The Ministers of the Interior Bruno Retailleau and of Justice Didier Migaud, traveling to Marseille this Friday, announced a series of measures intended to strengthen the fight against drug trafficking. “We need an electric shock”hammered the Minister of Justice. “My hand will not shake”, he assures, to fight against a “multifaceted, growing, sprawling threat” Who “touches innocent people”. Bruno Retailleau compared drug trafficking to “octopus” by train “to conquer medium-sized towns throughout France”. To fight against this “existential threat”, which endangers “our institutions, our democracies”, “it will take years, it’s a 10, 15 or 20 year fight”, believes the Minister of the Interior, calling for “national unity”. A bill will be examined on January 27 in the Senate.
The creation of a “national coordination unit”
The Minister of Justice Didier Migaud announced the establishment “in the coming weeks” of a “national coordination cell to fight against drug trafficking. “In the coming weeks, in the presence of the Prime Minister, I will establish a national coordination unit responsible for taking stock of the threat, setting an operational strategy and implementing it.”he said.
Strengthening investigative resources
Didier Migaud assures that “the Paris prosecutor's office teams working on the fight against organized crime at the national level will be reinforced by 40%. His counterpart at the Interior completes: “We will strengthen the resources allocated in the territories” to police officers specializing in the fight against drugs.
And technical means
“We must develop digital investigation techniques”, insisted Didier Migaud. Traffickers use means “drones for deliveries, encrypted networks, 3D printers to make weapons, we must upgrade,” said Bruno Retailleau.
More cooperation and international
It's necessary “more international cooperation”, asked the Minister of Justice, who will appoint a “liaison magistrate” towards the “Refuge States” drug traffickers. At the same time, “we must mobilize our European partners“, which are “to more or less advanced degrees affected by this scourge”.
Fines and communication campaigns
Consumers must “open your eyes”insisted the Minister of Justice. A “communication campaign will be launched to reveal the links between the use of narcotics, the violence of traffickers and the offenses that result from it”.
While waiting for a new legislative arsenal to be voted on, “fines must be systematically collected”.
