French Government Agrees to Provide Training and Law Enforcement Help to Suriname

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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
25
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 
On December 3, 2008, during a counter-narcotics control and money-laundering seminar in Paramaribo, French Ambassador Richard Barbeyron announced it would provide € 400,000 over the next four years to assist Suriname’s law-enforcement initiatives and strengthen law enforcement cooperation. Suriname and the French overseas department, French Guiana, share the Marowijne River as a border. As is the case with Suriname’s other borders (e.g., with Guyana), illegal activities such as smuggling of goods, drug trafficking, and illegal small-scale gold mining occur on the border...[more]