Algeria Says It Stopped a Moroccan Criminal Network Planning Sabotage
Algeria's national police, known as the DGSN, say they have broken up an international criminal network from Morocco.
According to the police, the group was preparing acts of sabotage inside Algeria.
Sabotage means causing damage on purpose, often to harm a country or organisation.
Police say the network was stopped before it could carry out its plan.
In total, 61 Moroccan nationals were arrested.
The arrests took place in Oran, a major city in western Algeria.
Police describe the group as an international criminal network, meaning it worked across more than one country.
The operation is part of a wider investigation by Algerian authorities.
This investigation is looking at how the network was organised and what it planned to do.
The news was reported by the Algerian website Actualités, which published details from the DGSN.
So far, few extra details have been given about the exact plans of the group.
Algerian authorities have not released further information about specific targets.
The case highlights ongoing concerns in Algeria about security threats from outside the country.
Officials say the dismantling of the network shows the police are working to protect national territory.
No further comment has been made by the Moroccan side, according to the report.
Vocabulary10 words
- DGSN
- Algeria's national police organisation
- sabotage
- damage done on purpose to hurt a place or group
- nationals
- people who officially belong to a country
- international criminal network
- a group of criminals working in more than one country
- investigation
- an official process of finding out facts
- authorities
- people or groups with official power, like police or government
- dismantling
- breaking apart a group so it cannot work anymore
- territory
- land that belongs to one country
- operation
- an organised action done for a special purpose
- arrested
- taken by police because of suspected crime
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1. The DGSN, Algeria's national police 2. In Oran, Algeria 3. Acts of sabotage in Algeria
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Algeria's national police, known as the _____, say they have broken up an international criminal network from Morocco.
According to the police, the group was preparing acts of _____ inside Algeria.
Police say the network was stopped before it could carry out its _____.
In total, 61 Moroccan _____ were arrested.
The arrests took place in _____, a major city in western Algeria.
Police describe the group as an international criminal _____.
The operation is part of a wider _____ by Algerian authorities.
Algerian _____ have not released further information about specific targets.
Officials say the _____ of the network shows police are working to protect national territory.
No further comment has been made by the Moroccan side, according to the _____.
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