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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Simon Speakman Cordall

Smuggler paradise on Tunisia-Libya border hurts as closure strangles trade

Tunisian security forces check vehicles near Tunisian customs at the Ras Jedir crossing with Libya, south of Ben Guerdane, on March 22, 2016 [Fathi Nasri/AFP]

Nothing much is moving in Ben Guardane, Mohammed says.

The money-changing kiosks sit silent and the ad hoc markets by the banks of the saltwater inlets that line the route into the Tunisian border town are empty, they used to sell goods imported into Libya and snuck into Tunisia.

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