The Court for the Suppression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET) convicted a customs official and a freight forwarder on Monday, December 11, last year. They are both being prosecuted in a money laundering case.

A Beninese customs officer and a freight forwarder are prosecuted for abuse of office and money laundering. The customs officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison and the freight forwarder 5 years. They must also pay the Beninese State a sum of 450 million CFA francs