France Launches G7-Backed Network Linking 14 Ports To Fight Drug Trafficking

France has launched a G7-backed network that links 14 major ports, customs services and international organisations. The network aims to improve intelligence sharing and coordination against global drug trafficking routes, Reuters reported.

The country formally launched the initiative during a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Paris. The G7 comprises Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.

Apart from the G7 countries, the network brings together Brazil, South Korea, major international ports and organisations including Interpol, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the International Maritime Organization and the World Customs Organization.

According to the report, the network aims to target the entire supply chain, from production and transit countries to destination markets. It also seeks to make it easier for ports and customs authorities to share intelligence and work together, to identify trafficking routes and to detect containers used by criminal organisations.

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