Elements of the National brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) arrested this Wednesday in Casablanca an Iraqi national suspected of fund-raising for the benefit of jihadists operating in the Syrian-Iraqi zone. The arrest of the Iraqi national was operated on the basis of information provided by the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). According to the news portal le360, which reported the arrest, the suspect was a company manager. He is suspected of “fundraising for the benefit of jihadist fighters operating in the Syrian-Iraqi zone,” sources told le360. “The suspect used intermediaries or messengers to smuggle large sums of foreign currency out of the kingdom,” the sources said.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 06, 2019 15:45 UTC