France is launching a campaign against drug use and trafficking amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings. It not only wants to make society aware, but also to make clear users will be punished. In 2024, the authorities recorded 367 cases of murder or attempted murder, with 341 people injured and 110 deaths linked to drug trafficking.
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In 2024, the French authorities recorded 367 cases of murder or attempted murder, with 341 people injured and 110 deaths linked to drug trafficking. Of the 176 individuals jailed for murder and attempted murder, more than 25% were aged under 20, including 16 minors. In all, 47 tonnes of cocaine had been seized in 2024, more than double the previous year’s total.
The campaign launched this month follows the announcement last year in Marseille - the southern port city plagued by gang violence - of a plan to boost police and courts resources in their fight against organized crime, and of the planned appointment of a liaison magistrate in Colombia, which is one of the main cocaine producing countries alongside Peru and Bolivia.
Retailleau cited the case of a five-year-old boy who survived being shot twice in the head after a 16-year-old teenager opened fire in the city of Rennes. He also mentioned a 14-year-old in Marseille who was hired by traffickers and killed a taxi driver, and spoke of another teenager who was stabbed 50 times, and then burnt alive in the same city.
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