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Reuters
French lawmakers on Tuesday approved a sweeping counter-narcotics law to equip the state with tougher tools to fight a sharp rise in drug crime following a record-breaking surge of South American cocaine into Europe.
The new law will create a national prosecutor’s office for organised crime, isolate dangerous kingpins in prisons to prevent them from running their empires from behind bars, and allow for the shutdown of businesses that launder drug money.
The use of cooperating witnesses – criminals offering information on their network in return for lighter sentences or other benefits – will be expanded, while assets will be confiscated unless their owners can attest to their provenance.
The bill, which was born out of a 2024 Senate report that warned France faced a “tipping point” from rising drug violence, was not without controversy. A measure to provide police with an automatic backdoor into encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal was removed by lawmakers during debate.
Centrist lawmaker Sylvain Maillard told Reuters tougher laws were needed to tackle a problem that is affecting nations across the continent.
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