- 5/23/2025
En este fascinante documental, exploramos las complejas operaciones encubiertas que lleva a cabo la policía francesa en colaboración con otros países para combatir el narcotráfico. A lo largo del reportaje, analizamos cómo estas persecuciones contra narcotraficantes pueden durar meses y cómo se implementa una vigilancia exhaustiva en aeropuertos y rutas marítimas. También descubrimos cómo se localizan y desmantelan algunos de los mayores alijos de droga, incluyendo un impresionante operativo cerca de La Martinica. Acompáñanos en esta búsqueda de drogas y conoce los insospechados lugares donde se ocultan, mientras la marina francesa realiza detenciones clave en su lucha contra el narcotráfico.
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00:00We are in the middle of the city, in the center of the capital.
00:04We are going to the metro station.
00:06We are going to the metro station.
00:08We are going to the metro station.
00:16Paris, a few days ago.
00:18Okay, we are arriving at the exit of the metro.
00:21The provider has mentioned us in the middle of the capital.
00:27I come from Severino.
00:29We establish the first contact and follow him to a remote alley.
00:40A few bills change hands discreetly.
00:44And after the handshake, a gram of cocaine.
00:49How much?
00:5080.
00:5180 euros is 10 euros less than last year.
00:54In the 90s, the double would have been paid for the same amount.
00:58Two hours later, we repeat the same operation,
01:00two steps from the most beautiful avenue in the world.
01:05Goodbye.
01:07Goodbye.
01:08How much? 70 euros?
01:1070 euros per gram.
01:12It is even cheaper.
01:14Everywhere we find the same dose of cocaine,
01:16without any difficulty and price reduction.
01:19The next day, in the department of the fight against drug trafficking,
01:22located on the outskirts of Paris,
01:24they analyze the drug that we buy near the Champs Elysees.
01:27After the analysis, we have found that the dose you bought is very similar to this one.
01:32The amount of active cocaine it contains is quite low
01:35compared to what can currently be found in the European market.
01:39It comes from merchandise that reaches Europe by sea.
01:42We know that this, for example, comes from the north of Colombia.
01:45Drug traffickers do not want to dominate the planet or conquer the world.
01:48They have rivals in the business, new markets to explore,
01:50and people willing, modestly, to frustrate their purposes, us.
01:57The anti-drug police has been warning for several years.
02:00The cocaine producers are flooding Europe with cheap drugs.
02:04In 2006, 3,000 tons of cocaine were introduced in Europe,
02:08ten times more than a decade ago.
02:11From the exclusive neighborhoods of the capital,
02:13to official protection urbanizations,
02:15from Charles de Gaulle airport to the Antilles,
02:18we will follow the trail to the cocaine networks.
02:21Six frantic months with the specialists in the fight against drug trafficking
02:25in the middle of an unequal war,
02:27in which the adversary is powerful, mobile and dodgy.
02:36Charles de Gaulle airport, 8 a.m.
02:41The first flights from Africa and Latin America arrive.
02:45The Lagos-Paris flight, from Nigeria,
02:48is one of the flights that the customs agents pay the most attention to.
02:51A random check is carried out in the landing area of the passengers.
02:55Most of them collaborate without blinking,
02:57but one of them seems more nervous.
03:01Let's check your luggage.
03:05Do you have time? Do you have time?
03:08Do you have time? There is no problem.
03:10He assures that he has no luggage,
03:12but the customs agents immediately find his suitcase.
03:21What's in there?
03:23This clearly looks like eggs.
03:25Eggs? And what is that?
03:27They are packaged drug capsules.
03:37A kilo and a half of cocaine,
03:39hidden under the lining of the clothes.
03:44The young Nigerian can face the customs agents,
03:47for a sentence of up to five years in prison.
03:51In Charles de Gaulle, customs inspections are carried out on a daily basis,
03:54whether random, like this one of the Lagos-Paris flight,
03:57or planned, like the one that is being prepared in the airport basements.
04:00Well, look at the clothes.
04:02Look at how he is dressed and make a description of his appearance, okay?
04:06Bruno Bravot, head of the group of the office of the fight against drug trafficking,
04:10is looking for a suitcase whose trace continues from Dakar.
04:13I don't think it's a big suitcase.
04:16Rather, it will be an elongated bag.
04:22Some suitcases still need to be taken out.
04:26If your calculations are correct,
04:28it contains six kilos of pure cocaine.
04:31Very well, let's go.
04:33Come on, come on, hurry up.
04:36They have to hurry up.
04:38The plane is about to take off.
04:41They have to hurry up.
04:43The passenger is waiting for his suitcase.
04:45They don't want to arouse his suspicions.
04:50The scanner has not detected anything,
04:52and the police do not have permission to open the bag.
04:55They are only allowed to feel and smell.
04:59It's positive.
05:01Oh, it stinks.
