General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (Morocco)

General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance
المديرية العامة لمراقبة التراب الوطني; ⵜⴰⵎⵀⵍⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵜⴰⵢⵜ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵜⵔ ⵏⵡⴰⴽⴰⵍ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ; Direction Général de Surveillance du Térritoire
	Seal of the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance
Agency overview
Formed	12 January 1973
Preceding agency	CAB-1;
Jurisdiction	Government of Morocco
Headquarters	Temara, Morocco
Employees	9,000 (2019 estimate)
Ministers responsible	Abdelouafi Laftit, Minister of the Interior; Charki Draiss, Delegate-Minister of the Interior;
Agency executive	Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director;
Parent agency	Ministry of Interior
Footnotes
	Building details
	Headquarters of the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance's Central Bureau for Judiciary Investigations in Salé

The General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (Arabic: المديرية العامة لمراقبة التراب الوطني; Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵎⵀⵍⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵜⴰⵢⵜ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵜⵔ ⵏⵡⴰⴽⴰⵍ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ; French: Direction Général de Surveillance du Térritoire; DGST), is the civilian domestic intelligence service of Morocco. It is tasked with the monitoring of potentially subversive domestic activities.

Prior to 2005, it was known as the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST).

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