Abdellatif Hammouchi

Articles

• Morocco’s Security Chief Hammouchi Visits Spain After U.S. Trip, Bolstering International Cooperation
  19 June 2022, by Ginette

  The journey of the Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi continues. After his two-day working visit to the United States, he is currently in Spain.
  At the head of a large delegation composed of directors and executives from the central services of the DGST, Abdellatif Hammouchi had exchanges with his Spanish counterparts on various issues of common interest. This involves strengthening bilateral security cooperation between Morocco and (…)

• Moroccan Security Chief Appoints New Officials in Key Cities
  7 July 2022, by Armel

  The Director General of National Security (DGSN), Abdellatif Hammouchi has made a new series of appointments within the institution, both at the regional and local levels. This time, they concern the cities of Rabat, Salé, Meknes, Laayoune and El Jadida.
  More specifically, these promotions have taken place in the uniformed police force at the head of the public order maintenance service at the general security directorate and within the IT and administrative service of the public order (…)

• Morocco’s Security Chief Reshuffles Top Police Officials in Key Cities
  16 July 2022, by Sylvanus

  Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security (DGSN), also Director General of Territorial Surveillance, has appointed new senior officials to head the prefectures of Fez, Tangier and Al Hoceima.
  Change at the head of several police prefectures. Chief Commissioner Abdelkébir Farah (number 2) has been appointed head of the Tangier police prefecture, replacing his hierarchical superior, Prefect Mohamed Ohtit Oualla. The latter replaces General Controller Abdelilah Essaid, who (…)

• Morocco’s Security Chief Meets Israeli Justice Minister to Discuss Bilateral Challenges
  28 July 2022, by Ginette

  Face-to-face meeting between the Director General of National Security, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Israeli Minister of Justice, Gideon Saar.
  The Israeli Minister of Justice was in Morocco for a working visit as part of strengthening bilateral cooperation between Rabat and the Hebrew State. It is in this context that he met with the Director General of the DGSN/DGST pole. "We discussed the common political and security challenges facing Israel and Morocco," (…)

• Moroccan Police Officer Posthumously Promoted After Fatal Stabbing During Intervention
  31 July 2022, by Armel

  Deceased from a serious knife wound sustained during a security intervention, a police officer was exceptionally promoted by the Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi.
  The victim was posthumously promoted as a sign of consideration for the sacrifice, by giving his life to ensure the safety of citizens and the preservation of their property, according to a press release from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  In (…)

• Israeli Police Chief Begins 5-Day Official Visit to Morocco
  1 August 2022, by Sylvanus

  Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai, head of the Israeli police, flew on Monday, August 1, 2022, to Morocco for an official five-day visit.
  On the agenda of this official visit, meetings with senior Moroccan police officials and the Moroccan Ministry of National Security, a visit to a number of police and security facilities, the laying of a wreath at the Rabat mausoleum, the burial place of Moroccan kings and sultans, and a meeting with members of the Jewish community and its institutions, (…)

• Morocco and Israel Bolster Security Cooperation as Police Chiefs Meet in Rabat
  5 August 2022, by Armel

  During a working visit to Morocco this week, the head of the Israeli police, Yaakov Shabtai, was received on Tuesday by the Director General of Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi.
  These exchanges aim "to strengthen bilateral cooperation relations in the security field and lay the foundations for security cooperation in the service of the common interests of the Kingdom of Morocco and the State of Israel", indicates a press release from the General Directorate of National (…)

• Israel and Morocco to Collaborate on Tracking Fugitives, Police Chiefs Meet
  5 August 2022, by Sylvanus

  During a working visit to Morocco, Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai, head of the Israeli police, expressed the wish for cooperation between the two countries to track down Israeli fugitives on Moroccan territory.
  Yaakov Shabtai is concluding his working visit to Morocco this Friday, August 5, 2022. A first of its kind for an Israeli police chief. On Tuesday, he was received by his Moroccan counterpart Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance. (…)

• Spanish Police Chief Meets Moroccan Security Head in Rabat for High-Level Talks
  12 August 2022, by Ginette

  The Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance (DGSN/DGST), Abdellatif Hammouchi, received in audience in Rabat, his Spanish counterpart, Francisco Pardo Piqueras, who made a working visit to Morocco.
  Francisco Pardo Piqueras was accompanied by senior officials such as the Commissioner General of Information, Eugenio Pereiro Blanco, the Commissioner General of the Judicial Police, Rafael Pérez Pérez, the Commissioner General of Foreigners and Borders, Juan Enrique (…)

• U.S. Intelligence Chief Meets Moroccan Security Head to Discuss Regional Threats
  20 September 2022, by Ginette

  The Director General of National Security (DGSN), Abdellatif Hammouchi, received in audience in Rabat Avril Haines, the American National Intelligence Director.
  This meeting between Avril Haines and Abdellatif Hammouchi is the second stage of a first interview the two officials had in the United States on June 13 and 14, 2022, according to a DGSN statement.
  During the exchanges, Hammouchi and Haines reviewed the security situation at the regional level, especially the threats and (…)