Five alleged people traffickers from Algeria and Egypt have been charged in a UK-France smuggling investigation. National Crime Agency officers arrested the men during raids across London on Wednesday.
Among the accused is Madjid Belabes, 52, an alleged senior figure in the smuggling network. Others charged include Said Bouazza, 54, Mourad Bouchlagehem, 45, Mohammed Mabrouk, 44, and Samir Zerguine, 51. All face conspiracy charges for aiding illegal entry into the EU.
Samih Sawiris, the Egyptian billionaire and CEO of Orascom, a Cairo-based infrastructure and construction giant, is pursuing a $400 million
Egypt’s Foreign Minister has criticized Israel’s seizure of Syrian territory on the Israeli border after the fall of
This last year was one of the most tumultuous for the Sahel region; in January the newly composed Alliance of
Doctors Without Borders, known also as MSF, has warned of a ‘rapidly escalating’ outbreak of cholera; a total of 737
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