Voitures volées à l’étranger : le propriétaire d’une célèbre boîte de nuit arrêté, le mari d’une animatrice télé recherché
Interpol Dakar has struck at the heart of what appears to be an international network involved in stolen car and drug trafficking, money laundering, and forgery. At this stage of the investigation, only one suspect has been arrested: El HM Diop, also known as Alex, owner of the Pentola nightclub, now called Amour Café. But according to Libération, which broke the story, six other people, including a woman, are also under investigation. The newspaper specifies that the four women are located in Senegal; the two women are in Italy and France.
Interpol Dakar was alerted in June 2025 by the Rome office (Italy), requesting them to search for and impound a stolen Peugeot 3008 located in Senegal thanks to a GPS tracker. A little over a year later, on July 23, the vehicle in question emitted a signal from Niagues.
Senegalese police officers were deployed to the scene. And bingo, they found not only the Peugeot, but also six other cars registered in The Gambia, including an Opel and an Alfa Romeo reported stolen in Interpol's database. Found at the location and claiming to be the owner of the house and the full parking lot, Alex was arrested, and three (the Peugeot, the Opel, and the Alfa Romeo) of the seven parked cars were seized.
When questioned by investigators, he immediately gave two names: O. Fall, known as Zopizoo, and MB Guèye. The former, residing in Italy, allegedly sold him the vehicles, while the latter was responsible for their transfer from Gambia.
Problem: Fall is known to be "a key element in a vast international vehicle trafficking network." Furthermore, Alex admits to having chosen to transfer the cars to Gambia in order to circumvent Senegalese Customs during their transport to Dakar, before stating that four of the vehicles (a Mercedes, an Audi, a Land Rover Defender and a Range Rover) were entrusted to him by a certain D. Ndiaye, located in Bordeaux, France, and that the Peugeot was the property of T. Ndiaye, husband of a TV presenter who used it previously for her travels.
Two events reinforced the police's suspicion that they were dealing with an international criminal network. The Joint Container Control Unit (UMCC) became involved and meticulously examined the Peugeot's chassis. The result was conclusive: "the vehicle had undergone chassis tampering." The correct number, ending in 7 and stored in the car's memory, was different from the visible number, which ended in 8.
Wanting to carry out the same checks on the four vehicles parked in Niagues but not seized at the time of Alex's arrest, investigators were stunned. The cars were no longer there; they had been moved to an unknown location. "When questioned about this situation, Alex claimed to have nothing to say on the matter," reports Libération. "Investigations revealed that the vehicles may have been transported by A. Diop, in collusion with his wife, NN Thioye. They have been unreachable ever since."
During their investigation, the police noticed that the suspects almost always used cash payments, "the hallmark of illicit transactions often used by criminal networks," the newspaper points out. It reports that Alex "presents himself as a simple, honest buyer," but that, in reality, he is "the logistical linchpin" of a criminal network, the one who "receives, stores, and distributes stolen vehicles to his group."
"The investigation reveals that this structured network is based on a strict organization: international supply is managed by O. Fall (Zopizoo), who coordinates the transport of vehicles. Once these enter Gambia, Alex and his group ensure the reception, secure storage (house in Niagues), apparent regularization and distribution on Senegalese territory," Libération outlines.
In light of this evidence, Interpol Dakar is pursuing charges against Alex for conspiracy, international trafficking, receiving stolen vehicles, forgery and use of forged documents, and money laundering, among others. They have asked the public prosecutor's office to continue the investigation with a view to arresting the other suspects. Furthermore, Libération adds, Interpol hopes that the four cars moved from Niagues will be recovered and that an asset investigation will help determine individual responsibilities and uncover any potential ramifications of this dubious organization.
Commentaires (22)
Deux choses que je déteste chez nous sénégalais
1- On achète à des prix défiant toutes concurrences sans se poser de question .
2- On est friands des biens des gens qui sont dans le besoins , la phrase " dafa sokhla diko diay ".
Le Bamba Day n'a jamais était aussi desorganisé
Pour rappel Interpol n’a pas vocation de poursuivre.
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