A 15-year-old teenager was between life and death following a shooting which broke out during the night from Thursday to Friday in Poitiers (Vienna). Last weekend, a 5-year-old child was seriously injured in the head, near Rennes, following a chase linked to a settling of scores. In Grenoble, since the start of the year, around fifty gunshots have been recorded, killing six people… In this context, it is an understatement to say that the visit of the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, in Rennes, this Friday, was eagerly awaited. Theme of this half-day visit to the Breton capital: the fight against drug trafficking.
Unsurprisingly, on this subject, the minister uses strong words to make a better impression. According to him, the level of drug trafficking has reached “a tipping point” and that without a general mobilization of the State and society, it will be “the Mexicanization of the country”.
But concretely, what does he propose? Little, in the immediate future, for “a fight that will take years”concedes the minister.
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A communications campaign
For the settling of scores which have multiplied in recent months in Rennes, he announces the arrival of the CRS 40 or even the creation of a sort of « task force » local bringing together police officers, Ursaff, Tax and labor inspection agents in order to “to break the ecosystem” traffickers.
At the national level, a communication campaign will be launched in order to “put consumers in front of their responsibilities”.
A new law must also be presented to the Senate “as quickly as possible”probably by the start of 2025. The text is largely known: the bill was drafted in July by the two senators Jérôme Durain (PS) and Étienne Blanc (LR), already authors in spring of a report on drug trafficking in France. They met the Prime Minister this week on this subject.
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The text provides for the strengthening of the Anti-Narcotics Office (Ofast) which would be placed under the supervision of the Ministries of the Interior and the Economy, the creation of a national anti-narcotics prosecutor's office (like the anti-terrorism and financial prosecutor's offices) , or the establishment of contact points to report acts of corruption committed by civil servants: “What I see is that the web of corruption is expanding in administrations”indicates Bruno Retailleau, without giving more details.
Any further “tools” to combat money laundering, “mother of all battles”, should also be included. An article of law could thus authorize mayors to report to the prefect any business suspected of acting as a “laundress”, so that it can pronounce an administrative and temporary closure.
The minister hopes that a majority can be found in the National Assembly on this text.
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