Crime in Paris slashed since Olympic Games' start, minister says

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French officials say petty crime is down since the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris last week, with police arresting 200 individuals.

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00:00After a rough start, French authorities say crime rates and security threats have been

00:05slashed since the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris kicked off last week.

00:11The competition's early days were marred in chaos as the country's major high-speed railway

00:16network shut down and global online services crashed.

00:19There have been 200 arrests, 180 of which were police officers.

00:24We have less than 24% of violent thefts in Paris and in the Petite Couronne, the Parisian suburbs.

00:30Less than 10% of vehicle thefts and the total number of items of delinquency has largely

00:36decreased, probably due to the hyper-presence of the police and the gendarmerie on the public

00:42road.

00:43The Interior Minister said police are not aware of any French organised crime plots

00:49but had been pre-emptively apprehending individuals believed to be lone actors.

00:54The Olympics will end on August 11.

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