Exhausted residents, drug addicts who roam the streets, debates around shooting rooms ... The scourge of crack in the north-east of Paris has been regularly in the news for several months.
According to the French Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT), there are around 43,000 crack users in France, including 13,000 in Île-de-France.
In the capital, 80% of traffic is concentrated in the 10th, 18th and 19th arrondissements, according to the police headquarters.
In the Stalingrad sector alone, there are said to be between 80 and 120 drug addicts every night.
But who are the dealers who supply these addicts?
And how are they organized?
Le Figaro
tries to see more clearly.
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Crack trafficking starts across the Atlantic.
To make crack, traffickers must use good quality cocaine.
Crack is indeed a derivative of cocaine - mixed with baking soda or ammonia - in the form of small pebbles.
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