General Directorate of National Security

Articles

• Mentally Ill Man Hospitalized After Knife Attack on Belgian Tourist in Morocco
  4 September 2019, by Sylvanus

  After physically assaulting a foreign tourist, a mentally disturbed man was hospitalized at the Inzegane Psychiatric Hospital.
  According to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the aggressor is a mentally unbalanced person who was begging.
  Armed with a knife, he had slightly injured a Belgian tourist on the nose for not having given him money.
  The victim received the necessary care while the suspect was hospitalized in the psychiatric hospital on the instructions of (…)

• Violent Robbery Attempt in Casablanca: Suspect Arrested After Knife Attack
  5 September 2019, by Ginette

  A 21-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday, September 3, in Casablanca. He would be involved in an attempted robbery, accompanied by serious knife wounds.
  According to the MAP, citing the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the incident was recorded in a video circulated on social networks. The reaction of the National Security services was quick. The main aggressor was apprehended and his accomplice identified.
  Placed in custody, the young man was made available to the (…)

• 14 Dead, Nearly 2,000 Injured in Morocco’s Urban Traffic Accidents Last Week
  9 January 2019, by Said

  The Moroccan road continues to kill as shown once again by the figures just published by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  During the week from December 31, 2018 to January 6, 2019, 14 people were killed and 1,912 others were injured, including 85 seriously, in 1,484 traffic accidents that occurred in urban areas, according to a press release.
  The DGSN blames the inattention of pedestrians and drivers, non-compliance with traffic lights and stop signs, lack of vehicle (…)

• Tangier Police Officer Arrested in Motorcycle Theft Scheme
  14 January 2019, by Said

  An investigation has been opened by the Judicial Police of Béni-Makada (Tangier) following a complaint against a policeman accused of usurpation of office governed by law and theft of a motorcycle.
  In this complaint, a man accuses a policeman and another individual of having fled on his motorcycle "under the pretext of going to check its regulatory compliance at a police station". The announcement for the sale of this motorcycle had been posted on the Internet.
  The motorcycle was found (…)

• Moroccan Law Enforcement Faces Rising Violence: Over 4,000 Attacks on Officials Prosecuted
  7 September 2019, by Ginette

  The national police, the Royal Gendarmerie and the auxiliary forces are exposed to verbal and physical attacks in Morocco, according to L’Economiste.
  The newspaper explains that customs officers, people working in the judicial authorities and even forest guards are on the list of officials targeted by the violence that generated 4,175 prosecutions in total.
  The people indicted in this regard are mostly men, but there are also about 300 women.

• Moroccan Police Investigate Viral Road Rage Video Involving Drunk Girls and Driver
  18 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  After the widespread dissemination on social networks of a video showing an altercation between two girls and the driver of a car in Khouribga, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) decided to react.
  The investigation conducted by the Khouribga security services revealed that the girls were drunk. The driver of the vehicle, on the other hand, had behaved violently after the altercation. They also noted that the altercation was related to "a dispute over the right of way". (…)

• Morocco Launches Foreign Language Training for Police to Enhance Tourist Communication
  16 January 2019, by Said

  Moroccan police officers will soon have to master foreign languages. This is the wish of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) which has just set up accelerated training through a guide.
  Thus, according to the Hespress website, training in English, Spanish and French will soon be provided to police officers so that they can, it is hoped, communicate more easily with foreigners, especially tourists visiting the kingdom.
  They will thus, explains the same source, communicate (…)

• Senior Moroccan Police Officer Arrested for Bribery in Temara
  17 January 2019, by Said

  A senior peace officer was arrested yesterday, Wednesday, January 16, in Temara in flagrante delicto of corruption by the national brigade of the judicial police.
  "The national brigade of the judicial police heard a complainant who claimed that the suspect police officer had demanded a sum of money as a bribe," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement, according to which "based on this information, the judicial police notified the competent prosecutor’s (…)

• Moroccan Rapper Arrested for Anti-Police Rant on Social Media
  3 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  The police in Salé last Friday arrested a young rapper from the city of Salé. Simo Gnaoui, his stage name, is accused of insulting police officers.
  It was in a video posted on social media that Mohamed Mounir, alias Simo Gnaoui, hurled invectives at the police officers.
  After watching this video, the Salé police elements went to arrest the accused at his parents’ home.
  According to a police source, Mohamed Mounir is a repeat offender known for his run-ins with the law.
  For now, the (…)

• Casablanca Soccer Match: Police Officer Seriously Injured, Not Dead, DGSN Clarifies
  5 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  Contrary to rumors reporting the death of the police officer injured during the pre-match, WAC-RCA, the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) provides a formal denial.
  A police officer "was seriously injured following an accidental fall and was taken to Ibn Rochd hospital to receive the necessary care," said the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) in a statement. The same source specifies that his state of health is still under surveillance.
  While trying to secure (…)