Madagascar
Civil aviation authority seeks to ground STA planes

73.5 kg of undeclared gold was discovered in an STA aircraft in Johannesburg on 1 January 2021.
73.5 kg of undeclared gold was discovered in an STA aircraft in Johannesburg on 1 January 2021. © Twitter/@SAPoliceService
The involvement of the extremely well-connected Services et transports aériens in the transporting of 73.5 kg of gold to South Africa has embarrassed the Madagascan government, which has asked its civil aviation authority to shut down the airline. [...]
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Breaking news published on 09/01/21, 8 a.m. - The Madagascan president is worried that the South African authorities could start investigating the clandestine exports of Madagascan gold to Dubai. As a result, he is pulling out all the stops to get the three suspects arrested in Johannesburg repatriated.

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