Tag: BCIJ

Morocco Busts 3-member Terrorist Cell Including Polisario Member

February 16, 2018

Moroccan authorities arrested three individuals loyal to IS, including a Polisario member, who were plotting attacks in the Kingdom. Morocco's counterterrorism agency, the Central Bureau ... Read More

Morocco Nets 541 kilos of Cocaine in Casablanca Port

February 12, 2018

Moroccan security services have seized 541 kilos of cocaine concealed in a container shipped from Latin America to Casablanca. Six people including a Brazilian national ... Read More

Morocco’s Counterterrorism Agency Dismantles 49 Cells Since 2015

February 6, 2018

Morocco’s FBI, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), has dismantled 49 terrorist cells, including 44 groups loyal to ISIS, and arrested 772 people on ... Read More

Morocco Should Brace for Return of Hundreds of IS Foreign Fighters- Report

February 3, 2018

The setbacks suffered by IS in the Syrian and Iraqi fronts are pushing thousands of foreign fighters to return to their home-countries where they pose ... Read More

Morocco’s Counterterrorism Agency Dismantles 7-member IS Cell

February 1, 2018

Morocco’s counterterrorism agency, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), dismantled a terror cell made up of seven extremists loyal to IS group. The IS ... Read More

Morocco Arrests Four Terrorist Suspects

December 26, 2017

Moroccan security services arrested four terror suspects in the region of Souss-Massa, two of them were students at the Islamic Studies School. The suspects were ... Read More

Morocco Busts 9 Terror Cells, Arrests 189 Extremists in 2017

December 16, 2017

Moroccan authorities continued their unabated crackdown on terrorists in 2017 with the busting of nine terror cells and the arrest of 189 extremists and 20 ... Read More

New Year’s Celebrations: European Police Request Moroccan Assistance

December 6, 2017

Moroccan security and intelligence services have been asked by their European counterparts to help in securing the New Year’s Eve celebrations against growing terror threats, ... Read More

BCIJ Dismantles another Terrorist Cell in Fez

October 25, 2017

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled another terrorist cell made up of four Daesh supporters in Fes on Wednesday (October 25), the Interior ... Read More

Morocco Steps in to Pre-empt Radicalization of Muslim Youth in Europe

October 19, 2017

Morocco is putting forward its pre-emptive approach to avert the radicalization of Muslim youth in Europe mainly through ensuring an adequate training of Imams in ... Read More