05:04Yes, yes, it's positive.
05:06Damn, when the dogs smell these suitcases,
05:08they go crazy, they go crazy.
05:10It's an intense moment,
05:11because these are the last moments of freedom of our objective.
05:14The objective to which the inspector refers
05:16is a young French woman who is going to pick up her suitcase on the conveyor belt.
05:20She carries a bag of bandoliers and a black waterproof.
05:23Bruno Bravot has been following her for weeks.
05:26And a black bag with wheels, okay?
05:28He let her travel to Dakar, where he thinks she loaded the merchandise,
05:31following the wait to dismantle the supply network in France.
05:35His taxi has just started.
05:37We are at Terminal 2B.
05:39I think it is necessary to wait,
05:40to see a little the contact that is going to be made.
05:43At the moment, the delay is not dangerous.
05:45We have the girl and we have the suitcase.
05:48Anyway, we will have the drug under control.
05:51We will not let the drug escape.
05:53That, of course.
05:58They have turned right and put the flashing lights.
06:01They are going down.
06:04As soon as they get out of the taxi, the young woman is arrested.
06:07What happens?
06:18This is a dump.
06:23You do not live here. Who asked you to come here?
06:26I live here, look.
06:28Wait, you do not live in this dump.
06:31Well, let's talk clearly and quickly.
06:33Who is your contact?
06:35Who is your contact?
06:38I do not know what you're talking about.
06:41Who is your contact?
06:43Nobody. Here I have my documentation, if you want to see it.
06:46Okay, come here, miss.
06:48Look, what is this?
06:50I do not know what it is.
06:51No, what is it?
06:52I do not know, sir, I do not know what that is.
06:54Well, you are arrested for infringing the legislation on narcotics.
06:58Bruno Brabotte tries to convince her to collaborate, but she denies everything.
07:02To begin with, you have gotten into a good mess.
07:04You work with some guys, okay?
07:06We are ... No, no, calm down.
07:08We know what your name is, we have not caught you by chance.
07:10This morning we were waiting for you, okay?
07:13We had you under control since you left Dakar.
07:16Very good, very good, very good.
07:18The 6 kilos of pure cocaine are in the double bottom of the bag.
07:21Once cut, the merchandise would have acquired on the street a value of 1,700,000 euros.
07:27Is this the last one?
07:28Yes.
07:30Meanwhile, just a hundred meters away,
07:33another group has arrested the two alleged contacts of the young woman.
07:38The man to whom the merchandise was to be delivered,
07:40and the organizer of the drug trafficking network.
07:44The three were interrogated at the dependencies of the OCTRIS,
07:47the central office of the fight against drug trafficking,
07:50where 130 police officers work on important drug cases.
07:54When a network is uncovered or an important amount of drugs is seized,
07:58they are in charge of the case.
08:00You are not the only one who will suffer the consequences, your sister too.
08:03Let's go to her house now.
08:05The suspects arrested in this morning's operation have not yet told anything.
08:09Last week we saw you go to Holland.
08:11We even have photos.
08:12We have photos, so the best you can do is ...
08:14Finally, nine people will be accused of association of crooks
08:17and import and trafficking of narcotics.
08:20In 2006, customs officers and police seized more than a ton of cocaine at airports.
08:25The offer and demand have exploded.
08:27Since he started working in the department five years ago,
08:30François Thierry has witnessed how consumption has spread in all social layers.
08:36Consumption has become banal,
08:38and even for people who do not consume,
08:40it has become normal to see how people around them do it.
08:44Currently, everyone has friends who occasionally consume or are in contact with the product.
08:50Everyone has seen it circulating at parties,
08:53it has ceased to be a strange product,
08:55and no one is surprised when they see it live.
09:00Every day, researchers discover new techniques to hide the drug.
09:05Today, it is a 53-year-old French citizen who has been detained at Charles de Gaulle airport
09:10with 2.6 kg of cocaine tied to his legs.
09:15These are the socks he was wearing on his legs.
09:19When he sees himself in front of the investigator,
09:21he confesses, even revealing the amount he was going to charge.
09:24How much? 5,000 euros?
09:268,000.
09:288,000? At least they were not going to scam you.
09:318,000 is pretty good, but unfortunately we have caught you.
09:34How old are you?
09:3553 years old. Well, soon I will have a baby.
09:38How old are you?
09:39But unfortunately we have caught you. How old are you?
09:4253 years old. Well, soon I will have a baby.
09:45And have you thought about your family?
09:47In addition, a French citizen who is caught with that amount in France,
09:52will be sentenced twice as long as a Bolivian who earns 30 dollars a month
09:57and who will be paid 5,000 euros for his work.
10:00His punishment will be less than yours.
10:04Before interrogating a man, you have to talk to him and explain where he is.
10:09Why does he think he is in a police station like those on the outskirts of Sao Paulo or something like that?
