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Sahel: exploring nexus between arms and human trafficking — UN report

A dizzying array of illegal weaponry dots market stalls across the Sahel, fueling violence and insecurity in this 6,000-km-wide belt in the middle of Africa, where smuggling networks exploit the ensuring desperation of people, leading to such deadly disasters as the recent shipwreck off the coast of Greece, according to the latest series of reports […]

One of the most dangerous French drug traffickers arrested in Casablanca, France thanks Morocco

One of the most dangerous French drug traffickers, Félix Bingui, was arrested on March 8, 2024, in Casablanca by members of the investigation and intervention department of the National Judicial Police Brigade (BNPJ). The 34-year-old French national, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by French authorities in connection with criminal networks […]

Tunisia: Several terror threats thwarted during Ramadan

Tunisia’s interior ministry Tuesday indicated that several terror threats were thwarted during the fasting month of Ramadan thanks to the work of security forces. Spokesperson for the ministry, Fadhila Khelifi, who made the announcement did not elaborate on the types of threats and places where the planned attacks were to occur, Webdo Tunis reports. Khelifi […]