Abdellatif Hammouchi

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• Casablanca Restaurants Face Crackdown for COVID-19 Rule Violations
  30 August 2020, by Sylvanus

  On the orders of Abdellatif Hammouchi, director of the DGST-DGSN hub, a "clean hands" operation is underway to enforce the law on all Casablanca restaurants that trample on measures to prevent Covid-19.
  This operation was launched following a number of findings made in several restaurants in Casablanca. These include non-compliance with the closing time set at 11 p.m., physical distancing measures, wearing masks, and music played at full volume like in a nightclub... The Tahiti Beach (…)

• Morocco’s Top Security Official Praises Officer for Integrity and Professionalism
  18 January 2019, by Said

  The Director General of National Security (DGSN) has sent a letter of commendation to a police officer for "his exemplary behavior".
  Abdellatif Hammouchi "sent a letter of commendation to a senior peace officer serving at the Fez police prefecture, in recognition of his high sense of professionalism, his exemplary behavior both personally and professionally, and his effective involvement in upholding the values of moralization and integrity within the security apparatus," says a DGSN (…)

• Top Agadir Police Official Dismissed Following DGSN Inspection
  15 November 2019, by Kamal

  The head of the supreme command of the urban authority at the Agadir police prefecture has just been dismissed from his duties by Abdellatif Hammouchi.
  The decision of the boss of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), notified at the end of last week, follows an inspection mission carried out by a central committee dispatched to the site.
  Subject to disciplinary sanctions, the nature of which has not been revealed, the head of the supreme command would have been (…)

• Moroccan Police Chief Grants Special Tour to Young Sisters, Gifts Uniforms and Tablets
  15 September 2020, by Kamal

  The three little girls were received at the headquarters of the Agadir Police Headquarters, where a special visit of the premises awaited them.
  The officials seized this opportunity to offer the three sisters official uniforms, electronic tablets and other gadgets.
  To immortalize this memorable moment, the DGSN posted on its Twitter account the photos of the three children in uniform. They were accompanied by the employees of the Prefecture.

• South Sudan President Seeks Moroccan Intelligence Expertise to Revamp Security Office
  24 September 2020, by Kamal

  After managing to remove the heads of intelligence services, the former leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army has called on the services of American diplomacy to reorganize his new internal security office.
  In response, the US State Department proposed that he draw inspiration from the experience of Morocco and its head of intelligence services, Abdellatif Hammouchi.
  The proposal, reports the site El Ousboue, would have been very well received by the South Sudanese (…)

• Morocco Bolsters Police Forces with 29 High-Tech 4x4 Vehicles to Combat Crime
  13 February 2019, by Said

  "This operation is part of the improvement of the operational capabilities of the BCI and the BRI, by equipping them with mobility and intervention mechanisms to carry out their missions in the fight against crime and security threats," explains the DGSN in a press release.
  Thus, it is a question of 29 4x4 vehicles "equipped with technical radio communication devices" which aim to ensure coordination and communication with the field units and the command and coordination rooms. In (…)

• Moroccan Police Inspector Honored for Rejecting Bribe in Drug Trafficking Case
  26 February 2019, by Said

  A letter of congratulation was addressed by the Director General of National Security (DGSN) Abdellatif Hammouchi to a police inspector for "his professionalism" in the performance of his duties.
  This inspector stationed in Larache also received "a monetary reward" for "his integrity and uprightness in the performance of his duties, as well as for his effective involvement in the policy of consecrating the values of moralisation and governance advocated by the DGSN", the statement said. (…)

• Moroccan Intelligence Chief Lauded by Dutch Police for Role in Major Crime Boss Arrest
  23 December 2019, by Kamal

  The Director General of the DGSN and the DGST, Abdellatif Hammouchi, received a telephone call from the Director General of the Dutch police, following the arrest of Ridouan Taghi.
  The senior security official expressed his gratitude for the role played by the Moroccan security services and his high gratitude for the exemplary collaboration deployed by the services of the two countries that allowed to determine the location of the fugitive criminal, Redouan Taghi.
  The call was, (…)

• Morocco’s Security Chief Appoints 16 New Officials Across Major Cities
  26 January 2023, by Armel

  The Director General of National Security (DGSN), Abdellatif Hammouchi proceeded, on Tuesday, to a new series of appointments at the level of several decentralized services of the institution.
  Among the 16, these new promotions concern the cities of El Hajeb, Mehdia, Meknes, Tangier, Nador, Zemmamra, Casablanca, Oued Zem, Imouzzer Kandar, Beni Mellal and Khouribga.
  In the judicial police, the appointment of two new heads of judicial police brigades in El Hajeb and Mehdia is announced, (…)

• Morocco Launches Probe into Leaked Photos of Cross-Dressed Hit-and-Run Suspect
  3 January 2019, by Said

  An administrative investigation has just been ordered by the Director General of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), Abdellatif Hammouchi, following the disclosure of photos of a man dressed as a woman arrested on the night of December 31.
  "The services of the Marrakech police prefecture noted, during the early hours of Tuesday, January 1, a hit-and-run accident committed by a car driver who hit an individual on a motorcycle in the Gueliz district," the DGSN said in a (…)