Tag: traffickers
In Cameroon, forest communities complicit in timber traffickers
The college of Nkollo, in the south of Cameroon, of which a building was built by the villagers. The truck is parked at the edge of a winding track in…
Pornography demand explodes: Human traffickers abuse Ukrainian refugees as sex slaves
After the Russian invasion, many Ukrainians flee. However, instead of protection, many Ukrainian women experience sexual exploitation. The culprit is not least a sharp increase in demand for pornography with…
Drug traffickers sow “terror” in northeast Brazil
Police officers stand guard as people watch a burnt-out truck in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, March 16, 2023. ALESSANDRO IMPERIAL/AFP This week, Claudio Machado intended to celebrate…
A legal vagueness on the application of the customs code exploited in court by traffickers
A French customs officer searches a vehicle during a control operation for passengers arriving from the mainland by car ferry, in Ajaccio, Corsica, June 30, 2020. PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA / AFP…
Cannabis “gardeners”, budding traffickers, proliferate in France
A cannabis field in the Vaucluse, in August 2019. GERARD JULIEN / AFP The photographs of the searches look like garden catalogs. We see potted plants with exuberant leaves, gilding…
a network of traffickers at the port of Le Havre in court
View of the port of Le Havre from the Gonfreville district, where many dockers live, in October 2020. TOM DE PEYRET This could be season 2 of TheWire, the series…
Tse Chi Lop, accused of being one of Asia’s biggest drug traffickers, was extradited to Australia
The alleged drug lord in Asia has been arrested for drug trafficking and extradited to Australia, Australian police announced on Thursday (December 22nd). Tse Chi Lop, 59, is one of…
Cocaine: in Suriname, the “sheriff” against traffickers
Reserved for subscribers INVESTIGATION. President Chan Santokhi, a former policeman at the head of a country plagued by drug trafficking, attacks more powerful than him. By Guillaume Perrierspecial envoy to…
Police checks – drug traffickers pulled out of traffic in Salzburg
During a focus check, the police in the city of Salzburg pulled three drug drivers out of circulation on Saturday. Another was caught in Pinzgau. The driver’s license was taken…
Alpes-Maritimes: two drug traffickers and a client arrested at a deal point in Cannes
Several hundred euros in cash, herbal cannabis and cocaine were also seized. Le Figaro Nice As part of a surveillance operation of a listed deal point, three individuals were arrested…
Sky ECC, the app popular with traffickers, a gold mine for organized crime investigations
The app was deemed tamper-proof. It guaranteed its users perfect discretion. Using a Canadian technology telephone, traffickers from all countries took shelter behind an encryption system worthy of the level…
Traffickers’ cars, platinum ingots, luxury watches… An exceptional auction at Bercy
In the auction room, Friday. Lucien Lung / Riva Press for Le Figaro REPORTAGE – This Friday, the Ministry of the Economy organized a sale of goods seized by Customs.…