Last Monday, the Court for the Suppression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET) tried a Beninese merchant for a tax evasion case.

According to statements, the respondent borrowed his importer card from several merchants, in exchange for the sum of 10,000 CFA francs per import or export transaction. At the stand, the accused admitted the facts, but considered the sum claimed by the DGI too exorbitant