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Spanish authorities try to tackle trash trafficking from France Focus

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Over the past two years, the French and Spanish police have been discovering the extent to which rubbish is illegally smuggled across the border. The phenomenon has long plagued Italy, where the mafia organises the trafficking, and is now reaching France and Spain. In northern Spain, a vast criminal network was recently dismantled in the Aragon region. Our correspondents Armelle Exposito, Victoria David, Rémi Cadoret and Sarah Morris report.

Over the past two years, the French and Spanish police have been discovering the extent to which rubbish is illegally smuggled across the border. The phenomenon has long plagued Italy, where the mafia organises the trafficking, and is now reaching France and Spain. In northern Spain, a vast criminal network was recently dismantled in the Aragon region. Our correspondents Armelle Exposito, Victoria David, Rémi Cadoret and Sarah Morris report.

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