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Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) busted an international cocaine trafficking cell in the southern region of Dakhla. The BCIJ said in a statement that it led an operation in coordination with Morocco’s Royal Gendarmerie to foil the drug trafficking attempt during which a fishing boat was seized and the owner was arrested. Described […]
Since its creation in 2015, Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), (a version of US Federal Bureau of Investigation), has dismantled 37 terror cells and captured a total of 485 suspects including 275 in 2015, according to press reports. These figures show the achievements made by BCIJ in its tireless war waged against Islamic […]
Moroccan authorities arrested two individuals linked to a recently busted all-female terrorist cell pledging allegiance to Daesh, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The two suspects were arrested in the southern cities of Tan Tan and Guelmim. Investigations by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations show that they were seeking to make explosives through […]
The all-female Islamic State group cell dismantled Monday was planning to stage attacks on October 7, during the legislative elections, head of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), Abdelhak El Khayam told the media. The BCIJ, the judicial arm of the domestic intelligence service, saved the North African country from a carnage. “That operation […]
Moroccan authorities have busted an all-female terrorist cell pledging allegiance to the so-called Daesh, the interior ministry said on Monday. The operation led by Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) resulted in the arrest of 10 young women, suspected of plotting suicide bombings across the country, the interior ministry said in a statement. The […]
Spanish security services announced on Monday the arrest of two Moroccan nationals having links to the terror ISIS organization. According to a press release issued by the Spanish Interior Ministry, the two men, residing in the southern Spanish city of Murcia and the northern city of Valladolid, were planning to carry out an attack in […]
The success of Morocco’s counter terrorism strategy hinges on the comprehensive approach addressing the root causes of terrorism as well as the vigilance and proactiveness of security, Head of Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) Abdelhak Khiame said. Speaking to French weekly, Le Journal du Dimanche, Khiame highlighted the results of Morocco’s anti-terrorism strategy, […]
One of the two Moroccan citizens recently deported from France had plans to perpetrate terrorist attacks in Morocco, the Interior Ministry announced on Thursday. France deported the two Moroccans on August 26 because they constitute a threat to the country’s security. Investigation undertaken by Morocco’s powerful Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) revealed that one […]
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) arrested Tuesday morning four members of a terrorist cell that was planning terror acts in metropolis Casablanca. A statement from the Interior Ministry announced the arrest of the four individuals whose terrorist cell was active between Casablanca and Kenitra, some 40 Km north of Rabat. According to the […]
A Moroccan Human rights NGO, the Association for Human Rights Defense (ADDH,) has sued lawmaker Amina Maelainine from the ruling Justice and Development Party (PJD) for terrorism apology. The lawmaker had openly endorsed extremist comments made by member of her party’s youth league, Omar Senhaji, reports say. Omar Senhaji had raised an uproar after he […]