by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Aug 22, 2023 | Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Sfax Raid Targets Migrant Smugglers Amidst Reports of Piracy Summary: Over the weekend of 19-20 August 2023, intelligence operations by Tunisian officials led to the disruption of an organized crime network in Sfax that had been involved in smuggling migrants...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | May 25, 2023 | Diplomacy, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Smuggler, Terrorist Arrests Highlight Expanded Intelligence Operations Summary: On 25 May 2023, the National Guard announced the arrest of a notorious irregular migrant smuggler who operated out of Sfax, accumulating 24 arrest warrants and prior sentences...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | May 10, 2023 | Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Premeditated Attack on Djerba Synagogue Kills Six, Including Assailant Summary: On the evening of 9 May, 2023, a member of Tunisia’s National Guard stationed on Djerba island killed three other police officers and two civilians in a shooting spree that...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 10, 2023 | Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Over 1000 Migrants Returned to Tunisia in Single Night Summary: Over the night of 9/10 March 2023, the Tunisian National Guard returned 1,008 irregular migrants to Tunisia from the Mediterranean Sea following the disruption of 25 separate crossing attempts....
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Oct 18, 2022 | Economic, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Night Protests Against Police Continue Summary: Throughout the week of 17 October 2022, pockets of protests continued during the late evening and early morning hours across the capital city of Tunis. The protestors expressed frustration over the death of a...
