General Directorate of National Security

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• Moroccan Authorities Arrest Drug Mule at Casablanca Airport for Smuggling Cocaine
  17 November 2019, by Bladi.net
• Pregnant Police Inspector Killed in Tragic Accident; DGSN Holds Solemn Funeral Service
  5 March 2019, by Amine

  The DGSN paid tribute to a pregnant policewoman who died on February 26 in a traffic accident in Taounate. The police organized emotional funeral services in Marrakech for this purpose.
  Ikram Nouass was pregnant and leaving the provincial hospital of Taounate (her place of assignment) when she was hit by a car driving in reverse. She was at the hospital for a consultation. Ikram was an inspector and was only 35 years old.
  The DGSN paid tribute to her, last Wednesday, by organizing her (…)

• Moroccan Police Bust Network Falsifying Documents for Israeli Citizenship
  8 March 2019, by Said

  About ten people accused of being part of a criminal network specializing in the falsification of official documents have been arrested Tuesday and Wednesday by the police.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that the members of this network were active in "the falsification of official documents in order to obtain Moroccan nationality and national identity documents". Among the arrested persons, there is a "Moroccan of Jewish faith, three police (…)

• Dakhla Police Bust Violent Theft Ring, Seize Weapons and Stolen Goods
  9 March 2019, by Said

  Three members of a criminal gang were arrested by the police in Dakhla. They are accused of violent thefts under the threat of bladed weapons.
  "The defendants, aged between 23 and 26 and with multiple criminal records, were arrested on the basis of the results of investigations following the reporting of their criminal activity to the security services," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement released by the MAP.
  "The searches carried out by the judicial (…)

• Student-Run Prostitution Ring Uncovered in Morocco, Exploiting Vulnerable Women
  24 September 2020, by Sylvanus

  It all started with a few observations. Luxury vehicles, inflated bank accounts... outward signs of wealth that triggered a police investigation. The investigations carried out made it possible to discover a real prostitution network led by a young girl for young girls, reports Assabah.
  The network offers its services on erotic websites, counterparts in Morocco and abroad. Girls in distress are recruited to meet customer demand. Among them, students and sex workers who have up to 5 million (…)

• Moroccan Police Investigate Massive Call Center Fraud Ring Spanning Multiple Cities
  24 April 2019, by Bladi.net

  The DGSN has opened judicial investigations against about a hundred managers and employees of fictitious call centers in several cities in Morocco including Casablanca, Marrakech, Meknes, Oujda, Kenitra. They are suspected of theft, transfer, and telephone call hacking.
  About a hundred individuals are under judicial investigation in several cities in Morocco. These managers and employees of fictitious call centers would be operating without legal authorizations. But they are also accused (…)

• French Drug Trafficking Suspect Arrested in Morocco on Interpol Warrant
  28 April 2019, by Said

  Under an international arrest warrant issued via Interpol by the French authorities, a French national has just been arrested by the police in Essaouira. The Moroccan justice system must soon rule on his extradition.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicates that it has arrested a Frenchman "who is the subject of an international search notice issued in 2017 by the judicial authorities of his country, for drug trafficking".
  Aged 38, the man was (…)

• Morocco Arrests Three Suspected ISIS Supporters in Anti-Terror Raid
  4 June 2019, by Said

  An anti-terrorist operation carried out yesterday by Moroccan security services led to the arrest of three individuals accused of having pledged allegiance to the terrorist group Daesh.
  These arrests took place in Tinghir and Errachidia, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), which states that the three individuals are between 26 and 28 years old.
  In addition to wanting to prepare terrorist attacks in the kingdom, the accused were also (…)

• Syrian Migrants Arrested Near Melilla with Fake Moroccan Passports
  30 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  They won’t be able to reach Europe. The police arrested seven Syrian nationals who were about to enter Melilla.
  According to the daily Al Ahdath, the suspicious behavior of these Syrians aroused the suspicions of the police elements, who redoubled their vigilance. They were traveling in a group with other Arab nationals, including two Tunisians, an Egyptian and a Yemeni, all holders of passports from their country of origin, the same source indicates.
  After the arrest of these Syrians, (…)

• Moroccan Police Refute Reports of Niqab-Wearing Attackers in Tinghir
  23 October 2019, by Ginette

  The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has categorically denied reports of attacks in Tinghir by individuals wearing the niqab.
  In order to dispel any sense of insecurity that these reports could generate among citizens, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) stated in a press release that the Tinghir security services have opened an investigation involving all the actors related to this story.
  According to the press release, no such criminal act has been (…)