Senegal: A company called "Société internationale de transport et de négoce" (SITN) based in Dakar and whether any of its employees or officers have been arrested on suspicion of helping the Movement for the Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) (1998-July 2001)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 20 July 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SEN37326.E |
| Reference | 4 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Senegal: A company called "Société internationale de transport et de négoce" (SITN) based in Dakar and whether any of its employees or officers have been arrested on suspicion of helping the Movement for the Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) (1998-July 2001), 20 July 2001, SEN37326.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4bea90.html [accessed 2 June 2023] |
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Information on the Societé internationale de transport et de négoce (SITN) is limited among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
During a telephone interview from Dakar on 18 July 2001, a representative of the Statistics Directorate (Direction de la Statistique), a Senegalese government branch with the mandate of registering companies operating in the country, indicated that its agency's database reveals the following information.
Based in Dakar and registered for the first time in 1996 in the category of small business companies (petites et moyennes entreprises), the Societé internationale de transport et [de] négoce (SITN) operates in the fields of merchandise transportation and trade. The SITN has three employees and for the 2000 fiscal year, the company declared about 31 million FCA in sales (chiffre d'affaires).
Information on whether SITN's employees or officers have been arrested on suspicion of helping the Movement for the Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) could not been found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Government of Senegal, Direction de la Statistique. 18 July 2001. Telephone interview with a representative.
Additional Sources Consulted
Oral sources consulted include Senegalese National Human Rights Organization – ONDH (Organisation nationale des droits de l'homme) and the Chambre of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Dakar (Chambre de commerce, d'Industrie et d'Agriculture de Dakar).
Africa Confidential. 1998-2001.
Country Reports. 1999-2001.
Human Rights Watch World Reports. 1999-2000.
IRB Database.
Jeune Afrique/L'intelligent. 1998-2001.
Le Lettre hebdomadaire de la FIDH. 1998-2001.
LEXIS/NEXIS.
Resource Centre country file. Senegal. 1998-2001.
West Africa 198-1999.
Internet Websites, including:
Amnesty International Online.
FIDH.
Human Rightd Watch.
Mbendi. Africa's Leading Business Website.
Panafrican News Agency.
Senegal Post.com.
Seneweb.com.
Reliefweb.
Sud Communication Online. [Dakar]
Search Engines, including:
Fast.
Google.
Lokace.
Lycos.
