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Espionage: The Rotterdam court has sentenced former NCTV analyst Abderrahim el M. to 20 months in prison for taking secret…
Former employee Abderrahim El M. of the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) has been acquitted by the Rotterdam court of leaking information to the Moroccan Secret Service (DGED). He was, however, convicted of possessing a large number of state-secret documents without authorization. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) had requested a twelve-year prison sentence for M. The court imposed a much lower prison sentence of 2…
Counter-terror worker convicted of mishandling State secrets; Acquitted of espionage
The court in Rotterdam convicted Abderrahim El M. of mishandling state secrets and sentenced him to 20 months in prison. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) recommended 12 years in prison, accusing the former analyst for the counterterrorism agency NCTV of espionage and leaking state secrets to Morocco for years. But the court saw insufficient evidence to prove that he passed along sensitive information and acquitted the 66-year-old man of espio…
IRAN LIVE BLOG HERE That's a striking ruling from the judge. Former NCTV officer Abderrahim el Manouzi, who the Public Prosecution Service claims was guilty in "the largest espionage case in the Netherlands," has been ACQUITTED of the main charge in that case: espionage.
The Rotterdam court sentenced 66-year-old Abderrahim El M. from Rotterdam to 20 months in prison for taking state-secret information home. The suspect worked for the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV). The court acquitted him of leaking the information to the Moroccan secret service.
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