Criminal network specialized in human trafficking and money laundering dismantled

Tunis: Security units dismantled a criminal network specialized in human trafficking and money laundering operating between Nabeul and Sfax and headed by an individual who is the subject of seven search warrants, reads a statement of the General Directorate of the National Guard on Sunday. The leader of the criminal network made use of the identity of his deceased brother to make financial transactions, the statement adds. The police operation made it possible to take ten people into custody and issue nine arrest warrants against them. One of the arrested individuals owns a store selling iron used in the manufacture of illegal sea crossing boats. He is accused of having falsified invoices worth around 2.5 million dinars, the same source says. This network manufactured hundreds of iron boats used in illegal sea border crossing operations. It is made up of smugglers, truck drivers and two owners of iron stores who falsified invoices to facilitate the transport of quantities of iron to the Jebeniana region ( Sfax governorate). Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse