Abdellatif Hammouchi

Articles

• Moroccan Security Chief Suspends Top Police Officials After Internal Audit
  17 September 2021, by Ginette

  Four officials (a group commander, a divisional commissioner, a chief commissioner and a commissioner) working in the central services of the National Security (DGSN) have been suspended by the Director General of National Security (DGSN), Abdellatif Hammouchi.
  These officials have been relieved of their positions of responsibility and temporarily from their work, and the disciplinary council must rule on the administrative aspect of the faults attributed to them and which they would have (…)

• Morocco Promotes Over 8,000 Police Officers, Including 774 Women, in 2021
  1 January 2022, by Armel

  The Director General of National Security, Abdellatif Hammouchi, has decided to grant a promotion to more than 8,000 police officers, including 774 women, for the year 2021.
  Among the recipients, 6,130 are uniformed police officers in addition to 2,021 plainclothes police officers, according to a statement from the DGSN. This represents 43.07% of the accepted requests, better than last year (2020) when this rate had reached 42.2%.
  According to the same source, particular attention has (…)

• Moroccan Police Officer Killed in Line of Duty Receives Posthumous Promotion
  8 May 2022, by Ginette

  Died after receiving a knife wound to the neck while trying to settle a neighborhood dispute on May 2 in Inezgane, police officer Mamoun Fakir received an exceptional posthumous promotion from the director of the DGST-DGSN pole, Abdellatif Hammouchi.
  Killed in the line of duty, the posthumous promotion received by the police officer comes in application of the provisions of Article 8 of the Decree relating to the General Directorate of National Security. The victim was promoted to the (…)

• Moroccan Police Officers Praised for Heroic Rescue of Suicidal Woman in Guelmim
  17 May 2022, by Armel

  The Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, praised the "high and distinguished level of professionalism" demonstrated by two police officers who saved a woman from a suicide attempt by hanging in Guelmim.
  The two police officers, a sergeant and a police officer, operating at the control post at the entrance to the city of Guelmim, had saved a 38-year-old woman who was attempting to commit suicide by hanging, according to a statement from (…)

• Morocco’s Security Chief Suspends Top Officials in Salé for Misconduct
  23 May 2022, by Sylvanus

  Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security (DGSN), has suspended several security officials in Salé for shortcomings in the performance of their duties.
  Based on damning reports written by internal inspection commissions, Abdellatif Hammouchi has sanctioned heads of the judicial police, the anti-gang brigade, the regional security and public security as well as two district chiefs in Salé, reports the Arabic daily Al Akhbar. They are accused of shortcomings in the (…)

• Morocco Offers Security Expertise to Qatar for 2022 World Cup Preparations
  28 May 2022, by Sylvanus

  Morocco has decided to bring its expertise and know-how in security matters to Qatar, the host country of the next World Cup. In this regard, Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security (DGSN), also Director General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), met with several Qatari officials and visited one of the stadiums where the competition will take place.
  On the sidelines of his participation in the International Land Security and Civil Defense Exhibition, called "Milipol (…)

• Morocco’s Police Chief Calls for Improved Citizen Relations and Professionalism
  31 May 2022, by Ginette

  The Director General of the DGST-DGSN pole, Abdellatif Hammouchi, sent a circular note to all his services, asking them to show respect, kindness and courtesy towards citizens, foreign residents and tourists.
  The police chief wants a new era for the Moroccan police. This is why he has called on all members of the security forces, whether working on public roads or in administrations, to be serious and firm in the performance of their duties.
  In his circular note, Abdellatif Hammouchi (…)

• Morocco Sends Security Forces to Aid Qatar’s World Cup Preparations
  7 June 2022, by Armel

  Qatar, the host country of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, has called on Morocco’s expertise in security to successfully organize the competition.
  During the months of November and December, the country will host around 1.5 million supporters from all continents, a flow of people equivalent to 50% of the country’s population, reports Jeune Afrique, specifying that this constitutes a major challenge for the organizers.
  To this end, the Qatari authorities have requested the assistance of Morocco (…)

• Moroccan Security Chief Visits US to Bolster Anti-Terror Cooperation
  16 June 2022, by Armel

  From June 13 to 14, a Moroccan delegation led by the Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, was on a working visit to the United States, as part of strengthening the security partnership between the two countries.
  The purpose of this trip was to exchange experiences in the field of domestic security, the fight against terrorist organizations and organized crime networks, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National (…)

• FBI Chief Meets with Moroccan Security Director to Discuss Global Threats
  17 June 2022, by Sylvanus

  Abdellatif Hammouchi met with Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Avril Hainse, Director of US National Intelligence, and William Burns, Director of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). On the agenda of the discussions: the various security threats and the new dangers at the regional and international levels, as well as the mechanisms and means likely to face these risks according to a common and collective vision capable of guaranteeing international (…)