Eric Dupond-Moretti is pleased with the effective judicial cooperation between France and Morocco. This is what should be remembered from the statement of the French Minister of Justice, as part of his two-day official visit (December 6-7) to the Kingdom.
The police last Friday in Tétouan dismantled a terrorist cell affiliated with Daesh . Among the seized objects is one of the most dangerous books, considered a breviary of extremism.
The Spanish National Intelligence Center (CNI) in coordination with the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) of Morocco has succeeded in apprehending a Moroccan suspected of belonging to the terrorist organization Daesh in the town of Getafe.
Cooperation between Morocco and Spain in the fight against crime has received the approval of the Spanish Senate. The two countries now have the latitude to find the appropriate strategies to overcome this problem.
The elements of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) claim that the terrorist cell dismantled early this Friday morning "has reached an advanced stage of preparation of its terrorist projects".
The French government announced, on Wednesday, in the Council of Ministers, the dissolution of the Collective against Islamophobia (CCIF). According to the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, this organization has been "carrying out Islamist propaganda for several years".
Sentenced in the first instance to the death penalty, the mastermind of the attacks, Said Mansour, has appealed. He should appear very soon before the Court of Appeal of Casablanca to answer for his crime which caused 33 deaths and about a hundred injured.
The intervention unit of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled, early this Friday morning, a terrorist cell in Tetouan .
France wants to step up its fight against Islamism on the ground as well as online. Marlène Schiappa, Minister Delegate for Citizenship, unveils the action plan.
Since Monday, four people, including Moroccan Ayoub El Khazzani , have appeared before the special assize court for their involvement in the attack on the Thalys train linking Paris to Amsterdam in August 2015. The Moroccan’s relatives are holding their breath and hope that justice will be lenient since there were only two injured.
Morocco ranks 102nd out of 163 countries in the global ranking of countries least impacted by terrorism, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI). It thus gains 10 places compared to 2019 with a score of 0.565.
The number of deaths caused by "terrorism motivated by the far-right" has seen a worrying increase over the past five years, a 709% increase in deaths, in contrast to other forms of terrorism, including radical Islamists, which have seen a 15% decrease in deaths. This is according to the annual Global Terrorism Index (GTI) published on Wednesday by the Australian Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).