EUNAVFOR Atalanta is engaged in drug control activities
During an anti-piracy patrol in the southern part of the Somali basin as part of Operation Atalanta, the French frigate FS Floreal carried out four major anti-drug operations in a row from April 14 to 18, with a hard drug of 2042 kg. Was seized.
EUNAVFOR press release
Between 14 th And 18 th In April, the French surveillance frigate Floreal, under the command of Atalanta, successfully seized drugs four times in a row on the high seas while engaged in anti-piracy patrols. As a result, she seized nearly 1.400 kg of heroin, 1.200 kg of methamphetamine, and 25 kg of hashish. This is equivalent to a wholesale price of € 50-60 million and a retail price in Europe of € 200 million (US $ 236 million) (according to data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
These four consecutive seizures FS Floreal Heading north as follows Smack truckIs one of the drug routes in the West Indian Ocean connecting the north coast of the Arabian Sea and the southeastern African coast, eventually entering the European market.
According to UNODC, the number of drug users in Africa is estimated to increase by 40% by 2030, but these four are unprecedented events in the region in just five days off the coast of Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania. Proven drug ban activity. The fight against drug trafficking is more necessary than ever.
As the use of waterway routes increases, Atalanta’s anti-drug enforcement task maintains its ability to act at sea by participating in all forms of illegal traffic, and is therefore closely linked to the core mission of anti-piracy operations. It is related. Sometimes for the benefit of terrorist groups. Through its activities, Operation Atalanta is helping to address the broader East African criminal network and the flow of funds from violent radicalist organizations, from Mozambique to northern Somalia.
With the commitment of Member States, through Operation Atalanta, the European Union will continue to provide maritime security in the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Atalanta is committed to maintaining shipping freedom by working on a criminal network in the maritime sector to monitor and protect the transport of fishing, commercial, energy and humanitarian vessels in the region.
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