10:15No, you have to explain to him that this is the central office of the anti-drug police.
10:21When they are aware of this by general rule,
10:24in 70% of the cases they tell us everything they know.
10:30A policeman never likes to put people like you in jail.
10:34It is obvious that you are not a ruffian.
10:37Yes.
10:38What can be done to get you out of the mess you have gotten yourself into?
10:42Well, I don't know anything. I don't know anything.
10:46For us, the only solution is that you help us identify the network.
10:50Well, I have already told him that ...
10:52Who asked you?
10:54I don't know anything.
10:56I have already told him that ...
10:58Who asked you?
10:59I have already told him practically everything I know, so ...
11:01What does practically mean? Maybe you haven't told him everything?
11:04Well, practically means that practically. I don't know anything else. I don't know anything else.
11:12And do you think that with what you have told us we will be able to identify the two ends of the network?
11:17Where were you going?
11:19Where were you going with the 2 kilos and 600 grams?
11:24Where were you going?
11:26I was going to Zurich.
11:28Zurich.
11:29The detainee reveals a clue to avoid the maximum sentence.
11:37If we can confirm what you have told us, we will not have to put you in bars for 8 years.
11:43Did you know that the cocaine in your suitcase was there?
11:47And if I knew it, did I know where exactly part of the suitcase was?
11:54In the room next door there is a Brazilian who traveled with 4 kilos of cocaine.
11:59He says he knows that there was cocaine in his suitcase, but he doesn't know how they had placed it in the suitcase.
12:04They are behind him, in the bags and in the shoes.
12:12Was this shoe in his suitcase?
12:16Yes, the shoe is interesting, it is the first time I see it.
12:20Françoise Thierry is going to get in touch with her counterpart in Brazil to try to follow the trail.
12:25It is the specialty of the actress, the international struggle against a global scourge.
12:30The product travels constantly, the money travels constantly.
12:35The people who work in the business are also forced to travel.
12:38It is a business of contacts.
12:40You cannot dedicate yourself to drug trafficking living in a cabin in the interior of a forest.
12:45This is not possible.
12:47It is a business of international merchants and therefore we must act in the same way.
12:51Because if we do our work limited by certain restrictions, our results will also be limited.
12:59At 5.30 in the morning, an international police operation begins.
13:04Ossinga Yves is in command of the French side.
13:07Three supposed intermediaries are going to be arrested near Paris.
13:10It is already dawn.
13:12Yes, the time has come.
13:14One of them has already been convicted of two armed robberies.
13:21He was located tonight at two in the morning in the city, by our colleagues.
13:29Very well, we already have it, we already have it.
13:32So he should be at home.
13:34He entered in front of us.
13:37Come on, come on, come on.
13:39What floor does he live on?
13:41What floor?
13:46Wake up early in the morning.
13:51Very well, come in.
13:53If you can not open the door, the assault police will do it.
14:00He does not enter.
14:02The earplugs, the earplugs, the earplugs.
14:04Take it apart, take it apart.
14:06Get away from the door.
14:08Police, get away.
14:10Very well, come on, come on, come on, come on.
14:12Hands up, hands up, police.
14:14Hands up.
14:16Here is a room, here is a room.
14:19You can come in, Ossinga, all clear.
14:22Entry time at 6.05.
14:26Very well, you have been arrested.
14:28We are waiting downstairs to go to the second location.
14:31Yes, they have arrested him, thank you.
14:37Police, get away from the door.
14:40Get away from the door.
14:42On the floor, police.
14:44On the floor, on the floor.
14:46Identify yourself, identify yourself.
14:54It's four days of narcotic crimes, okay?
14:58Your lawyer has the 72-hour resource, three days.
15:07We assure you that it is an advantage for us.
15:10We do not need it to get you into the truio and start again.
15:13It would be a shame.
15:15You have a detainee, right?
15:17Yes, affirmative, a detainee.
15:19And it is the one we were looking for.
15:21Received?
15:23Received.
15:28Meanwhile, in Malaga, Spain, a similar operation has been carried out.
15:33The police expect to have dismantled a complete network
15:36accused of receiving the drug in Spain and sending it to France.
15:44Here.
15:50You know, boss, I just touched with my hands ...
15:53What?
15:54... a lot of money.
15:56What do you want to do now? Do you want to kiss my hand? Kiss it.
15:59In Spain they have been busted.
16:01They have found material at the house of ...
16:04And they have continued the investigation.
16:06They have practically arrested everyone there.
16:09There are four or five detainees.
16:11Very well, has Patrick informed us of how the situation is?
16:14At twelve.
16:15Pass.
16:18Ossinga If will now have to prove that there is a connection
16:21between the French and Spanish cells.
16:24Now you have to tell us about it.
16:28They have the mobile phones that have been seized this morning.
16:31You must verify that their numbers match those of the mobile phones
16:34on which the police have made the hearings.
