“What we anticipate is not necessarily a change in the nature of crime, but the same delinquency at power X,” warns the Paris prosecutor

“We fear housing scams, a greater influx of pimping,” as well as “cyberattacks,” says Laure Beccuau on Thursday on France Inter.

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“What we anticipate is not necessarily a change in the nature of crime, but the same delinquency at power X” during the Olympic Games, said Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau on Thursday May 2 on France Inter.

“Paris has the characteristic of always having tourists in July-August. Simply, there will be many more tourists, added the Paris prosecutor. This means that the delinquents will attack these tourists in a – I dare say – classic way: watch thefts, pickpocketing. Then there will be more specific delinquency. We fear housing scams and a greater influx of pimping. And then, beyond Paris (the inner suburbs), what we are certain of is that cyberattacks will increase during the Olympics.”

Risks which add to a possible terrorist threat. In mid-April, Emmanuel Macron gave some details concerning the “plan B”, even “C plans” developed for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26. In the event of a terrorist threat deemed high enough, the opening ceremony could be “limited to Trocadéro”or even relocated to the Stade de France, he said