The new Penal code would expand the scope of Morocco Intelligence

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) could be provided in case of adoption of the draft of the new Penal Code, more prerogatives to curb new forms of crime as well as the means to deal with it, said the director of BCIJ Mr. Abdelhak Khiame.

“If the legislature entrusts the future of other responsibilities to our office, of course, that both human and sufficient material will be given to him accordingly,” Mr. Khiame said in an interview with the media group with “Al Ahdath Al Maghribia “,” Med Radio “and” Observer Morocco and Africa. ”

“We expect the promulgation of the new penal code for whether the Office of the scope will be expanded to include the fight against other forms of crime,” he said, holding important that adapts to BCIJ developments affecting both the legal arsenal and the phenomenon of crime.

And to clarify that the BCIJ, created by joint decision of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Justice under the Law 35.11, which gives the Director General of Territorial Surveillance and officials of this department quality police , is to treat crimes under article 108 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, while giving priority to cases of terrorism and serious crime threatening Morocco’s security, not to mention cross-border crime that has increased in recent years.

“We are now witnessing a new form of recruitment and seduction of terrorist organizations like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which set his criminal acts in photos and videos of unprecedented horror,” said Mr. Khiame statement.