money, the sinews of war

In plastic bags, more than a million euros in small denominations were seized at the start of the week in Vaucluse. The money was found in a cache in the floor of a utility van. These are sums collected from deal points. Traffickers are increasingly organized to prevent money from falling into the hands of the police.

Tracking the financial circuits of drug trafficking is a major challenge. In France, the profit generated by traffic is estimated at 3.5 billion euros per year. This dirty money is partly re-injected into local businesses and businesses. But the majority of the sums go abroad, where the network heads live, notably in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The objective of justice is to deprive French traffickers of resources by drying up their financial networks.