Macron Orders Sweeping Customs Offensive and Airport Raids in New Anti‑Trafficking Drive

Overview

• Emmanuel Macron directed the prime minister and the public accounts minister to deliver a “massive” customs plan for ports and airports within a month, with a mandate to scale up high‑tech scanners beyond passenger checks.
• The Élysée ordered immediate “coup de poing” operations in multiple airports, including in mainland France, responding to traffickers rerouting via other platforms and using luggage and air freight.
• The Antilles became a priority zone, with a 30‑day emergency plan required for the four islands and a promise of reinforced human, technical and interministerial resources, ahead of a presidential visit in the coming months.
• The presidency called for an accelerated awareness campaign by the end of the first quarter to “rediabolise” recreational drugs, building on December’s increase of the on‑the‑spot fine for use to 500 euros.
• Judicial and international tracks were tightened, with the newly installed Pnaco under Vanessa Perrée engaged, measures to relieve overburdened courts slated for the next security bill, and a push to locate and judicially neutralize cartel leaders operating from abroad.