Behind every cigarette smoked on a café terrace in Rabat, or every bottle of beer sipped out of sight in the licensed bars of Casablanca lies the shadow of a Swiss company that is particularly well connected in Morocco: SICPA.
The family-run firm founded in 1927 has in less than two decades established itself as the sole partner of the country's ADII customs and indirect taxes authority in the traceability of products subject to excise duty, namely tobacco and spirits.
SICPA, which is run by Philippe
