The Algerian customs services aborted an attempt to illicitly transfer currency. Indeed, during a routine control operation, Algerian customs officers were able to get their hands on a sum of 10,000 euros which was about to pass at the border crossing of Ras El Aioun in the wilaya of Tebessa.
The press release from the customs services indicated that the author of this attempt to illicitly transfer currency is an individual of foreign nationality.
The arrest of the individual in question is part of the vigilance and determination to combat cross-border illegal activities.
In Oran as in Algiers, the fight against illicit capital transfers continues
On March 30, the border police at Ahmed Ben Bella airport in Oran intercepted two women who were about to try to smuggle a sum of 17,000 euros illegally.
Hidden in their luggage, this sum transferred illegally earned the two women the arrest. These were presented to the public prosecutor.
In Algiers, on the previous March 25, the border police services seized a sum of 38,000 euros which was about to be transferred illegally.
Two individuals were arrested following this seizure. Thus, a woman, a trader, and her accomplice, a customs agent, tried to pass the aforementioned sum. A transfer that the border police officers aborted.
