Lumière synergie pour le développement (LSD) and the National Collective of People Affected by the Regional Express Train (TER) Project (PAP) have prepared a report entitled:''Suddenly finding oneself homeless, landless and without work', which laid bare the nebulous practices of the eacute;es at the TER. The document, of about forty pages, evoked corruptive practices, between racketeering, scam and abuse on the work of the Regional Express Train.

The document, also evoking a "racket", explains that it "expresses itself in the form of extortion through intimidation, cunning, terror, blackmail. The vulnerable target is convinced that she is not entitled to anything. This is followed by a procedure that leads her to seek refuge with scammers to take shelter," he explains. Moreover, "PAPs have also been convinced to leave their homes without any form of support under the promise of compensation up to the level of demolished property with often the verbal announcement of an attractive sum, a six-month relocation assistance considered as the time necessary for the construction of a new house, the allocation of a new building plot. The vast majority of PAPs were found to have received compensation (even disputed) and relocation assistance. On the other hand, five years later, they have still not benefited from land, "he denounces. Also, the report stresses that "land is given to third parties to the detriment of rights holders. Heavy equipment moved, stored out of reach of the owners and then looted, sold or stolen. These practices have particularly affected entrepreneurs, craftsmen, mechanics, farmers, second-hand dealers, etc." However, "under the environmental and social safeguard policies of the AfDB (African Development Bank) and AFD (French Development Agency), all those affected had to be compensated in full before the start of the project work. Note that the Dakar-AIBD Regional Express Train is a standard gauge electric railway line under construction connecting downtown Dakar (Senegal) to Blaise-Diagne International Airport as well as new cities located in the hinterland.