CAR: Portuguese Peacekeepers Suspected of Diamond Trafficking in CAR

Nov 9, 2021 | Muhammad Irfan, UrduPoint
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Portuguese authorities launched dozens of raids across the country on Monday targeting a criminal network suspected of using troops deployed as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic to smuggle diamonds, gold and drugs, the army and police announced. A dozen arrests were made and about 100 searches carried out across Portugal against a "criminal network with international connections which made money illegally from contraband diamonds and drug trafficking".