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Sahel: Cocaine trafficking surges in the Sahel, as armed groups seek to profit from illicit trade

Annual cocaine seizures in the Sahel surged from 13 kilograms (28 pounds) in 2020 to 863 kilos just two years later as armed groups sought to profit from the illicit trade, the United Nations' drug agency said in its 2023 report. The largest seizures of the drug in...
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Libya arrests 50 foreign nationals over alleged illegal crypto mining operation in Zliten

Libyan authorities have dismantled a crypto mining operation in the country's west, the prosecution in Tripoli said Thursday, adding that 50 Chinese nationals had been detained. Interior ministry agents searching a farm in Zliten, some 160 kilometres (100 miles) east...
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Corruption: European parliamentarian charged by Belgian prosecutors in alleged bribery scheme involving Qatar and Morocco

Belgian prosecutors on Wednesday charged Italian European Parliament member Andrea Cozzolino with corruption and money laundering in a high-profile graft scandal. The socialist MEP, 60, flew into Belgium on Monday for questioning after being arrested four months ago...
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Tunisia: Man stabs to death Brazil’s embassy guard in Tunis

An attacker fatally stabbed a security guard on Monday outside Brazil's embassy in Tunis before being shot and arrested, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said. The guard "was wounded by a sharp object" wielded "by a person he was questioning over the reason for his...
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