Morocco, Italy discuss in Rabat security threats, cross-border crime 

Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and visiting Director General of Italian Public Security, Vittorio Pisani, discussed at a meeting in Rabat Monday security threats and current international crises and their potential repercussions on the security of Morocco and Italy.

The two sides also discussed the dangers of cross-border crime, including human trafficking, irregular migration, drug trafficking, money laundering and proceeds from criminal activities.

This meeting between Hammouchi and Vittorio Pisani, who is on a visit to the Kingdom at the head of a large security delegation, was an opportunity to assess the results of cooperation between the two countries in different security areas and to discuss various issues of common interest.

Based on their joint willingness to strengthen cooperation in the security field, both parties examined the means and tools to strengthen bilateral coordination both in terms of operational cooperation as well as in the area of exchange of expertise and technical assistance.

This meeting is part of the consolidation of Morocco’s international security cooperation mechanisms with the security organs of brotherly and friendly countries, and the revitalization of bilateral and multilateral cooperation channels to neutralize terrorist threats and fight different forms of cross-border crime.