A week after the murder of Mehdi Kessaci, Gérald Darmanin predicted this Thursday, November 20 that “threat” drug trafficking is “at least equal to terrorism” In France. “With great difficulty we won a very, very difficult battle against a criminal organization that undoubtedly generated between 5 and 6 billion euros in cash,” said the Minister of Justice, during a visit to Marseille with his colleague from the Interior.
Together with Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, the Minister of Justice was at police headquarters to meet with all senior judges as well as Bouches-du-Rhône security officials, to discuss the rampant drug trafficking network in France’s second largest city, especially the DZ Mafia.
“What happened at the level DZ mafia hit at least ten other diceparts, especially in the south of France”, according to Darmanin. “We have other criminal networks that we are fighting with the greatest force, and which I hope, thanks to the drug trafficking law (…) will make it possible to respond to a number of criminal cases.enace that kills a lot.”
Still according to the Minister of Justice, on “thirty people leading” This protean network is DZ Mafia, the “almost all of them, 27 in this case” held in French prisons: 21 in the Vendin-le-Vieil (Pas-de-Calais) security house, and “some others” that will be placed in it “a high-security environment that didn’t exist before.”
Gérald Darmanin promised new reinforcements in Marseille, especially judges and clerks, but without providing figures. “We also need to know how to combat corruption, which impacts investigative services, and may also impact the courts.” he warned, arousing “Around ten investigations were opened into agents who may have been corrupt, and who provided information to criminal organizations.”
“We are very aware that we need to do more,” acknowledged Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, recalling the murder of Mehdi Kessaci was “crimes that aim to frighten and aim to achieve a place in the Republic and the State”.
The broad daylight murder of a young man who wanted to become a police officer paralyzes the city. Justice is studying his tracks“crime of intimidation” addressed to Amen. But the latter warned that he would not remain silent and called for people to take to the streets “in their thousands” on Saturday for white demonstrations.
Renew at 15:05. with more clarity in the statements of the two ministers.
