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General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (Morocco)
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The General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (Arabic: المديرية العامة لمراقبة التراب الوطني; Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵎⵀⵍⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵜⴰⵢⵜ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵜⵔ ⵏ ⵡⴰⴽⴰⵍ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ; French: Direction Général de Surveillance du Térritoire; DGST), is the civilian domestic intelligence service of Morocco. It is tasked with the monitoring and anticipation of potentially subversive domestic activities.
Quick Facts Agency overview, Formed ...
المديرية العامة لمراقبة التراب الوطني ⵜⴰⵎⵀⵍⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵜⴰⵢⵜ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵜⵔ ⵏ ⵡⴰⴽⴰⵍ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ Direction Général de Surveillance du Térritoire | |
![]() Seal of the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 12 January 1973; 51 years ago (1973-01-12) |
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Jurisdiction | Government of Morocco |
Headquarters | Temara, Morocco |
Employees | 9,000 (2019 estimate)[1] |
Annual budget | 1,1 billion dirhams (2016)[2] |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Interior |
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Building details | |
![]() Headquarters of the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance's Central Bureau for Judiciary Investigations in Salé | |
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Since 2005, the DGST is led by Abdellatif Hammouchi, who also runs the country's national police force, the Sûreté Nationale (DGSN).
The DGST was previously known as the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST).