Violence linked to drug trafficking leaves behind a dark litany of deaths. According to our information, the Judicial Police identified 182 score-settling cases in the first half of 2024, including homicides and attempted homicides. Among these 182 cases, 42 people lost their lives.
The Ministry of the Interior comments to the JDD: “ The 2024 trajectory is more favorable than 2023, a historic year, but if we compare with the first half of 2022 or 2021, we note an increase in the number of incidents. »
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2023: a record year
Called “narchomicides”, murders linked to drug trafficking reached peaks in 2023. According to our information, the authorities have listed 418 cases of assassinations and assassination attempts between criminals, marking an increase of 38% compared to 2022. These violent clashes caused the death of 139 people.
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Marseille tops the list of most affected cities in 2023, with 84 settlements recorded. Valence and Nantes follow with 16 cases respectively. Next come Nîmes (30) and Fort-de-France (20) in Martinique, then Clermont-Ferrand (63), Cayenne (973), Avignon (84), Toulouse (31), Grenoble (38) and Sevran (93) . In the capital, the National Directorate of Judicial Police (DNPJ) recorded only five cases.
