UNCTAD study on Illicit financial flows (IFFs)

Gabon’s new strongman continues international visits, meets Congo’s Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, the General and new leader of Gabon met Sunday with Congo’s President Denis Sassou-Nguesso to thaw ties with Brazzaville and to seek Congo’s support to end the isolation of the country after the August 30 military coup that brought him to power. Nguema who took oath on September 04 as Gabon’s […]

French court frees TunisAir flight attendant convicted for smuggling

A court in Aix en Provence, southern France, Thursday, ordered the release of a TunisAir flight attendant arrested last Sunday at Marseille Provence Airport for smuggling cigarettes into France.   The flight attendant, a lady, will be however sued for recidivism, reports say.   French authorities at Marseille airport rounded three flight attendants on a […]

Emirati’s Strata Eyes Morocco to Channel Supply to Europe

United Arab Emirates-based aero-structures manufacturing company is eyeing investment in Morocco to ease supplies to its European market. The announcement was made by the company’s CEO Badr Al Olama in a statement to Reuters. “We are looking for a country near Europe, I have mentioned Morocco,” Al Olama said. Strata is owned by Mubadala Aerospace […]