16:37We have already explained it to you, if you do not collaborate, bad thing.
16:42The suspects are not big criminals,
16:45their numbers are not hidden and are immediately identified
16:48by the technicians of the OCTRIS.
16:52Here we have your number, kid. Is this one?
16:55Yes.
16:57Of course, 066.
16:59To all the suspects they had put earplugs.
17:02The first one asks, well, how is the subject in Paris?
17:05The other one answers, well, he's dead, there's nothing.
17:08And then the other one tells him, look at that.
17:10Trafficking apprentice error.
17:12One of them had written down the numbers of two contacts on a piece of paper.
17:15You tell him, if you have problems, call me on my mobile, Spanish.
17:18Spanish, yes.
17:19And you give him his data.
17:21And the other one writes them down, and we have caught him, it's the best.
17:24It's perfect for you, you have won the lottery.
17:26The lottery, the guy is ours, absolutely ours.
17:28They spoke so clearly.
17:30Oh yes, because the other one called him from a booth and they spoke from booth to booth,
17:34but they were listening to them, so it was a perfect play for us.
17:37It is a work of ants that has required three or four months of investigation,
17:41and now everything begins to fit like a puzzle.
17:43Now we begin to understand what task each one performs,
17:46how the network is articulated.
17:49The next day at dawn, François Thierry starts a new investigation.
17:53Starting an investigation on a group, a priori, is very difficult,
17:56because they are multiform, because we do not know what is the task of each one,
18:00because we do not know where they are, what they do, etc.
18:02That's why we start pulling a thread until we unroll the whole skein.
18:06The thread is a person.
18:08There is a moment when it is necessary that it is a particular person,
18:11and obviously, in the first stage, everything is focused on that person.
18:15He has an appointment with a confidant.
18:20We just asked a person we work with regularly
18:25to be something like our eyes and ears
18:28in the places we cannot go to.
18:31He is certainly less identifiable than any of us,
18:34because he is not one of us.
18:36We call them in different ways,
18:39depending on the police department they work for.
18:42Confis, of confidant, infos, of informant,
18:45they have an infinite number of nicknames.
18:48The contact is in place at the time of the appointment.
18:53Try to remember the faces, just the faces.
18:56Forget about the clothes and all that.
18:58You enter the bar, you sit down and you consume whatever you want.
19:01If they ask you too many questions, you leave.
19:04Okay?
19:05Okay.
19:06Okay?
19:07Perfect.
19:08Look at the photos, don't say anything.
19:10Look at the photos and memorize the faces.
19:15Okay?
19:17That's it?
19:18That's it.
19:19It's 10.31, we'll see each other here at 8.45, okay?
19:23Okay, okay.
19:24In 15 minutes.
19:25Okay.
19:26See you in 15 minutes here.
19:27Okay.
19:28Okay, let's go, let's go, let's go.
19:29See you then.
19:39It's a very small place,
19:41where it's very difficult for us to put someone
19:44under surveillance.
19:46It's very difficult to do surveillance in those conditions.
19:49We can only put one or two people at most.
19:52And they can't be completely unknown faces in the neighborhood
19:56because it would be very strange.
19:58On the other hand, we know that in that place
20:00appointments are organized that interest us a lot.
20:06Hello.
20:09Now you're going to have to bend over
20:11because it's forbidden to turn here,
20:13so we're going to go ahead.
20:17You can get up now.
20:21Well, tell me.
20:22El Gordo...
20:23Yes.
20:24He was by my side changing the SIM card of his cell phone.
20:29Yes?
20:30Changing the SIM card of the cell phone?
20:32Yes.
20:33And nobody asked you any questions?
20:35No, no, no.
20:36So tonight he's there.
20:40The guy who helped us, we're not going to send him to the bar 40 times,
20:44but now we have to take advantage of his information.
20:46He has confirmed to us that the narco frequents the place
20:49where he is going to spend the time.
20:51There he knows people and tramples with the SIM cards of his cell phone,
20:54which means that he feels comfortable.
20:56So now we have to take advantage of that information,
20:59set up surveillance equipment in the area
21:01and follow him when he leaves, etc.
21:03And this is where the first phase ends.
21:06Our friend has signed.
21:08In the offices of the actress,
21:10suspects are placed.
21:13They take all possible precautions when establishing contact.
21:17They have techniques and tricks so that we can not identify them.
21:20So we must use our intelligence to dismantle them little by little,
21:24decode their conversations, their communication systems,
21:27which is usually one of the most arduous tasks.
21:29And then, once we understand how their plot works,
21:32we must have enough evidence to intervene at the right time,
21:35although they know very well that this is where they can be caught.
21:40The two men are cautious.
21:42They know they are being watched.
21:57When we go to look for someone, we already know him by heart.
22:00We know his life, his lover, his wife, his children, his investments.
22:04That does not mean that we do not discover things,
22:06I'm not saying that either.
