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Tunisian traffickers steal historical remains in Tebessa
29.03.2008

A historical place at Elhouidjbat municipality, Tebessa easternmost province, has been recently targeted by traffickers from Tunisia, stealing several historical remains backing to the Roman era; the National Gendarmerie services have opened an investigation to determine the facts ... mehr

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ALGERIA: TEBESSA, HOTSPOT FOR SMUGGLING INTO TUNISIA
05.05.2009 - ANSAmed

ALGIERS - The Tebessa region, which is a just few kilometres from the Tunisian border and 600km south east of Algiers, is becoming a real junction for smuggling all kinds of products into Tunisia. Although the traffic of petrol and diesel is well known, since it is much cheaper in Algeria, not only into Tunisia but also along the western border with Morocco, the newspaper Liberté reports that the smuggling of goods such as used clothes, medicines and archaeological remains has recently been developing. "Foreigners come here with clear ideas, they know what to look for, they arrive with exact maps of what is under the sand and take the historical remains away," a teacher told the newspaper ... mehr

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