Rabat – Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) said today that its cybersecurity monitoring units confirmed that viral reports on alleged child kidnapping incidents are fabricated and fake news.
The units reviewed digital content circulating on social media related to three different fabricated cases.
The first case shows a misleading audio recording from Tangier. The incident involved a woman who regularly approached a school asking for textbooks.
After a medical evaluation, the woman was confirmed to have the mental disorder.
Investigations also confirmed she was not involved in kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, or attempt to lure a child, contrary to the claims made in the audio recording.
The second case involves a social media post showing a veiled woman standing near a mosque, claiming an attempted kidnapping in Larache.
An investigation showed that it was also false information, stating that she was simply waiting for her husband, who was performing Taraweeh prayers during Ramadan.
Witnesses confirmed she engaged in no suspicious or hostile behavior.
In the third case, a viral video shows a woman claiming a child in Kenitra was almost kidnapped.
The child’s father, however, went immediately to the national police after seeing the video, denying the claims and confirming that his son had merely been bothered by a person suffering from a mental disorder.
DGSN firmly denied the fabricated reports, urging citizens to refrain from sharing or spreading such false information that could undermine the public’s sense of safety.
This is the second statement DGSN issued in a week, denying claims of systematic kidnapping incidents.
On Monday, DGSN also emphasized that it registered no case of child abduction related to organ trafficking.
Today, the prosecutor in Taounate, a town in northern Morocco, denied similar claims.