22:08But we know them very well, because we have been following them for 10 months.
22:13A few days later, in Burdeos,
22:15Osinga If prepares the arrest of three suspects of the same family
22:18in an international traffic case.
22:20Let's let you in first to register.
22:23As always, the operation begins at dawn.
22:26It's six in the morning.
22:33That's the first one.
22:38Let's go, let's go, let's go!
22:40On the ground!
22:41Police!
22:42Back, back!
22:43Quiet, quiet!
22:44Police!
22:45Hurry up!
22:46He's not here.
22:47Belonging to an association of criminals
22:49for the preparation of a crime punishable with 10 years in prison
22:52and the participation in a crime of forbidden merchandise trafficking.
22:56Well, let's go.
22:57Let's go, let's go, let's go!
22:59Let's go, let's go, let's go!
23:01Let's go, let's go, let's go!
23:03Let's go, let's go, let's go!
23:05Let's go, let's go, let's go!
23:07Let's go, let's go, let's go!
23:11Let's go, let's go, let's go!
23:13Let's go, let's go, let's go!
23:31Good morning.
23:32How are you?
23:34I'm fine.
23:35in Barcelona. If we could stop them outside, it would be much better. A closed apartment
23:42with children inside. And in broad daylight? You have to inspect all your belongings very
23:48quickly. The police chain several arrests in the city and all the suspects are arrested.
23:58Very well, we have finished, everything has gone well. Check all the closets with the
24:03flashlights, check everything. And where do you take it? We already have practically all
24:20the objectives, now we are going to see the last one. We have finished and now we are going
24:24to send them all to Paris.
24:37Recorded by the cameras, the detainees are transferred to the auctrice. The case raises
24:41a great uproar. The quantities are enormous. The distribution circuit extends throughout
24:46Europe.
24:53Sir, let's go. And don't talk, huh?
25:03The cannabis resin, little by little, but in an unstoppable way, is being replaced by
25:08coca. And blatantly. All these people who transported and lived from the resin, and
25:15gave rise to the fact that in the towns of Morocco and in the cities of France there was
25:19an underground economy. Little by little, these people have said, one moment, we have
25:26an organization like the drug dealers of South America. So we are going to use our
25:32same resin trafficking networks to sell coca. Coca is much more profitable. We have seen
25:37how in Europe, throughout Europe, there are people who have organized and advanced the
25:42Schengen agreements. That is what the money circulates well, because we always talk about
25:48how well the merchandise circulates, but we must not forget the issue of money. When
25:53it is paid in Rome, in Barcelona, or in Paris, it is done in euros, there is no need to change
25:59the money.
26:01Before traveling freely to Europe, large amounts of drugs enter mainly by
26:06sea. For short distances, traffickers use powerful outboards, the fast boats.
26:14Five 200-horsepower engines. A total of 1,000 horses.
26:20It seems that the ships load in Morocco, unload in Spain, and return punctually from
26:25Vacío to France. France seems to be more of a place of attraction and ...
26:31Waiting.
26:32Waiting and rest of the ships, rather than a place of work.
26:38The fast boats travel from Latin America to the Andes, or from Africa from the north
26:42to Spain. They can transport up to a ton of cocaine. These images show how a helicopter
26:48from the National Navy chases one of these boats.
26:50It moves at more than 100 km per hour. To stop it, the elite gunmen destroy their engines.
27:21The traffickers will be rescued by a ship of the Navy. For long distances, such as
27:28transatlantic voyages, two means are used, cargo ships and sailboats.
27:33We can keep it there, but you do not have to do the test.
27:36It is February 2006. The number 2 of the OCTRIS is looking for the ideal place to place a
27:41beacon in a monohull that is suspected to transport cocaine. It prepares to leave the
27:47Spanish port in the direction of South America.
27:51It is what we do in an investigation, when it is necessary to know exactly the trajectory
27:57of a ship.
27:59A few months later, we return to the OCTRIS. Is the operation going well?
28:04The investigation is coming to a conclusion.
28:06Everything is going well.
28:07Where is the ship?
28:09It is on one of the Caribbean islands, in the middle of the Antilles, preparing to set sail.
28:14It is a matter of a few hours. It has the fuel tanks full. The crew is on board.
28:21The only thing left is the essential thing, the cargo, before setting sail for Europe.
28:29The ship has effectively loaded its goods. Ten days later it approaches Spain.
28:35Francois Thierry and his team leave urgently for Benidorm.
28:38It is an important case for us. First of all, because they are great criminals,
28:43and then because we have put a lot of effort and a lot of means in this investigation.
28:50After 15 hours of journey, they meet with the team of the Spanish judicial police,
28:54with whom they have been collaborating for seven months on the case.
28:58They form an international team under the joint authority of two judges,
29:02one French and one Spanish.
