Morocco’s Police Chief Cracks Down on Corruption as Two Officers Arrested

In a press release, the DGSN indicated that the regional judicial police service of Rabat opened an investigation to determine the criminal acts attributed to a police officer, an element of the anti-gang brigade under the provincial security of Salé. He would be involved in a case of corruption and blackmail. The police officer had been arrested on Friday in flagrante delicto of possession of a sum of money received from an individual after having blackmailed him.

On Saturday, a senior officer was arrested in Agadir for his alleged involvement in a case of corruption and forgery and use of official documents. He received a bribe after providing this service. The judicial investigation revealed the involvement of two individuals in the use of a forged residence certificate to obtain a national identity card, the DGSN said in a press release. For now, he has been taken into custody.