France's Office antistupéfiants (Ofast) has analyzed the scale of narcotrafficking in a confidential report. The document states that 70 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the first ten months of 2025, a 30% increase from 2024. Additionally, 96 tonnes of cannabis were intercepted over the same period.
French criminal groups have built a formidable pyramidal system, according to a status report by the Office antistupéfiants (Ofast). This confidential report, focused on the threat level in 2025, was prepared with input from over thirty French services and shared with Le Figaro the alarming drug seizure figures.
In the first ten months of the year, 70 tonnes of cocaine were seized, a 30% increase from the 53.5 tonnes intercepted in 2024, already a record year. For cannabis, 96 tonnes were confiscated, nearly matching the 100 tonnes from the previous year. The Ofast, a specialized unit of the National Directorate of the Judicial Police, targets the upper and middle levels of these networks.
The document outlines the 'implacable mechanics' established by these criminal organizations, which are corroding the entire country. Terms like 'cartellisation', 'mexicanisation', 'narchomicides', or 'sicarios' highlight the phenomenon's scale, though the jargon no longer suffices to encapsulate it. Separately, an analysis critiques the narcotrafficking law of July 21, 2025, which, despite advances, fails to explicitly name 'mafias', unlike Italy's approach in 1982. An anonymous magistrate laments: 'We should have looked our mafias straight in the eye and sounded the death knell. But we refused to name the evil.' Groups like DZ Mafia or the Ben Faïza are cited as mafia-like examples, with around 300 'Ndrangheta members present in France.