Six men involved in the trafficking of gold bullion who were smuggled to Dubai by plane were sentenced on Friday April 8 to six-month prison terms, suspended to one year, by the Bobigny judicial court.
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On July 17, 2020, Roissy customs officers on surveillance noted the delivery by an airport security officer, in the toilets of a terminal, of a one-kilogram gold bar to a passenger preparing to take a flight. commercial for Dubai.
Suspected of being the "
Big Boss
" of this occult business where the gold passed through a shop in Gare du Nord, passed through Roissy airport before ending up in Dubai, Mohamed Nizar was sentenced to two years in prison, including one suspended sentence for complicity in export without declaration, association of criminals, money laundering and concealed work.
A value of 53,000 euros
Habibou Mougamadou, the mule arrested when taking the plane to Roissy with the gold ingot worth 53,000 euros coated with black adhesive tape, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, a sentence fitted out under an electronic bracelet.
At the time of the events, he was very regularly commuting between France, India and the United Arab Emirates.
Airport security officer Nicolas Nagaradje was given a one-year suspended prison sentence.
These three fifty-year-old Indians, assisted by an interpreter, remained silent during the course of the sentences, which were less than the requisitions.
During the statement of the judgment, the president of the 15th chamber of the judicial court of Bobigny underlined that there was "
a gold bullion market in the department and in Paris
".
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After the facts, investigators from the Roissy border police traced the network for several months and carried out a wave of arrests in January 2021.
Their investigations led to the discovery of clandestine foundries in the 18th arrondissement of Paris and in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis).
Also seized are jewels, goldsmith's equipment and around 72,000 euros in cash.
A silversmith from the Gare du Nord district in Paris, who transformed jewelry into ingots, was sentenced to 12 months in prison under an electronic bracelet and a fine of 10,000 euros.
Two other men received six and nine month suspended sentences for concealed work.
