General Directorate of National Security

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• Morocco Promotes Over 9,000 Police Officers, Rewarding Merit and Performance
  2 January 2023, by Ginette

  In order to further encourage police officers "to sacrifice and do a good job", the DGSN has granted various promotions to 9,488 police officers for the 2022 fiscal year.
  In a statement released on Sunday, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) specifies that these agents were selected according to well-defined criteria. These include professional competence, merit, performance and seniority in the exercise of the profession and in the rank.
  The DGSN emphasizes that it has (…)

• Moroccan Police Officers Arrested for Alleged Custody Violence in Laâyoune
  8 January 2023, by Ginette

  Two police officers from the Laâyoune police prefecture service have been arrested on suspicion of acts of violence against an individual who was in custody. An investigation has been opened.
  According to the details provided by the judicial police of Laâyoune, the facts are serious enough and reveal at the current stage of the investigation that the two officials used force against an individual in custody who was in an advanced state of intoxication, indicates a statement from the (…)

• Suspicious Vehicle Prompts Security Alert in Casablanca
  14 January 2023, by Ginette

  Alert at the Casablanca police headquarters this Friday, January 13th. The discovery of a car parked under suspicious circumstances on Jaber Ben Hayan Street prompted the security services to activate the "security protocol to deal with suspicious materials".
  Car bomb or simple act of a driver in breakdown? The General Directorate of National Security took its responsibilities before conducting the investigation. In a statement, the Casablanca police headquarters indicates that its (…)

• Moroccan Police Seize One Ton of Cannabis in Major Drug Bust Near Er-Rich
  30 January 2023, by Ginette

  The judicial police of Errachidia thwarted an attempt at drug trafficking this Monday morning. About a ton of cannabis resin was seized, followed by the arrest of an individual.
  This operation carried out by the Errachidia police took place at the level of the commune "Ghriss El Aloui" located about 7 km from the city of Er-Rich, indicates a statement from the DGSN. The 30-year-old suspect was apprehended in flagrante delicto of possession of 40 packets of cannabis resin weighing a total (…)

• Three Arrested in Salé for Violent Carjacking and Extortion Scheme
  15 February 2023, by Ginette

  The judicial police of Salé arrested on Monday three young people involved in a case of "robbery with violence, assault and attempted extortion".
  The three young people aged between 26 and 27 years old violently attacked a man driving a goods transport vehicle before fleeing with the car, his money and his mobile phone, according to a statement from the DGSN.
  They then called the driver’s relatives, making them believe they were holding him hostage, and demanded a ransom for his (…)

• Moroccan Police Officers Arrested in Visa Fraud Scheme
  16 February 2023, by Ginette

  Two police officers were arrested by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) of Oujda for their involvement in a case of falsification of foreign visas, corruption and disclosure of professional secrets.
  According to the initial elements of the investigation, an officer and a police lieutenant, working in the Saïdia area, are the suspects arrested. They were passing on information and facilitating the task of members of a criminal network specialized in the falsification of (…)

• Moroccan Police Debunk Viral Kidnapping Hoax in Marrakech
  21 February 2023, by Ginette

  Information and audio recordings with supporting images have been circulated on social media about an alleged kidnapping that would have gone wrong in Marrakech. Here is the truth from the false.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) states that this is fake news and that no child has been kidnapped, amputated and then abandoned in the street in Marrakech. For the police, it is a completely fabricated montage by people driven by the desire to sow panic among (…)

• FBI Director Visits Morocco to Bolster US-Morocco Security Cooperation
  22 February 2023, by Ginette

  Currently on a working visit to Morocco, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Christopher A. Wray, met on Tuesday in Rabat with Abdellatif Hammouchi, head of national security and territorial surveillance.
  This new visit is part of the bilateral cooperation between the Moroccan and American security services. It aims to strengthen and develop this cooperation for regional and international security and stability.
  Less than a year ago, it was Abdellatif Hammouchi (…)

• Moroccan Police Officer Found Dead After Mysterious Disappearance, Receives Posthumous Honor
  5 March 2023, by Said

  A posthumous promotion has been granted to the police officer found burned in Had Soualem, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  According to the initial information from the investigation opened by the Judicial Police Prefectural Service of Casablanca, the police officer disappeared after finishing his shift on Wednesday, March 1. His portable work camera and personal glasses were found with traces of blood.
  The competent authorities quickly (…)

• Manhunt Intensifies for Suspects in Casablanca Police Officer’s Murder
  7 March 2023, by Prince

  The elements of the BNPJ and the DGST continue their investigations to arrest the perpetrators of the murder of the police officer whose charred body was found on Thursday in the outskirts of Casablanca.
  The investigators are doing their utmost to elucidate the heinous murder of this traffic police officer whose charred body was found on Thursday in the Lakhdadra douar in the province of Berrechid, reports the daily Al Akhbar. The agents have located dozens of cell phones whose owners (…)