Drug trafficking in Marseille: “150 euros per day for a lookout…” The salaries of “little hands” revealed by the Court of Auditors

The report from the Court of Auditors published this Sunday, October 20, 2024, reports the scale of drug trafficking in Marseille and the attractiveness exerted by the amount of salaries promised to “little hands”: “€300 per day for a seller, €150 for a lookout, €120 for a tout”, lists the document. As for delivery people, whose number is increasing due to the rise of sales by 24/7 delivery, they are paid more than 4,000 euros per month.

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“150 euros per day for a lookout”

However, the youngest and minors make up the majority of this workforce, according to the national spokesperson Alliance-police interviewed by France 3 regions. In their case, the risk of dropping out of school is significant: “These kids […] prefer to earn 750 euros per week rather than go to school”, observes the trade unionist. Once caught “in the system”, getting out is very difficult, because it is a “huge business”, concludes -he. In the Marseille city, the points of sale bring in between 5,000 and 7,000 euros per day.

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Faced with the scale of trafficking, the police forces suffer from a lack of staff according to the Court of Auditors, which recorded a drop of 4.5% under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron. The new tools used by criminals, including social networks and home delivery, also require the police to rethink their strategy for combating rapidly changing trafficking.