29:04As soon as they arrive, they comment on the latest phone conversations between the owner of the ship
29:09and the members of the organization in Alicante.
29:14We have the confirmation of the development of the events and the chronology of the events.
29:19Thanks to the previous phone calls, we have been able to make our deductions,
29:23and the latest conversations have served to ratify all our suspicions.
29:28The ship is now a few miles from the Canary Islands. Everything is ready for the seizure.
29:35It is almost ready.
29:37Yes, hello.
29:45On August 26, 2006, the Spanish police seized more than three tons of pure cocaine
29:50and detained the owner of the sailboat, a 57-year-old French citizen.
29:57In the operation, 11 more people are arrested,
30:00a network of traffickers is dismantled.
30:03All the goods of the owner of the ship are confiscated.
30:07He lived in Alicante, surrounded by luxury.
30:10The Spanish agent in charge of making an inventory of his fortune still does not give credit.
30:19Well, this is the vehicle deposit,
30:22where all the vehicles involved have been brought in,
30:25Lencolier and the people involved in the operation.
30:28Here there are, if I remember correctly, 28 intervening vehicles.
30:33As you can see, they are mostly high-end.
30:38According to the Spanish law, all the heritage of the French trafficker
30:42will be resold to finance the fight against drug trafficking.
30:4528 cars, 6 houses, 7 restaurants and 4 boats.
30:50It could be between 15 and 20 million euros.
30:55It could have a heritage.
30:59For the agents of the OCTRIS, it represents a satisfaction,
31:02a small victory in the endless war against that plague that is cocaine.
31:08We have seen many people destroyed, many lives destroyed,
31:11many destinations cut short by drug trafficking.
31:14We are convinced of its pernicious effect and the need to act against it,
31:18so that we react like the doctor who sees the flu outbreak every year
31:22or like the people who want to eradicate hunger in the world.
31:25We know that we cannot end it, we know that we cannot stop it,
31:29but we can do damage to it,
31:31that progress can be made that will save lives and recover money for our states.
31:36We know that we can stop it, but we can do damage to it,
31:40that progress can be made that will save lives and recover money for our states.
31:45We know that we can prevent certain countries from relying on drug trafficking to survive
31:49and that we can influence it.
31:52The results can be seen now.
31:59July 2001.
32:01The French Navy commandos board the Carolina,
32:04a fishing boat with a Venezuelan flag,
32:07and the Hawaiian Navy.
32:161,800 tons of cocaine are seized.
32:27The fight against drug trafficking is taking place far away from our coasts,
32:31with technological means worthy of a war conflict.
32:34The National Navy and its commandos are the armed force of the Octris in the seas.
32:38The Navy works in close collaboration with customs and intelligence services in France and abroad.
32:48On board the frigate Ventos,
32:50Commander Matisse and his crew
32:52embark several times a year for weeks
32:54to carry out long inspection campaigns in search of drug traffickers.
32:59We are in June 2006.
33:01Tomorrow we will concentrate all our energy on the recovery of the commandos,
33:05with their equipment and weapons.
33:07We will share our approach to the tactical situation
33:09and our criteria of suspicion with the General Staff.
33:11And depending on the conclusions we reach,
33:13we will carry out the action plan in the way we already know,
33:16that is, deployment of the helicopter,
33:18dispersion of commandos,
33:20interception and inspection.
33:22We will take advantage of these five days to carry out instruction maneuvers
33:25and exercises of training, training and more training.
33:31The Navy commandos practice specific techniques of approach and inspection.
34:01The Navy commandos practice specific techniques of approach and inspection.
34:05The Navy commandos practice specific techniques of approach and inspection.
34:32Year 2004.
34:34We unload the package over the area.
34:36The Navy commandos take the Wiener to the assault.
34:39The warning shots begin to force the detention of the ship.
34:58The loader sails under Camboyan pavilion.
35:00The shots finally force the ship to stop in front of the Senegalese coast.
35:05But the assault lasts for four hours,
35:08time that the crew takes to launch the drug on board.
35:11Of a total of two tons transported, only 85 kilos are recovered.
35:19We rehearse and you will see.
35:21Well, let's go there.
35:23On board the Ventos ...
35:30We are going to stop the fire for the moment.
35:33All techniques are put into practice to monitor the designated area,
35:37gather information, locate suspicious ships,
35:40take photographs and analyze the behavior of the crews.
35:44The exercise is especially complicated by the immensity of the perimeter to cover
35:48and by the ingenuity of the traffickers.
35:54We quickly analyze all the suspicions that we handle.
35:57It's like a hunt, it's the same.
35:59It's about surveillance, curiosity and intervention.
36:05Year 2004.
36:06In front of the coast of Ghana, the Navy commandos board Alpitea,
36:10a loader that moors Pabellón Togolés.
36:14They seize more than two tons of cocaine.
36:27November 2006.
36:29We meet with Commander Matisse on board the Ventos.
