Rabat - A Moroccan FBI-like Bureau of Investigations will be inaugurated on Friday, March 20th, news website Goud has revealed, quoting judicial sources.

Rabat – A Moroccan FBI-like Bureau of Investigations will be inaugurated on Friday, March 20th, news website Goud has revealed, quoting judicial sources.

The new Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) will be headquartered in Sale and will be attached to the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST).

The missions of the new bureau of investigations are outlined in the Article 108 of the Criminal Code.

The bureau will intervene in the cases of terrorism, endangering the security of the state, kidnapping, explosives, and arms trafficking, the same source added.

The new bureau of judicial investigations will be led by Abdelhak Khiam, a former head of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNJP).