Last week, four (04) Benin Customs officials were arrested by the Economic and Financial Brigade (BEF). They are accused of smuggling foodstuffs out of the national territory and will be presented to the special prosecutor at the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET) this week between Tuesday and Thursday.

Four Beninese customs officers were arrested for abuse of office. They will be heard between Wednesday and last Thursday by the Economic and Financial Brigade in a case involving the illegal removal of food products from Benin. They are taken into custody at the BEF. They are Parfait Denou, Iwaka M'po, Mathias Amouzoun and Honoré Hounyo.

In addition, about ten people, including four “Klébé” (intermediary) customs officers, were presented to CRIET last Tuesday, November 22, again in the context of non-compliance with the ban on the removal of food products from Benin. Two were taken to prison and the other defendants were summoned for a hearing scheduled for December 5, 2022.