"
We would have to manage to break the myth
", conveyed by drug traffickers, about Marseille and "
easy money
" which attracts kids from all over France who then find themselves in "
hellish
" situations, pleaded Friday 21 January the prosecutor of Marseilles.
"
One thing that seems very worrying to me is the continued attraction of this city in this aspect of drug trafficking for young minors from other regions of France
," said prosecutor Dominique Laurens during the interview. back-to-school press conference.
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"
We should collectively manage to break this myth, which moreover conveys in a very uninhibited way drug traffickers, of 'come to Marseille, it's easy, it's simple, it's safe and look I am showing you my wad of cash and everything I can have thanks to drug trafficking,''
added the magistrate.
This kind of vision of easy money, “
leads kids to come here ''jober'' as they say (to work) in particularly violent drug trafficking networks, which employ them as lookouts, sellers etc.
“, she added.
But these young people then find themselves "
in absolutely hellish situations
",