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Urban rodeos: the number of convictions up 40% between 2020 and 2021

2022-01-25T14:57:37.949Z


Convictions related to urban rodeos have increased by 1400% since 2018 and for the year 2021 alone there has been an increase of almost 40% in...


Convictions linked to urban rodeos have increased by 1400% since 2018 and for the year 2021 alone there has been an increase of almost 40% in convictions, welcomed the Chancellery on Tuesday January 25.

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To these everyday incivilities, we respond with everyday justice. The results are up to our expectations

", indicated the Keeper of the Seals, Éric Dupond-Moretti on the occasion of a trip to Besançon to take stock of the law of August 3, 2018 on urban rodeos which has created a specific offense punishable by one year in prison and a fine of 15,000 euros against this phenomenon "

which exasperates thousands of French people on a daily basis

". In 2021, nearly 1,400 convictions were pronounced for acts of motorized rodeos, said the Chancellery contacted by AFP. The law also makes it possible to seize the machines, put forward Éric Dupond-Moretti.

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According to the Chancellery, there were 127 divestitures for the benefit of the State of motorized vehicles between December 1, 2020 and December 1, 2021. In Besançon, the public prosecutor signed two agreements with a high school for trades in the automobile and a training center for apprentices who plan to give away the seized vehicles free of charge.

"

We have in our premises heaps of treasures from crime that we can use in a virtuous way

", commented Eric Dupond-Moretti.

"

We are not in the blah-blah, it's called justice, and perhaps even local justice

," he added.

Source: lefigaro

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