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Morocco’s counter terrorism agency (BCIJ) dismantled a four-member terrorist cell loyal to IS that was operating in the cities of Fez, Casablanca, Kenitra and Midar. The arrested individuals engaged in propaganda and recruitment for IS and plotted to carry out terrorist acts in Morocco, a statement of the Interior Ministry said. They were arrested in […]
A five-member terrorist cell loyal to IS was dismantled Tuesday in a joint operation by Morocco’s FBI, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) and Spanish security services. Following the successful joint counterterrorism operation, Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido highlighted the efficiency of Moroccan-Spanish security cooperation. This operation shows the great efficiency of cooperation […]
Morocco is unrelenting on its crackdown on the returning foreign fighters who joined the ranks of the Islamic state, Abdelhak Khiam, head of Morocco’s counter-terrorism agency (BCIJ), said. “We have arrested and brought to justice more than 200 returnees,” Khiam said in an interview with AFP. He said the suspects were serving sentences ranging from […]
Part of the royal vision and strategy to modernize the public security services and enhance their efficiency, King Mohammed VI inaugurated Tuesday a new Specialized Training Institute housed under La Direction Générale de la Surveillance du Territoire (DGST), a counter-intelligence agency. The Specialized Training Institute, set up part of the development of the intelligence training […]
Head of Morocco’s counter-terrorism agency (BCIJ) Abdelhak Khiame wondered why France did not flag up Radouane Lakdim before he moved into action, wreaking havoc on March 23 and taking lives in a supermarket in Trèbes and Carcassonne in southern France. The chief of Morocco’s FBI deplored the lack of communication by French intelligence authorities on […]
Morocco’s counterterrorism bureau, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), dismantled Thursday a pro-ISIS terror cell made up of eight people who were operating in the cities of Oued Zem and Tangier, the Interior ministry announced in a statement. The operation, conducted early Thursday morning, also resulted in the seizure of a shotgun, ammunition, knives, […]
Terrorist groups are the biggest beneficiary of the unwillingness of Algerian authorities to engage in sincere cooperation with Morocco, said Abdelhak Khiame head of Morocco’s counter-terrorism agency (BCIJ). Speaking to weekly magazine “Jeune Afrique”, Khiame reiterated the call on Algeria to engage in collective efforts to combat terrorism, noting that the absence of regional cooperation […]
Morocco is looking carefully to the situation in the Sahel where terrorists are increasingly resorting to organized crime and trafficking to fund their activities, head of Morocco’s counterterrorism agency, BCIJ, Abdelhak Khiame said. Speaking to local press, Khiame rang the alarm bell regarding the fallout of the connivance between terrorists and organized crime groups on […]
Moroccan authorities announced Wednesday the arrest of six jihadists linked to the ISIS terror group. The busted cell members, aged between 22 and 42, were operating in the city of Tangier, situated in the North of the Kingdom. The arrest was made by the special units of the central bureau of judicial investigation (BCIJ), dubbed […]
The Polisario member who was arrested by Morocco’s counterterrorism agency, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), during the dismantling Thursday of a terror cell is a separatist who underwent training to the handling of weapons in the Polisario-run camps in Tindouf. According to a security source, quoted by the news portal le360, the detainee, […]