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Mali: Barrick Gold confirms suspension of operations in gold mine

Barrick Gold Corporation said that it remains restricted from shipping gold from the Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex in Mali, where authorities have also seized the company’s existing gold stock from the site to a custodial bank. Malian authorities have seized an amount of gold estimated at $245 million in an escalation of their long-running dispute with […]

French-Algerian fugitive drug-dealer arrested in Morocco

A French national of Algerian descent wanted in France for drug trafficking was nabbed Monday in Marrakech by Moroccan police. The fugitive was on Interpol’s most wanted list. He was captured after French judicial authorities issued an international arrest warrant against him for his links with an international network of trafficking of drug and ecstasy, […]

Death of Colombian drug baron exposes Polisario’s ties to international drug trafficking gangs

The death of Iván Roberto Duque, aka Ernesto Baez, a Colombian warlord with links to drug trafficking networks, exposed deals between the Polisario separatist group and drug barons in Medellin worth millions of dollars. After the passing away of Ernesto Baez, some of his companions could finally freely express their minds. A relative of Baez […]