Post by papamihel on May 5, 2021 5:28:10 GMT
Police investigation finds that 260 out of 330 'underage migrants' are actually adults
After months of investigation, the Parisian police have just dismantled two unprecedented clandestine structures that housed young repeat offenders and taught them to steal, but the investigation is also revealing that many "unaccompanied minors" in France may actually be adults posing as individuals under 18.
The networks that French police broke up exploited unaccompanied foreign minors who, in small groups and often under the influence of powerful psychotropic drugs, perpetrated mass thefts in public transport. Furthermore, they also committed an astounding number of burglaries, forcing off the metal shutters of shops and picking house locks.
The perpetrators, almost entirely from Algeria or Morocco, were not afraid to use violence, with many showing no hesitation to take out a knife when a victim resisted.
For example, in the fall, a 51-year-old lady paralyzed by multiple sclerosis was attacked in the 13th arrondissement of Paris by two youths who took her gold necklace. Two hours later, the same perpetrators assaulted an 85-year-old woman, taking her chain necklace before robbing a third 86-year-old victim.
Thanks to cross-checks, authorities in Paris identified a Moroccan without documents or a residence who claimed to be 14 years old. He was already known under 25 aliases for 41 thefts and assaults perpetrated in 2019.
The local security department of the Paris agglomeration (DSPAP) had long been convinced that clandestine networks pulled the strings of such activity, which has grown steadily since 2016.www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/comment-les-reseaux-criminels-exploitent-les-mineurs-etrangers-isoles-20210429
After months of investigation, the Parisian police have just dismantled two unprecedented clandestine structures that housed young repeat offenders and taught them to steal, but the investigation is also revealing that many "unaccompanied minors" in France may actually be adults posing as individuals under 18.
The networks that French police broke up exploited unaccompanied foreign minors who, in small groups and often under the influence of powerful psychotropic drugs, perpetrated mass thefts in public transport. Furthermore, they also committed an astounding number of burglaries, forcing off the metal shutters of shops and picking house locks.
The perpetrators, almost entirely from Algeria or Morocco, were not afraid to use violence, with many showing no hesitation to take out a knife when a victim resisted.
For example, in the fall, a 51-year-old lady paralyzed by multiple sclerosis was attacked in the 13th arrondissement of Paris by two youths who took her gold necklace. Two hours later, the same perpetrators assaulted an 85-year-old woman, taking her chain necklace before robbing a third 86-year-old victim.
Thanks to cross-checks, authorities in Paris identified a Moroccan without documents or a residence who claimed to be 14 years old. He was already known under 25 aliases for 41 thefts and assaults perpetrated in 2019.
The local security department of the Paris agglomeration (DSPAP) had long been convinced that clandestine networks pulled the strings of such activity, which has grown steadily since 2016.
