Abdellatif Hammouchi

Articles

• 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 (…)

• Moroccan Leaders Dominate Jeune Afrique’s Top 100 Influential Africans List
  29 April 2019, by Said

  The magazine Jeune Afrique has just published a list of the 100 most influential personalities on the African continent, among which we find Moroccans, including two women. Here they are:
  - First in Morocco and 10th in Africa, it is the immovable Minister of Agriculture: Aziz Akhennouch. "President of the Rassemblement national des indépendants (RNI) and Minister of Agriculture since 2007, Aziz Akhannouch aims to lead the list of his party in the 2021 legislative elections". He is now the (…)

• 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 (…)

• Mentally Disturbed Man Kills Policeman, Injures Son in Moroccan Knife Attack
  6 February 2019, by Said

  An individual showing signs of mental disturbance killed Tuesday a policeman and seriously injured his 27-year-old son in a knife attack.
  The suspect "attacked the victim without any logical or apparent reason, stabbing him with a knife, causing his death and seriously injuring his son in the abdomen," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement, specifying that the individual was in the habit of going to the policeman’s home "because of his ties with his (…)

• Moroccan Police Officials Disciplined for Data Breach in Transgender Arrest Case
  7 January 2019, by Said

  Several senior police officials have been sanctioned by the Director General of the National Security Directorate (DGSN) following the disclosure of the personal data of a transvestite arrested on January 1st following a car accident.
  "The Director General of National Security has decided on disciplinary sanctions ranging from temporary suspension of work to reprimand or warning against four officials of the Marrakech police prefecture for failure to fulfill professional obligations and (…)

• Moroccan Police Informant Exposes Corruption, Seeks Protection After Threats
  10 March 2019, by Amine

  An informant threatened him and his family because of the services he rendered to the police, has just denounced in a video several corrupt police officers in Salé, while asking for protection.
  This informant explains that the police officers and high-ranking officers to whom he had repeatedly rendered service have abandoned him once they no longer needed him, thus leaving him and his family in danger.
  According to Al Massae, which reveals this information, he also named several (…)

• Morocco Cracks Down: Police Vehicles Face Speeding Fines in Urban Areas
  27 September 2020, by Sylvanus

  Police officers driving official police cars are fined when they are found guilty of speeding in urban areas. "This is a decision that comes from the general directorate. DGSN cars that do not justify an emergency case and are caught for speeding are treated on an equal footing with those of all other citizens," a source within Maghreb Intelligence confides.
  This decision reflects the commitment of Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security, also Director General of (…)

• Morocco’s Top Security Chief Abdellatif Hammouchi Mourns Loss of Mother
  13 August 2021, by Ginette

  The head of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) is in mourning. Abdellatif Hammouchi lost his mother on Thursday, August 12, 2021.
  No details were given about the circumstances of the death of the mother of the one who is also the director of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST).
  Since the publication of the news, many messages have been posted, particularly on social networks, to express sympathy and solidarity to Abdellatif Hammouchi on this (…)

• Moroccan Police Receive Bonus Amid COVID-19 Security Challenges
  9 December 2021, by Armel

  The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) announced that an exceptional bonus has been allocated to the elements of the national security in service in all central and regional services.
  This bonus aims to encourage the DGSN staff to be more involved in the mission of preserving the security of citizens and their property in these times marked by Covid-19.
  This gratification, which has been granted for several years, also makes it possible to support the social support (…)

• Morocco’s King Launches $200 Million National Security Headquarters Project
  25 April 2019, by Bladi.net

  King Mohammed VI yesterday, Wednesday, gave the start signal for the construction work of the new headquarters of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN). This is to provide this important structure that ensures the security of all Moroccans with a representation that combines both modernity and efficiency.
  With an overall budget of 2 billion dirhams, the building that will house the new DGSN headquarters comes to materialize the will expressed by the sovereign in his royal (…)