General Directorate of National Security

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• Massive Drug Bust: 7 Tons of Cannabis Seized in Kenitra, Morocco
  26 March 2021, by Jonas

  Some 7 tons of cannabis resin were seized on Thursday by the police services of the city of Kenitra. This new police intervention comes just hours after the seizure of 2 tons of drugs in the same city.
  According to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), a joint team from the prefectural judicial police service of Kenitra and the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), during intense investigations, seized 6.9 tons of drugs a few kilometers from Kenitra, (…)

• Stepmother Arrested in Marrakech for Double Homicide of Minor Children
  3 August 2020, by Kamal

  A woman in her fifties was arrested on Sunday, August 2, for her alleged involvement in the premeditated double homicide of her two stepchildren.
  On Sunday morning, the prefectural service of the judicial police of Marrakech opened a preliminary investigation, following the death of two minor children, aged 12 and 14, killed by their stepmother at the family home in the Kasbah neighborhood.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security stressed that the 12-year-old boy (…)

• Missing Chinese Tourist Found Safe in Fez, Morocco After Family Alerts Police
  19 January 2019, by Said

  A Chinese national who was the subject of a missing persons report filed by her family has been located by the prefectural judicial police service in Fez.
  "A man presented himself on Friday afternoon at the Fez police headquarters to report the disappearance of his 22-year-old daughter who, he said, had been in contact with him from Morocco in recent days before her calls were limited to requests for money," states the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a press release, (…)

• Suspect Arrested in Fatal Kidnapping Over Money Dispute in Moroccan City of Jerada
  21 February 2019, by Said

  This is the second case of kidnapping in Morocco in less than a week, this time in Jerada where a man was arrested for having kidnapped and killed another person following a dispute over a sum of money.
  The details are provided by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a press release, which specifies that a 33-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday morning for his alleged involvement in a case of kidnapping and assault and battery resulting in death.
  The initial (…)

• Moroccan Gynecologist and 6 Others Face Charges in Illegal Abortion Case
  13 October 2021, by Ginette

  Seven people are the subject of an investigation opened on Tuesday by the regional brigade of the judicial police of Fez. They would be involved in a case of abortion practice, an act strictly punished by law in Morocco.
  It is a gynecologist, two assistants in a private clinic, an intermediary, a young man and a 17-year-old minor, as well as her adult sister, who risk a lot if the investigation opened ends up establishing their involvement in the regular practice of abortion, forgery, (…)

• Casablanca Police Officers Indicted for Theft and Home Invasion
  28 March 2021, by Jonas

  The Court of Appeal of Casablanca indicted on Saturday two police officers, a senior officer and an officer from the police prefecture of the same city.
  They were referred the same day to the public prosecutor’s office by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) who had placed them in custody in a case of forgery and use of official documents, theft and violation of the inviolability of the home.
  The two police officers will also have to answer to the charge of theft of a sum (…)

• Moroccan Tax Official and Accomplice Accused of $3.9 Million Embezzlement Scheme
  2 March 2019, by Amine

  An investigation has just been opened by the Regional Brigade of the Judicial Police, in Rabat, targeting two people, in a case of embezzlement of public funds and money laundering. One of these two people is a principal tax collector in the tax administration.
  So far, according to the DGSN, the investigation has revealed among other things that the tax collector was paying large sums of money into the "front company" account of the other suspect. The pretext to legitimize these payments (…)

• Man Arrested for False Bomb Threat at Fez-Saïss Airport
  5 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  Elements of the Prefectural Judicial Police Service of Fez arrested a 45-year-old individual. He would be involved in a case of denunciation of a fictitious terrorist crime.
  The accused had called, by telephone, the Command and Coordination Room, under the Prefectural Police of Fez and responsible for receiving citizens’ calls and then managing police interventions on public roads. The person concerned wanted to denounce a fictitious terrorist crime at Fez-Saïss Airport, before hanging up (…)

• Moroccan Police Probe Business Leaders for Drug Money Laundering Scheme
  8 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The police are conducting an investigation into a money laundering case. It has set out to trace the managers of certain Moroccan companies involved in an international drug trafficking.
  The turnover and volume of activities of several Moroccan companies are literally contradictory. The audit of the accounts of these companies, specialized in import-export and real estate development, in Tangier, Nador and Casablanca, revealed the existence of unjustified financial flows, reports 360.ma. (…)

• Morocco Tightens Taxi License Rules, Sparking Driver Concerns
  9 January, by Said

  New regulations regarding taxi licenses in Morocco have caused unrest among drivers.
  The General Directorate of National Security now requires taxi license operators in the first and second categories to present a recent certificate of life of the license holder, under penalty of having their authorization to operate revoked.
  This measure, intended to combat fraud and manipulation, has been received with concern by industry professionals. Deputy Ismaïl Zitouni has questioned the (…)