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Benin, West Africa
Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin. © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

Two executives from Italian-Swiss container shipping company MSC were arrested and taken into custody in the course of an anti-drug operation carried out by the Beninese police on 25 June. The case is complicated by political considerations and internal police rivalries. [...]

Published on 06.07.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Arnaud Jobard
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Brice Allowanou
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Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

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West Africa
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