Morocco is developing an action plan to repatriate its nationals who have fought for the Islamic State in Syria. These individuals, transferred by the United States to Iraq, include fighters, women and many underage children.
Moussa Azghanghan, better known as Moussa Le Rifain, one of the most wanted drug traffickers in the world, celebrated his wedding in grand style last August in the city of Zeghanghane, near Nador in Morocco. He reportedly managed to flee with his wife before the intervention of the Moroccan police forces.
During a press conference held on Monday, Habboub Cherkaoui, the director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), returned to the dismantling, last week, of a terrorist cell affiliated with Daesh, providing details on the cache of weapons and ammunition found in an isolated location in the province of Errachidia.
We know a little more about the dangerous terrorist project thwarted this week in Morocco. The investigation conducted by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) reveals a possible involvement of Algeria in this terrorist plan carried out by this pro-Daesh cell that was receiving its orders directly from a senior official of the organization operating from the Sahel.
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) has uncovered a significant arms cache in the province of Errachidia. This discovery follows the dismantling, last Wednesday, of a terrorist cell affiliated with Daesh. The weapons, intended for the commission of terrorist acts, were hidden in a remote and difficult to access area.
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) has managed to thwart a dangerous terrorist plan targeting Morocco, orchestrated by a senior Daesh leader in the Sahel region.
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), in collaboration with the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), has succeeded in thwarting an imminent terrorist attack this Sunday. A total of four people affiliated with Daesh were arrested.
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) carried out the dismantling of a terrorist cell operating in the cities of Tiznit and Sidi Slimane on Tuesday. A total of four individuals were arrested.
Five individuals, aged between 22 and 46, suspected of belonging to the terrorist organization Daesh and of preparing attacks against vital facilities and security institutions, were arrested by the Moroccan security forces.
The head of a criminal organization specialized in hashish trafficking implicated an elected member of parliament from the Southern Provinces during an interrogation by police officers.
Morocco’s strategy against terrorism and radicalism has been praised by the US State Department, which highlighted the kingdom’s efforts to strengthen institutional cooperation at the regional and international levels.
Based on precise intelligence provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), elements of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) arrested on Thursday four individuals who had pledged allegiance to ISIS in several Moroccan cities and were planning to carry out lone-wolf terrorist operations.