Category: Justice
The end of the tunnel for real estate scams in Thailand?
In Polynesia, 350 families had been swindled by the Thai real estate company New Nordic. They had invested in apartments in Thailand. The company’s boss, Norwegian Kurt Svendheim, fled with billions of Pacific francs...
Read MoreRiots: curfew until July 1
The curfew is maintained in New Caledonia for a further week, from 8 pm to 6 am. Carrying and transporting weapons remains prohibited. The sale of alcohol also remains prohibited, except for wine merchants, who may only sell...
Read MoreRiots: pre-trial detention to be carried out in France
Christian Tein, head of the Cellule de coordination des actions de terrain, will be transferred to Mulhouse prison in the Grand Est region of mainland France. Christian Tein is the leader of the CCAT, the organization considered...
Read MoreTwo security guards wounded with firearms
Two security guards were injured at gunpoint on Friday evening in a shopping center in the commune of Le Mont-Dore. One was “seriously injured”. One of the security guards was hit in the neck by pellets lodged under...
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French President Emmanuel Macron in New Caledonia
President Macron arrived in Nouméa this morning after eleven days of rioting. Here is a summary of...
Read MoreThe State invests 82 million dollars in a prison
Noumea’s old prison is in a state of disrepair. The government is going to finance the construction of a new prison. The French government’s Minister of Justice was in prison in Nouméa on Thursday 22 February. Eric...
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Sydney: Caledonian gets three-year suspended sentence for airport bomb joke
Humor can be very expensive… Our colleagues from Caledonian public television. (NC 1ere)...
Read MoreDoctor accused of murder in court
The appeal trial of Dr Olivier Peres began this Monday 3 April. The former head of the hospital’s orthopaedic department is accused of murdering his neighbour in September 2018 on the Tina golf course in Noumea. In March...
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Newspaper: New Caledonia’s only daily newspaper goes bankrupt
After more than fifty years of existence On Friday 17 March, the Commercial Court of Noumea...
Read MoreOne kilo of cocaine seized in Noumea
On 8 February, two men aged 45 and 48 living in New Caledonia were arrested by the police. Customs seized one kilo of cocaine hidden in a postal parcel. The investigators also seized one gram of ecstasy. The two traffickers had...
Read More19 prisoners are seeking AUD 1.4 million from the state for poor prison conditions.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the floor space of a collective cell must not be less than 3 m2 . If this is the case, the European Court alleges a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights and...
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Police crack down on illegal bingos
The national police are currently conducting operations to dismantle illegal bingos in the Noumea...
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