Europe's Weakest Border? Smuggling Between Suriname and French Guiana

Europe’s Weakest Border? Smuggling Between Suriname and French Guiana

eyesonsuriname – by Douw den Helden Stuart Codrington favors the direct approach. Within five minutes of our interview starting, the Surinamese border control officer grabs his gun, shoves it in his pocket, and takes us out of his tiny, air-conditioned office into the afternoon heat.  Soon, we are trundling along a badly maintained road in…
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