Crime in France
Crime in France is combated by a range of French law enforcement agencies.
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By location [edit]
Priority Security Zones (PSZ) [edit]
In August 2012, the French Government announced the creation of 15 Priority Security Zones (PSZ), in an effort to target crime hotspots.[1] As part of the plan, extra police, including riot police, detectives and members of the intelligence services will be mobilised.[2] Social services, educational bodies and charities will also put extra resources into the selected areas.[3]
Among the areas granted extra resources are neighbouhoods in Marseille, which are blighted by gun crime, and part of Paris’ 18th arrondisement district, where drug dealing is rife.[4] The Moulins quarter in the northern city of Lille is being focused on, as well as three towns in the French oversees territory of Guyana.[5]
The Neuhof area of Strasbourg was selected because of a need to tackle violent crime, and the historic rural town of Chambly to the north of Paris is being focused on because of rising burglary rates and car theft.[6] The northern quarter of Amiens in the Sommes region and areas of Seine-Saint-Denis to the north of Paris, which witnessed fierce rioting in 2005, are also among the 15 priority zones because of widespread drug dealing and a rampant black market.[7]
Paris [edit]
In 2010, French interior minister Brice Hortefeux said that 85% of gang members in France were around Paris.[8]
Crime by type [edit]
Organised crime [edit]
The Milieu is a category of organized criminals operating in France.[9] These groups are quite often not ethnically French.[10] Criminal groups associated with the Milieu work in every major city in France, but are mostly concentrated in Marseille, Grenoble, Paris, and Lyon.[11]
Corruption [edit]
In 2011, Transparency International concluded in its annual report for 2011 that France does not do enough to stop corruption.[12] A TNS Sofres poll in October 2011 indicated that 72% of the French public had the perception that politicians are corrupt.[13]
References [edit]
- ^ "France to launch crackdown on 15 crime 'hot spots'", France 24, August 6, 2012.
- ^ "France to launch crackdown on 15 crime 'hot spots'", France 24, August 6, 2012.
- ^ "France to launch crackdown on 15 crime 'hot spots'", France 24, August 6, 2012.
- ^ "France to launch crackdown on 15 crime 'hot spots'", France 24, August 6, 2012.
- ^ "France to launch crackdown on 15 crime 'hot spots'", France 24, August 6, 2012.
- ^ "France to launch crackdown on 15 crime 'hot spots'", France 24, August 6, 2012.
- ^ "France to launch crackdown on 15 crime 'hot spots'", France 24, August 6, 2012.
- ^ "Burn, baby, burn", The Economist, April 15, 2010.
- ^ Lalam, Nacer, "How organised is organised crime in France?" in Organised Crime in Europe: Concepts, Patterns and Control Policies in the
- ^ Lalam, Nacer, "How organised is organised crime in France?" in Organised Crime in Europe: Concepts, Patterns and Control Policies in the
- ^ Lalam, Nacer, "How organised is organised crime in France?" in Organised Crime in Europe: Concepts, Patterns and Control Policies in the
- ^ "Corruption watchdog says France could do better", Radio France Internationale, September 6, 2012.
- ^ "Bad smells", The Economist, October 1, 2011.
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