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The Moroccan bureau for judicial investigation, an offshoot of domestic intelligence agency, arrested six members of a terrorist cell in Sale, near Rabat. The arrested individuals, aged between 22 and 28, used to attend the same mosque together and held meetings to plot for terrorist attacks. The group’s leader was the youngest member and is […]
Moroccan authorities seized 7 tons of cannabis resin, locally known as Shira, in Casablanca, the central bureau for judicial investigations (BCIJ) said. The banned substance was concealed in a truck and two cars the BCIJ said, noting that the seizure is part of efforts to fight organized crime and international drug trafficking. BCIJ said that […]
The Moroccan security services, in coordination with their Spanish security peers, announced on Tuesday the dismantling of a criminal network, which embezzled large sums of money from accounts in several international banks. According to Morocco’s Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), the equivalent of the FBI, the scammers used malwares to carry out their fraud […]
Moroccan authorities announced on Wednesday the arrest of four jihadists who were active in the region of Taza, 120 kilometers east of Fez. The members of this terror cell, aged between 33 and 38, were captured by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), Morocco’s FBI. Their leader is a former fighter in the Syrian-Iraqi […]
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), or Morocco’s FBI, as it is called, dismantled, this Thursday, a six-member terrorist cell in the cities of Sidi Bennour, El Jadida, Mohammedia and Marrakech, in an operation that is part of continued efforts to foil terrorist threats linked to the Islamic State group. The cell is composed […]
Moroccan authorities announced on Wednesday the arrest of 13 jihadists linked to the extremist ISIS group. Aged between 22 and 44, members of this terror cell were operating in various cities including Casablanca, Salé, Mohammedia and El Kelaa Sraghna. These ISIS operatives were planning terrorist attacks in the North African country. Search carried out by […]
Moroccan authorities announced on Tuesday the arrest three members of the ISIS terror group who were operating in the cities of Nador and Driouch, eastern Morocco. Aged between 18 to 31, the nabbed the jihadists were planning terrorist attacks to undermine the security and stability of the North African Kingdom. This home-grown terror cell was […]
The murder of two Scandinavian tourists in the Atlas Mountains last week might not affect tourism in Morocco, as some people had predicted. Managers and employees at Danish travel agencies have said that they will continue sending more tourists to Morocco and will follow the instructions provided by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The […]
The remains of the two Scandinavian backpackers who were killed near Imlil, in the Atlas Mountains, were repatriated, Friday, to Copenhagen, Denmark’s capital. Several local online media reported that the bodies of the two hikers who were found dead near their tent on Monday, were flown to Denmark Friday. The Norwegian embassy in Rabat confirmed […]
The Organized Crime Squad of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) announced the arrest, on Saturday (Dec.15) in Boujdour, Southern Morocco, of a Colombian national, in possession of equipment he was planning to use in cocaine trafficking by means of aircraft. This arrest allowed to abort a diabolical plan aiming at the installation in […]