Five businesses shut for illegal pricing in Burkina Faso
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Netafrique
The Mobile Brigade for Economic Control and the Repression of Fraud closed five businesses in the Boulmiougou area, from Zongo to Zaktouly, for illegal pricing and failure to display prices. Four offenders were also requisitioned for community service, according to the BMCRF.
The Mobile Brigade for Economic Control and the Repression of Fraud (BMCRF) closed five businesses in the Boulmiougou area, between Zongo and Zaktouly, Burkina Faso. Three shops selling consumer goods and two cement shops were penalised for illegal pricing and failure to display prices, Netafrique reports, citing the BMCRF.
Inspectors found, in particular, while checking the sales books of the cement shops, prices far above the official rate set by the authorities. Four of the five penalised traders were requisitioned to carry out community service, in accordance with the disciplinary measures in force, according to the BMCRF.
