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  • Moroccan Expat Seeks Help from Security Chief in Agadir Rental Dispute
    21 August 2019, by Kamal

    In a letter addressed to the Director General of National Security, Abdellatif Hammouchi, a Moroccan residing abroad (MRE) complains about the excesses of the owner of a commercial space he rented in Agadir.
    According to Info24, the landlord, a police officer, had initially offered him to sign a lease contract with his wife, before replacing her with a company, knowing that the electricity and water bills are the tenant’s responsibility.
    A delay in the payment of rents had led to the (…)

  • Morocco’s National Police to Recruit High-Level Professionals Through Competitive Exams
    20 September 2019, by Bladi.net

    The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has been authorized to recruit high-level executives through competitive exams to strengthen its workforce. This option is made possible by the new changes that occurred in the status of DGSN personnel on May 23, during the Council of Government.
    This decision, which should delight Abdellatif Hammouchi, the head of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), is dated July 26 and published in the Official Bulletin of September (…)

  • Spain Honors Top Moroccan Security Officials with Prestigious Civil Guard Award
    24 September 2019, by Sylvanus

    The Spanish government has awarded the Director General of National Security and Director General of Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and the Army Corps General and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Gendarmerie, Mohammed Haramou, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Civil Guard.
    According to the Spanish Official Gazette, the Council of Ministers has already approved this distinction on the proposal of the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska. The Grand (…)

  • Top Moroccan Security Chief Oversees Raid Seizing 450kg of Cocaine; Suspect Flees
    21 November 2019, by Kamal

    The head of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) was present during an operation carried out overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday by the judicial police elements in the apartment of a former police officer in Harhoura, suspected of cocaine trafficking.
    It was 1 a.m. when various units of the national police invaded the apartment of a man named Amine, in the presence of Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security.
    Around 30 years old, the former policeman (…)

  • Pompeo’s Meeting with Moroccan King Canceled Amid Israel Normalization Talks
    7 December 2019, by Sylvanus

    The meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo -who arrived in Rabat on Thursday, December 5th- and King Mohammed VI was canceled at the last minute.
    "Incompatibility of schedules", time difference problem. These are the reasons that explain the cancellation of the meeting between Mike Pompeo and King Mohammed VI, reports Hespress. The US Secretary of State was to discuss the normalization of ties with Israel with the Sovereign.
    During his working visit, Mike Pompeo was able to (…)

  • US Secretary of State Pompeo Meets Moroccan Leaders in High-Level Diplomatic Visit
    6 December 2019, by Ginette

    During his visit to Morocco, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo met with the Head of Government, Saad Eddine El Othmani.
    For Moroccan diplomacy, Michael Pompeo’s visit "is of great importance and confirms the good health of relations between Morocco and the United States". It is in this context that the meeting between the US Secretary of State and the Moroccan Head of Government took place.
    In the presence of several government ministers, the two men had, it is reported, a "warm and (…)

  • Morocco’s Security Chief Meets Mauritanian Counterparts to Bolster Sahel Cooperation
    31 January 2020, by Bladi.net

    In order to coordinate the actions of the two countries, in order to better fight insecurity in the Sahel and Sahara region, Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, received in Rabat his Mauritanian counterpart, Mohamed Ould Makt.
    The visit of Mohamed Ould Makt to the kingdom is part of a harmonization of the mechanisms for strengthening bilateral cooperation between Morocco and Mauritania, reports h24info.
    For the occasion, Ould Maket (…)

  • Tétouan Police Commissioner Accused of Drugging and Raping Woman, Rights Group Reports
    5 February 2020, by Kamal

    The case of the woman brutally raped by a police commissioner in Tétouan would be brought to the attention of the head of the DGSN, Abdellatif Hammouchi, by the Karama Association for the Defense of Human Rights.
    This is how the president of the association, Hassan Akbayou, spoke on Sunday, February 2, on the microphone of the site Alyaoum24. The facts date back, according to the president, to last December, when a police commissioner would have sexually abused a woman in her forties, (…)

  • Morocco’s Top Security Chief Honored by Spain for Counter-Terrorism Efforts
    5 February 2020, by Kamal

    Described as the "Guardian of the Kingdom", the head of the DGSN and the DGST, Abdellatif Hammouchi, has been distinguished three times in a row by Spanish diplomacy, for the roles played in the fight against terrorism, both at the national and regional levels.
    In response to a question from a member of the Spanish parliament, the government published an official statement detailing the reasons justifying the distinction of the head of the DGST with the medal of merit of the Red Cross. (…)

  • Kenitra Police Bolster Crime-Fighting Efforts with Specialized Units
    19 March 2020, by Sylvanus

    Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of the DGSN, has deployed about ten agents from the judicial police on the ground, in order to support the efforts made by the teams of the prefecture in the fight against organized crime.
    They have the heavy task of containing the black spots and ensuring interventions in the communities under the territorial jurisdictions, particularly in the localities of Sidi Kacem, Sidi Yahia, Sidi Slimane, or Mahdia.
    The mobile force units, in coordination (…)