At a time when “XXL net square” operations to combat drug trafficking are multiplying in France, a danger from the other side of the Atlantic is putting the authorities on alert: Fentanyl, an opioid synthetic, 50 times more powerful than heroin. Last September, American Secretary of State Antony Blinken already warned European Commissioner Ylva Johansson during an interview, telling her in essence: either Europe already has a synthetic drug crisis without knowing it, or it will have one. soon one on our hands. “Synthetic drugs are the subject that is on the rise today,” Christian de Rocquigny, deputy head of Ofast (Anti-Narcotics Office), confirms to L’Express.
The massacre in the United States – more than 500,000 deaths in twenty years – is a serious warning, well received by the French services. But where is the state of the threat in France today? L’Express asked the question to researchers, toxicologists, and Bertrand Monnet, professor at Edhec. “The Mexican cartels, to whom I have been able to speak, speak to me very clearly today about exports of Fentanyl to Europe” says the specialist in criminal networks. Our video survey can be found on our site, and all our social networks.