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French Guiana struggles with scourge of cocaine smuggling

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Customs officials in mainland France are grappling with cocaine being smuggled in from the overseas department of French Guiana. At Paris's Orly airport, as many as one in four passengers on flights from French Guiana's capital Cayenne try to smuggle in drugs in exchange for cash. Many locals are driven to drug trafficking because it's one of the few avenues open to them to make a decent wage. But in doing so, they risk their health, their lives and their freedom. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's Camille Nedelec.

Added on the 07/10/2022 18:26:06 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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