The association of investigating magistrates said it was "dismayed" by recent exchanges in Marseille between the Minister of Justice and magistrates heard by a commission of inquiry into drug trafficking. President Emmanuel Macron announced the launch of operations known as "Place net XXL" in France in order to "put a stop to trafficking of drugs" This surprise visit from the head of state came two weeks after Marseille magistrates sounded the alarm about the power of drug trafficking, before the senatorial commission.
“I fear that we are losing the war against traffickers,” said one of the magistrates.