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Algeria steps up border controls
Magharebia/Temoust - 27.08.2008

The Algerian government adopted a new law to step up border surveillance and improve communications between the customs authority and the gendarmerie. The Algerian government plans to establish 85 new border posts to fight smuggling, which helps finance terrorism. In a bid to close the net on terrorist networks, Algeria adopted a new law on August 3rd which authorizes the creation of 85 new border surveillance posts. The new security positions will be jointly run by the customs authority and the gendarmerie in effort to facilitate information sharing between the two agencies and co-ordinate their efforts to tackle smuggling, which many say helps fund terrorism [...] Customs service inspector-general M. A. Mahrache, told Le Quotidien d’Oran on Sunday (August 24th) that the government plans to purchase a number of helicopters to "cover vast stretches of desert which ordinary mobile units cannot cover." Ain Sefra, Tindouf, Biskra, Tamanrasset, Djanet, Timimoun Bechar and Tlemcen are all hotspots for smugglers trading in arms, fuel, livestock and drugs ... mehr

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