2024-08-31 03:00:10
In Martinique, Monday August 19, the frigate Ventose return to the port of Fort-de-France. The warship of the Armed Forces in the Antilles (FAA) did not return alone: next to it, a fishing boat of around twenty meters, with a pale white color, flying the Brazilian flag. The great treasure that was his cargo was shown on the port of Fort Saint-Louis, distributed around 300 bales, arranged on thirty pallets: 10.5 tons of cocaine.
This is, to the nearest half a ton, the total amount obtained by France in all the Antilles throughout the year 2023. In 2022, the seizures of cocaine made in these areas are almost 1.2 tons and the seizures are French trading post. coming from the Antilles reached 6.7 tons at the same time.
The nine passengers on board – six Brazilians, two Venezuelans and a Colombian – were handed over to the police from the Anti-Narcotics Agency (Ofast), who will continue the investigations. A few days ago, they were the ones who provided the information that led to the mission, 1,200 kilometers from the coast of Martinique. To achieve this, their information has to be distributed between different services and different countries. “It’s a lot of work to cross-reference and exploit information which ends up paying offsays the public prosecutor of Fort-de-France, Clarisse Taron. Not only France is affected by the importation of cocaine, all the ports of Western Europe are, many countries work with us in this Antilles area. »
A common pot of information
In his report on “dangerous situation”show about Global In February 2024, Ofast revealed that the Caribbean islands are located close to the South American producing countries and located on the world shipping routes that historically are one of the main transportation areas for cocaine. The company explains that “The ports of Fort-de-France in Martinique and the sector [logistique et industriel] de Jarry in Guadeloupe thus represents opportunities for innovation. “
To initiate this collaboration, Ofast shares its information with the Maritime Analysis Operations Center for Narcotics, or MAOC-N. Created in 2007 and financed by the European Commission, it centralizes and shares the knowledge produced by its members – France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom and, from 2024, Germany and Belgium. In Lisbon, his office brings together liaison officers from different countries, police and military, in order to facilitate exchanges between countries with different legislative processes and intelligence systems.
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