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From DNA analysis and fingerprint identification to ballistics, digital forensics and artificial intelligence, Morocco’s National Police Forensic Science Institute brings a wide range of specialist capabilities under one roof. A newly published official decision sets out how the institute will be organized and what each of its units will do.

The DGSN recorded 2,435 traffic accidents in urban areas during the week, with 152 people suffering serious injuries.

From January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2025, Morocco’s National Central Bureau in Rabat handled 52,901 information requests from foreign counterparts, while Moroccan authorities issued 1,111 international arrest warrants. The figures, published in the latest issue of the General Directorate of National Security’s (DGSN) Police Review, offer a detailed picture of a decade of international police cooperation, from extraditions and stolen vehicle seizures to joint operations targeting terrorism and human trafficking.

Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) arrested a 22-year-old man in Tangier on October 9 on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks. Forensic tests have now confirmed investigators’ suspicions, identifying TATP, chemicals used to produce urea nitrate and an oxidizing powder used to extract chlorate. Examiners also found that a mobile phone had been modified to serve as a triggering device. The investigation is continuing under the supervision of the competent prosecutor’s office.

The agreement provides for stronger cooperation to secure museums, combat art and archaeological counterfeiting and prevent the illegal trafficking of cultural property.

The operation, carried out in a rural area near Fes in coordination with the DGST, also uncovered a truck, four marine engines and four inflatable boats suspected of being used in international drug trafficking.

A 27-year-old French national of Algerian origin wanted by Interpol over a fatal shooting in the Paris suburbs has been arrested in Tangier.

The director general of National Security and National Territory Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, received Kuwait’s ambassador in Rabat on Thursday, September 24.

The 37-year-old was on an international wanted list over a French investigation into networks suspected of trafficking drugs and psychotropic substances.