Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation

ISIS Affiliates Arrested in Morocco: BCIJ Thwarts Potential Terror Threat

1 June 2021

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), under the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGSN), arrested, on June 1, two dangerous individuals (…)

Morocco Arrests Two Suspected ISIS Affiliates Planning Attacks on Security Targets

25 May 2021

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) is not letting up in the fight against terrorism. On Tuesday, it arrested two suspected terrorists affiliated with Daesh, (…)

Morocco Dismantles 210 Terror Cells, Thwarts 500 Attacks Since 2002

19 May 2021

Eighteen years after the Casablanca attacks (May 16, 2003) which left 45 dead and dozens injured, the security approach adopted by Morocco to face terrorist dangers and threats (…)

Morocco Warns of ISIS Threat in Maghreb, Urges Algeria to Cooperate on Counterterrorism

11 April 2021

Cherkaoui Habboub, director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), deplores the lack of cooperation between Morocco and Algeria in the fight against terrorism. (…)

Moroccan Authorities Refer Suspected Daesh-Linked Terror Cell to Prosecutors

6 April 2021

The agents of the special force of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) have referred the four members of the terrorist cell linked to Daesh dismantled in Oujda (…)

US Intelligence Aids Morocco in Dismantling ISIS-Linked Terror Cell

26 March 2021

The director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), Habboub Cherkaoui, provided more details on the operation to dismantle the Oujda terrorist cell. For him, (…)

Morocco Dismantles ISIS-Linked Terror Cell, Foils Imminent Attack in Oujda

25 March 2021

A terrorist cell affiliated with the Islamic State, composed of four extremists aged between 24 and 28 active in the city of Oujda, was dismantled this Thursday morning by the (…)

Morocco Expands Anti-Terror Efforts in Sahel, Partners with US

20 March 2021

For several years, Morocco has been waging a relentless and constant fight against terrorism in the Sahelo-Saharan region. In this context, it has forged partnerships with (…)

Moroccan Security Chief Warns of Growing Terrorist Threat from Sahel Region

10 March 2021

Haboub Cherkaoui, director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), states that "the Sahel represents a great danger, and a major security challenge for (…)

Morocco Faces Ongoing Terrorist Threat from Sahel Jihadist Groups, Security Chief Warns

5 March 2021

Haboub Cherkaoui, director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) affirms that the terrorist threat continues to loom over Morocco due to the maneuvers of the (…)