuse, and sometimes faced restrictions on movement.
Moroccan boys experienced forced labor as apprentices in the artisan and construction industries and in mechanic shops.
A few Moroccan men and boys were lured to Europe by fraudulent job offers, and are subsequently forced to sell drugs.
The government took criminal action against at least one high-profile case of physical or sexual abuse of child domestic workers.
Government officials continued to detain and deport large numbers of undocumented sub-Saharan migrants without taking adequate steps to identify trafficking victims among them.
The government did not offer legal alternatives to the removal of foreign victims of trafficking to countries where they might face retribution or hardship.
The government included anti-human trafficking modules in training programs for the Royal Gendarmerie, the Auxiliary Forces, and the police.
All Moroccan soldiers participating in UN peacekeeping missions receive training on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation.