The Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, paid a visit to Tangier this Wednesday, February 1, to review the security and safety protocol on the occasion of the opening of the Club World Cup.
A protocol established by the city’s security services and this, to its proper extent, in order to secure the activities of this grandiose football event that our country is hosting in this month of February 2023.
Abdellatif Hammouchi was accompanied for the occasion by senior officials from the central services of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), in addition to the wali of Tangier security. The Director General of National Security visited the Grand Stade de Tanger, which hosted the opening ceremony in the late afternoon and evening, as well as the first match of the FIFA Club World Cup of Al Ahly (EGY) and Auckland (NZ), and inspected the various security units and formations responsible for securing the stands and the grounds of the Ibn Batouta sports complex.
Abdellatif Hammouchi was also informed of all the details of the security and safety protocol adopted by the security services to ensure rational security for this international football event, whether at the level of escort and guarding of participating sports clubs, or securing the arrival and movement of the masses and supporters.
In short, everything has been done to provide the best conditions for a safe atmosphere inside and outside the stands and the Grand Stade. It was clarified in this regard that: security is an essential and integral part of the success of major events “, and ” the priority of security interests in Tangier was to invest in the security successes that can no longer be counted in the city of Detroit to best secure this world sporting event “.
It should be noted that the Security Province of Tangier mobilized around 5,000 members of law enforcement and police patrols in their various regular formations and categories to accompany the opening ceremony and secure the first match. 194 security vehicles and portable logistics mechanisms have also been mobilized for this purpose to keep pace with this international football event.