French Investigations Reveal Algerian President and Intelligence Chief Implicated in State-Sponsored Abductions on French and Spanish Soil

In a stunning report, conducted by Mohamed Sifaoui, published today in the paper edition on Journal Du Dimanche, French intelligence services and judicial investigators have now firmly implicated President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and General Rochdi Fethi Moussaoui, head of Algeria’s foreign intelligence agency (DGDSE), in a series of state-sponsored abduction and intimidation operations carried out in France and Spain since 2020.

General Rochdi Fethi Moussaoui, current head of Algeria’s foreign intelligence agency (DGDSE), he was stationed in Paris between 2022 and October 2024, and it is he who continues to supervise the “barbouzeries” perpetrated in France through his newly appointed man Mohamed Wassim Abloul alias “Abdelghani”. “It was General Sadek who coordinated everything in the Amir Boukhor’s affair,” asserted a well-placed executive in the specialized services. The name also appears in a “confidential memo” that Mohamed Sifaoui consulted. It highlights the murky role played by the man who was head of the embassy’s “security and liaison office“.

Technical and forensic proves that cannot be forged or denied

In the attempted kidnapping of dissident YouTuber Amir Boukhors, French investigators confirmed:

• The DGDSE agent Adjudant SR was geolocated at the site of the abduction and later at the holding location. He was arrested upon his return to France on 8 avril 2025.
• He exchanged operational messages with two accomplices (now incarcerated), then sent encrypted photos and a mission report to three superiors, including two Paris-based embassy officers and a senior contact in Algeria. Both Paris-based men were operating under diplomatic cover and have since fled France.
  • One Paris-based officer, Commandant SS, First Secretary of the Algerian embassy, was tracked near Amir’s residence the night of the incident. He quietly left France on July 2024.
  • The second Paris-based officer, Lieutenant-colonel HB, served as the Consul adjoint in Créteil. He exfiltrates himself through Italy in December 2024.
  • The third Algiers-based officer, was colonel Souahi Zerguine, alias Mouad, collaborator of general-major M’henna Djebbar, former head of the DGDSE and predecessor of general Rochdi Fethi Moussaoui. designated by the French intelligence as “the coordinator of global clandestine operations abroad“. He was in close contact with Boualem Boualem, Chief of Staff and the President’s strong man. It was he who issued presidential directives. Depending on the case, the aim was to “monitor, corrupt, intimidate or neutralize“.
• A GPS tracker found in the victim’s torched vehicle was traced to an IP address registered to 50, rue de Lisbonne, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, the address of the Algerian Embassy in Paris.
• The funding trail shows €50,000 in clandestine cash, tied to Moussaoui’s internal “black fund,” used to pay abductors. Cash payments made by Adjudant SR, appear in message exchanges.

In Spain, intelligence links Moussaoui’s networks to the attempted rendition of ex-officer Hichem Aboud, intercepted by Guardia Civil forces near Seville. Similar methods, similar coordination, and again, signals tracked by French and Spanish intelligence all lead back to the Algerian DGDSE.

Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s Obsession

Abdelmadjid Tebboune, described as impulsive and vindictive, has grown increasingly unstable according to the JDD report, a condition reportedly exacerbated by his attempts to quit alcohol and smoking. Contrary those claims, our own sources confirm that Tebboune continues to smoke and drink in private. In August 2021, Abdelmadjid Tebboune erraticly gave a speech in which he said: “We will use every means against him, and he will pay dearly,” a statement made in a tone that left no room for doubt. It was an explicit threat, clearly referring to the full spectrum of state repression tools: judicial, public, covert, even abduction and state-sponsored terrorism. He continued mockingly: “Even if he’s just ‘tchérak el-foum’ from afar…” The phrase, drawn from Algerian slang, is derogatory and dismissive, used to ridicule someone who “runs their mouth” loudly from a safe distance, viewed as provocative but unreachable. He concluded with a blunt threat: “The day will come when he pays,” an unambiguous warning suggesting that retribution is only a matter of time. He personally ordered his inner circle to “neutralize” exiled dissidents. French intelligence considers this a structured campaign of extraterritorial repression, conducted with state resources under diplomatic cover. This came after multiple judicial harassment and extradition failures, during which French authorities discovered that several Algerian requests were grossly falsified, marred by forgeries and fabricated charges. “It was an attempt to manipulate French justice,” a magistrate concluded. “Unworthy of a State.”

More to Come: France Now Moves From Exposure to Accountability

The investigation also reveals that France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Quai d’Orsay) has formally approached the Algerian authorities to request the lifting of diplomatic immunity for the First Secretary of the Algerian Embassy in Paris, in order for him to be summoned by the French judiciary.

President Emmanuel Macron has personally requested detailed reports and assessments to fully grasp the scale of the situation with Algeria and to define the policy line he intends to adopt through the end of his term. In response, he has received several confidential and substantiated briefs prepared by his diplomatic unit and the North Africa–Middle East Department of the Quai d’Orsay.

France’s current ambassador to Algeria, Stéphane Romatet — temporarily recalled to Paris — submitted a formal diplomatic note, as did his predecessor, François Gouyette.

However, the most severe and detailed assessments come from France’s specialized intelligence services, which have methodically documented the brutal operations and persistent interference conducted by Algerian security services — not only across French territory, but also against French interests in Algeria and parts of Africa.

After reviewing these findings, President Macron convened a dedicated Defense Council on Algeria. One session has already taken place; another is scheduled in the coming days.

Abderrahmane Fares.