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Specially-trained undercover members of France’s elite Republican Guard have been travelling on certain TGV trains in an experimental deployment. The scheme lasted one and a half months and came to an end at the close of 2017. Called “Train Marshalls”, the armed soldiers travelled on certain routes that had been identified as more likely targets for terrorists. However, only three teams of two officers were deployed, meaning that at any given time only a small fraction of TGV routes were covered. The scheme will now be evaluated for its usefulness. Any further use of the special teams is likely to be influenced by manpower considerations and the fact that anti-terror officers are thinly spread.

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[caption id="attachment_13900" align="alignleft" width="350"] Photo: JP Construction's calling card near Grasse[/caption] Note: This case was overturned on appeal, which you can read here. Justice has finally caught up with the two directors of JP Construction, John Olsen and Peer Pedersen, three years after the company shut down its operations owing hundreds of thousands of euros to clients in Monaco and along the Riviera who had entrusted building projects and large deposits to the Monaco-registered operation. The exact amount of losses incurred by customers may never be known, since the two men had encouraged clients to pay in cash to avoid VAT. The two men fled the Principality in 2014, as clients began to file complaints with the authorities. A police investigation found that €800,000 had been transferred out of the company account and into the personal account of Mr Olsen, while €250,000 had been paid to Mr Pedersen's private account. Many of the vehicles used by the company were registered in Monaco, helping to give a false sense of security to clients, the court was told. Trucks registered to JP Construction were later used by the firm’s Polish workforce on other projects. Mr Olsen was sentenced to one year in jail and Mr Pedersen six months. One victim, who was in court at the time of sentencing, told Monaco Life: “All civil parties have been declared admissible to the case, but unfortunately the court declared their request for damages not grounded.” Only the bankrupted company, through the liquidator, will be allowed to recover the amounts due from Mr Olsen and Pedersen. Therefore, creditors of the company might recover the receivables if the liquidator finds a way to sell or recover assets. Mr Olsen can appeal within two weeks from the sentence hearing.  

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