Up to six years in prison required in Val-de-Marne for sex trafficking

This case is "extraordinary, due to the quantities seized but also to the extremely successful nature of the investigations", pointed out the prosecutor in her very detailed requisitions which were inspired by a parallel established during the investigation between the trafficking of these larvae and the trafficking of these larvae.

A lucrative traffic with disastrous ecological consequences, compared by the authorities to that of narcotics. In a case called "extraordinary" by the prosecution, ten individuals appeared in the Val-de-Marne for their involvement in a vast traffic of eels, these precious larvae of eel highly prized in Asia. The requisitions, filed on Friday, demand penalties ranging from [...] Read more A network of smuggled eels dismantled: up to six years in …

Créteil, 4 Apr 2025 (AFP) – In a case that "borrows a lot from drug trafficking" according to the prosecution, which the defence contests, the prosecution demanded on Friday up to six years in prison for ten people tried in Val-de-Marne for a trafficking of eels, larvae prized in Asia. This case is [...]