Criminalité internationale : 21 fugitifs recherchés par la justice française localisés au Sénégal
Senegal hosts 21 fugitives and is among the top countries of refuge for suspects wanted by French authorities for drug trafficking, organized crime, economic and financial offenses, and various forms of violence, according to a French police report consulted by AFP on Thursday. The United Kingdom (34), the United States (20), Serbia (17), and Thailand (17) complete the list alongside Senegal.
At the top of this study, Morocco, Algeria, Israel, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Turkey are the most popular destinations. The National Fugitive Search Brigade (BNRF) of the Central Office for Combating Organized Crime (OCLCO) relied on "the study of the 3,600 red notices currently being circulated" by Interpol and "a list of countries where criminals are likely to find refuge" in order to "determine the most attractive destinations for fugitives wanted by French justice."
The countries of the Schengen area were excluded from this analysis, as "police cooperation in Europe does not encounter structural difficulties in its implementation" thanks to various mechanisms, it is specified.
Similarly, suspects wanted for acts of terrorism were not included in this study, "due to the exclusive competence of the SDAT (Anti-Terrorist Sub-Directorate) and the DGSI (General Directorate for Internal Security) in this matter."
"The study highlights the major trends observed empirically without claiming to be exhaustive, despite some methodological pitfalls," it is warned.
Interpol's red notices are divided into "four categories of offenses": drug trafficking, organized crime, violence against persons, and economic and financial offenses.
According to the BNRF's analysis, 218 fugitives have found refuge in Morocco, 124 in Algeria, 87 in Israel, 59 in Tunisia, 48 in the United Arab Emirates, and 41 in Turkey. These countries "are among the six most popular destinations for fugitives wanted by French justice" and subject to a red notice.
“Morocco is the preferred destination for fugitives wanted by French justice and nearly half of them (49%) are wanted for drug trafficking offenses,” it explains.
The United Arab Emirates (38%) and Israel (91%) are, for their part, "preferred destinations for fugitives wanted in connection with economic or financial offences", while people wanted for common law offences tend to flee to Algeria and Tunisia.
"Recent developments in organized crime allow high-profile criminals, now convicted or wanted by French judicial authorities, to sometimes calmly manage their illegal activities outside of France," it is explained.
“Distance, the heterogeneity of judicial systems, deteriorating diplomatic relations or the alleged or proven corruption of certain countries constitute all obstacles to effective action against organized criminal groups impacting France from abroad,” it continues, adding that “the arrest of priority targets of interest who have taken refuge in third countries is therefore an essential issue to counter the action of organized criminal groups in France.”
But "locating targets of priority interest abroad most often requires long-term investigative work carried out within a judicial framework" and "needs significant resources, fluid and responsive cooperation with foreign investigative services to follow the investigations in real time and hope to lead to an arrest," then extradition to France, it is explained.
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