Crime ❯ Drug Trafficking

Narcotrafic

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Six Charged and Jailed in Marseille Killing of Mehdi Kessaci

France’s organized-crime prosecutor is treating the case as a gang murder.

Colombia Alleges Ecuador Bombed Its Territory as Quito Denies Cross-Border Strike

El Mencho Killed in Tapalpa Raid as CJNG Reprisals Rattle Mexico

France Shuts 45 Venues After Nationwide Fire-Safety Checks of Bars and Nightspots

Paris-Orly Conducts First Full Arrival Sweep of Fort-de-France Flight

Mayors’ Group Warns Drug Networks Could Seek Influence Before France’s March Municipal Elections

Macron Orders Sweeping Customs Offensive and Airport Raids in New Anti‑Trafficking Drive

Anti-Drug Activist Amine Kessaci Joins Marseille Mayor Payan’s Slate Ahead of 2026 Vote

Europe’s Cocaine Hub Examined in New Arte Documentary

Trump Says U.S. Destroyed Venezuelan Quay in Claimed First Onshore Anti-Drug Strike

Macron Visits Marseille, Vows State Will Defeat Drug Gangs

Marseille Anti-Narco Sweep Nets 114 Arrests After 1,500 Officers Hit 15 Dealing Sites

Trump Pardons Honduras’s Ex-President Hernández After U.S. Drug-Trafficking Conviction

Marseille Drug Violence Escalates as Killing Treated as Intimidation and Cartel-Style Networks Expand

Normandy Launches Dedicated Tip Line for Fishermen and Dockers to Report Drug Networks

In Marseille Speech, Roussel Calls for 60,000 More Police and Customs Officers to Fight Narcotraffic

Marseille Turns Out in White March After Mehdi Kessaci Killing

France Labels Narco Threat ‘At Least Equivalent to Terrorism’ After Marseille Killing

U.S.–Venezuela Standoff Deepens With Carrier Deployment as Europe Withholds Intel

France Launches Foreign-Policy Offensive on Cocaine Trafficking With Mexico Customs Pact and Colombia Extradition Bill