36:33The operation is not over yet.
36:35We are going to launch the drug on board the Ventos.
36:39We meet with Commander Matisse on board the Ventos.
36:42The operation we are going to witness is really exceptional.
36:45It starts in Martinico.
36:47We had planned to land on Friday or Saturday morning.
36:50Well, the situation has varied a bit and the events are in a hurry.
36:53While it is true that we are not 100% prepared, nothing happens.
36:56We have been training for this scenario for weeks and weeks,
36:59so that I have communicated to the General Staff that we are prepared and willing to land.
37:03The Ventos is going to raise anchors two days in advance.
37:06It must approach a merchant who is traveling towards Spain.
37:09It is the ship to which the Commander refers as the client.
37:12This client is a large merchant ship with 130 meters of slora and 10,000 tons of weight,
37:17so it is a client of wingspan.
37:19We suspect that it has been three or four years dedicated to cocaine trafficking.
37:22The crew, or in any case its senior, has been smart enough not to be caught ever.
37:27The source of my information is of American origin.
37:30Three or four years ago we housed suspicions, but we have never been able to prove it.
37:36According to Commander Matiz, a fishing boat will deliver the cocaine to the merchant ship.
37:41With a little luck we will have them.
37:43Above the Ventos, a surveillance plane tries to locate the ship.
37:47Sure, yes, we are sure.
37:50All the ships in the area are photographed by the plane and the photos analyzed by the crew.
37:57The supplier is unlocatable, but the merchant ship has been spotted.
38:02We are talking to the Alfa report.
38:1124 hours have passed since the Ventos lifted anchors.
38:14While the ship approaches its target, the Navy's commands continue to train.
38:22Last rehearsal before boarding.
38:24They are the ones who will carry out the assault at the time.
38:29For now, the Ventos remains far from the radar of the merchant ship.
38:33The commands will carry out the approach maneuver.
38:36With their zodiacs, they are undetectable.
38:40I could pick you up before the nightfall.
38:43Attention to the Stella.
38:45It does not sail very fast, between 12 or 15 knots, so it is not too much.
38:48Hide among the waves and prepare a radar station to see what happens.
38:52When you see the ship with the merchandise, wait to see how the events unfold, okay?
39:00Good luck.
39:09Their mission is to locate the merchant ship,
39:11and then land at its Stella to be able to make a possible delivery.
39:23After two hours at sea, the merchant ship is located.
39:26But for the moment, there is no delivery.
39:29We have visual contact with a ship at 260 degrees.
39:34Night falls, and the commands resume their training.
39:37The ship is ready to go.
39:39The ship is ready to go.
39:41The ship is ready to go.
39:43The ship is ready to go.
39:45The ship is ready to go.
39:47The ship is ready to go.
39:50Night falls, and the commands return aboard the Ventos.
39:55Suddenly, the internal radio of the frigate sounds.
40:01We have just observed the launch of a parachute over the client.
40:05They announce the launch of a parachute.
40:07At the Ventos, they believe they have seen an aerial delivery.
40:10We can try an intervention without alerting the client.
40:13Or we can leave it to drift and recover it later.
40:16Summary of the situation.
40:18The aerial launch took place about 40 minutes ago.
40:21We continue to approach, behaving like a fishing boat.
40:24That is, lights off, erratic course.
40:27And as soon as we are ready, we launch the attack.
40:30With education, but without contemplation.
40:33You deal with the ship, okay?
40:36Very good.
40:37We expected to see the delivery of a shipment, and that is what has happened.
40:41Our mission now is to intercept it as soon as possible,
40:44to prevent him from having time to hide the merchandise.
40:47The captain must be patient.
40:49These are international waters.
40:51We will have to wait for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contact Panama,
40:55the port of registration of the ship,
40:57in order to obtain the necessary authorization to perform the boarding.
41:01With all its lights off, the Ventos approaches the merchant ship,
41:05and at 20 o'clock the operation gets green light.
41:08City of Oviedo, we are located in Estribor.
41:10Communicate with us through channel 6.
41:12Can you hear me? Stop the ship. We are going to board.
41:18Yes, yes, but ...
41:20Could you please speak more slowly?
41:25Stop.
41:27Stop immediately.
41:48Ready for boarding?
41:50Yes.
41:57The on-board commissioner orders the merchant ship to stop the machines.
42:01And to check that no bulk is thrown into the sea,
42:04the commands follow their course.
42:07Then they board.
42:13If your calculations are correct,
42:15the crew has had very little time to hide the drug.
42:19On the stairs, a sign warns of the dangers of the drug.
42:25Raise your arms.
42:31The sailors are very docile.
42:33The commands isolate them in the dining room, away from the captain of the ship.
42:41The captain and the second on board.
42:45Well, to begin with, we request the documentation.
42:49We are here to check your documentation.
42:51The crew's documentation.
