“ We are losing the war against traffickers », was alarmed in March by the head of the organized crime department of the Marseille prosecutor’s office before the senatorial commission of inquiry dedicated to the fight against drug trafficking in France. It is in this context that the Minister of Justice revealed in The Sunday Tribune a plan to fight big traffickers.
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First measure announced: the creation of a national anti-organized crime prosecutor’s office (PNACO), similar to what exists for terrorism in particular. It will allow “ better coordinate the action of justice » and make it “ more efficient ” against “ high-end delinquency », says Éric Dupond-Moretti in the French weekly.
Eric Dupond-Moretti also wishes the establishment of a “ true status of the repentant », inspired by the Italian model. In France“ legislation already exists, but it is far too restrictive and therefore not very effective », Points out the minister. In the future, a judge will be able to grant this status to a repentant whose collaboration makes it possible to “ dismantle criminal networks “. In exchange, his sentence will be reduced and, new, he will be able to benefit from an official and definitive change of civil status for his protection. This status, revocable in the event of incomplete declarations or a new offense, would be financed through confiscation of criminal assets.
The minister also plans to entrust to special assize courts, composed solely of magistrates, not only drug trafficking in organized gangs like today, but also the settling of scores between traffickers. One way to avoid pressure on citizen jurors.
Finally, Éric Dupond-Moretti believes that the criminal association, which today causes traffickers to face 10 years in prison, is insufficient: he wants the creation of an organized criminal association, punishable by 20 years in prison. imprisonment. Currently, those who import “ cocaine from Colombia » risk half as much, for “ conspiracy “, he argues.
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