Several Moroccans involved in human trafficking and support for extremist groups are in the sights of the Interpol office in Rabat. Members of this criminal gang have been arrested by a specialized brigade composed of 15 research, investigation and field intervention groups.
Four countries, including Morocco, have been placed under surveillance by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). They are accused of failing in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
Morocco took part on February 15 and 16 in the N’Djamena summit which brought together the G5 Sahel countries and France, despite the many steps taken by Algeria to exclude it from the Sahelo-Saharan file. During this meeting, Saâdeddine El Othmani stressed that Morocco has never been a mere observer of the security developments shaking the region for many years.
Invited to the Clique program on the French channel Canal +, the Moroccan writer and journalist Leïla Slimani called for a distinction to be made between Islamism and terrorism.
Sentences of 20 to 30 years have been requested against three alleged jihadists, including a Moroccan, all on trial since February 1 for a planned terrorist attack in Paris. Planned in December 2016, this terrorist act had been thwarted thanks to a cyberinfiltration operation by the Directorate General of Internal Security (DGSI) within the Islamic State.
The Belgo-Moroccan jihadist Gelel Attar has displayed, through his lawyer, his opposition to the deprivation of his Belgian nationality before the Brussels criminal court. This deprivation had been pronounced last July after his conviction in the "Zerkani" case for acts of terrorism, his alleged involvement in the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris.
Prosecuted for "radicalism" on the basis of publications disseminated on social networks, the imam of Chambery, Farid Slim, was acquitted. "The public prosecutor’s office has therefore concluded to the cancellation of the order authorizing the search" of the religious leader, indicated his lawyer, Me Sefen Guez Guez.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US intelligence agency (CIA) sent messages of congratulations and gratitude to the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) . They thanked it for its contribution to the fight against terrorism.
The newspaper Times of Israel devoted an article to the commitment of the Franco-Moroccan Latifa Ibn Ziaten , mother of Imad, the first soldier assassinated in Toulouse by Mohammed Merah on March 11, 2012.
Two Frenchmen and a Moroccan have been appearing since Monday before a special criminal court for terrorism. They are being tried for "membership of an armed gang for the purpose of committing terrorist acts," a crime for which they can be sentenced to 30 years in prison.
An extremist tried to attack one of the guards on duty in front of the royal residence of Sidi Moumen in Marrakech. Neutralized by the other police officers, he was arrested and placed in custody for the needs of the investigation.
Morocco is advocating for cooperation with Algeria in order to overcome the terrorist threat that looms over the two countries in particular and all the countries of the Sahel region in general.