To combat drug trafficking, Gérald Darmanin wants to confiscate consumers' phones

On Thursday 24 April, the Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin sent a circular to the public prosecutor's offices to generalize the experiment on the confiscation of mobile phones for drug users throughout the national territory. A measure that is more a matter of political signage than a real turning point in the fight against drug trafficking, but whose risks regarding individual freedoms are very real. Noémie Saidi-Cottier, a criminalist lawye…

The Minister of Justice wishes to generalize the experiment already being carried out in Bayonne aimed at seizing the mobile phones used to acquire drugs, a measure that is in line with the repressive policy pursued by the government for several months.

In an effort to combat drug trafficking in France, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin has announced plans to expand an experiment that includes confiscating the cell phones of drug users. Here's what happens.

Gérald Darmanin wants to extend throughout the country the experiment carried out by the prosecutor of the Republic of Bayonne: confiscating the phones of drug users. New strategy on the front of the fight against drugs. In addition to the proposal for a law to remove France from the trap of drug trafficking, which includes

"Today, the law allows us to seize a cell phone, a car, a motorbike, a quad", to "confiscate them", "that is, sell them even before the person is convicted," said Gérald Darmanin. "The seizure in general, the seizure of money, the seizure of cars, the seizure of telephones, the seizure of your objects is sometimes more dissuasive than a prosecution," he added. "It is not only a criminal offence, but it is also a criminal offence to confiscate a …

Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Thursday the generalization of testing the confiscation of mobile phones for drug users, a "dissuasive" measure aimed primarily at young people.