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Covid-19 pandemic accelerates 'uberisation' of drug market in France

FRANCE24, 05 Mar 2021
In France, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced drug dealers to find new ways of selling their wares. As a result, more and more narcotics are being promoted on social media and delivered to people's homes at the click of a button, making ordering drugs as easy as ordering a pizza. The French police drugs squad is catching up though, developing new tools to track down traffickers online. FRANCE 24's Jade Lévin, Georges Yazbeck and Emerald Maxwell bring us this report.

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