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Isère: Grenoble CAF tests the removal of benefits for drug traffickers
The CAF of Grenoble reduces or eliminates social benefits for convicted traffickers. An unprecedented local initiative.
(France 2)
The CAF of Grenoble reduces or eliminates social benefits for convicted traffickers. An unprecedented local initiative.
In Grenoble (Isère), drug dealers may now see their rights to social benefits reduced or eliminated. Residents of the affected neighborhoods are divided. “I think there are other ways to punish (…). We might affect the trafficker’s partner, who is struggling to support her family.”says a woman. As part of this pilot operation in France, the Family Allowance Fund receives information from the Grenoble prosecutor.
When a person is convicted of drug trafficking, their benefits can be withdrawn. Their real income, from drugs, is taken into account. So far, the operation has reduced or eliminated the benefits of 55 people.This is not what will stop drug trafficking tomorrow. On the other hand, it is protecting public money, because there is no reason why drug traffickers should also benefit from family allowances.“, estimates Me. Michèle Girot-Marc, President of the Grenoble Bar.
The city and its surrounding area have been subject to a series of shootings for several weeks, against a backdrop of score-settling.
