Sûreté Nationale (Morocco)

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Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale االمديرية العامة للأمن الوطني
Patch of the DGSN
Common name	Sûreté Nationale
Agency overview
Formed	16 May 1956[1]
Annual budget	$61,800,000
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Morocco
Governing body	[Moroccan Ministry of Internal Affairs]
Operational structure
Headquarters	Rabat
Police officers	70,000 (2019)[2]
Agency executives	Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director of the DGSN Abdelouafi Laftit, Minister of the Interior

Sûreté Nationale officer

The General Directorate for National Security (Arabic: االمديرية العامة للأمن الوطني al-mudiriyah-al-amma lil-ʾamn al-waṭaniyy, French: Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale) Commonly referred to by its acronym (DGSN), is the national police force of the Kingdom of Morocco. The DGSN is tasked with upholding the law and public order. It was founded on 16 May 1956^[1] by King Mohammed V. In 2007, the Sûreté Nationale had approximately 46,000 personnel. A decade later, in 2017, the number of personnel increased to 70,000.

As of 2004, the Sûreté Nationale operated the following specialist divisions:^[3]

• The Border Police: responsible for border control and surveillance
• Mobile Intervention Corps: tasked with rapid intervention in major emergencies
• National Brigade: primarily responsible for investigation on serious crimes including terrorism, organized and white-collar crime.

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See also[]

• Groupes urbains de sécurité

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