42:53Passports, navigation certificate.
42:58What nationality are you?
42:59There are Ecuadorians and Colombians.
43:00Ecuadorians and Colombians?
43:01Yes, no Parameños.
43:02Good.
43:04The captain of the merchant ship states that he is heading to Spain to repair an engine.
43:10The captain is Colombian.
43:12And the second on board is Ecuadorian.
43:14Why are you going to repair the engine to Spain? Why?
43:19To put it in dry dock.
43:21Yes, but why in Spain? Is it not possible to do it in Panama?
43:24No, no, there is no shift.
43:27No, it was full.
43:30Full?
43:31Full.
43:32During the interrogation, the commands register the warehouse.
43:36For the moment, there is nothing to point out.
43:39Have you registered everything?
43:42Yes, yes, I have registered thoroughly.
43:44You have not found anything?
43:45I have not seen anything, nothing at all.
43:51After a first night under custody, the crew remains impassive.
43:59Commander Matiz has given three days to his men to find what they are looking for.
44:03After that deadline, they will have to let the ship resume its route.
44:07Will they have made a mistake with the ship?
44:09The soldiers begin to doubt.
44:11However, at dawn, encouraging news arrives.
44:15In the ventos, the police records of the sailors, one by one, begin to arrive.
44:20Suspicious of having transported between 2.3 and 5 tons of cocaine from Colombia to Florida.
44:27Condemned for possession of drugs in 1984.
44:31The crew was specially chosen.
44:35And the operation carefully planned.
44:38I think it is the only mission of this ship.
44:41Now it is up to us to find the hiding place with the supposed shipment.
44:49Captain Matiz decides to send reinforcements to the merchant ship.
44:52A team of specialists will review it with a magnifying glass.
44:55This tube could serve as a slide.
44:57When it falls, where is it going to stop? At the bottom of the gorge?
45:00That's it, it falls to the bottom of the gorge.
45:02Is it possible to camp in a space of 20 square meters around this?
45:05No.
45:07We know that we face people tremendously cunning and very sure of themselves.
45:10They feel safe of their impunity.
45:15So you have to give up all your imagination.
45:22Back to the merchant ship.
45:24There are two days of registration left.
45:26Four mechanics formed by the customs will inspect it.
45:29There are two or three suspicious places in the gorge.
45:32They know all the tricks to hide the merchandise on board.
45:35Well, let's go there.
45:37Seven, eight, nine, ten.
45:45A group of submariners check the hull.
45:48It is a beautiful hull, but we have not found anything.
45:51Nothing at all?
45:52No.
45:53The mechanics examine piece by piece each nook and cranny.
45:57The ship is 130 meters long.
46:01What is this?
46:05It looks like there is another board behind.
46:09The search continues at the bottom of the deposits, surrounded by toxic waste.
46:16I'm going to go down to the first level.
46:20I'm going to go down to the first level by the stairs.
46:23And with the whistle, I'm going to whistle regularly.
46:26If I stop whistling, it's because it's serious and I don't feel very well.
46:31Here I go.
46:44The French sailors are convinced that this is the ship that was supposed to deliver the drug to Spain.
46:49But at the moment there is no proof that the cocaine is on board.
46:58This is quite strange.
47:04False ceilings, hull, deposits. A new day concludes without result.
47:20At the end of the last day, the mechanics are exhausted.
47:28There are only two places left to inspect.
47:31The gas deposits. One at Popa and the other at Proa.
47:39The first one is difficult to open, logically.
47:42The second one gives in very easily.
47:45The nuts come out practically by hand.
47:48The deposit is full and completely rusted.
47:51There next to it, however, it is impossible to disassemble.
48:03This deposit seems less deep than what appears in the plans.
48:07You go down to the limit and check it in a circle.
48:12They have passed an order by radio. Normally it is for the captain.
48:22Check it well in a circle.
48:24Be careful.
48:25Okay.
48:37Can you see the bottom?
48:38Yes.
48:39Keep going there.
48:40Yes.
48:41About six or seven meters, at least.
48:42Yes.
48:43Turn around and there is also an extension in that direction.
48:46Yes, make an L and it ends there.
48:49Well, you have to empty it.
48:51How do we empty it?
48:53We will have to talk to the chief of mechanics.
48:55Where do we put it? Do we put it there?
48:58It is a closed night.
49:00They only have a few hours to empty the deposits of their nauseating mixture of waste and salty water.
49:06Come on, come on, we have to try to hurry.
49:09Yes.
49:16The mechanics descend to the bow of the ship.
49:25With their feet sunk in the greasy liquid, they finish pumping by hand.
49:31Come on, come on.
49:39I find myself twelve meters below the deck.
49:42We are trying to remove the last ten centimeters of liquid from the bottom to be able to lift a trap,
49:48an improvised trap.
49:53The improvised trap, which does not appear in the plans of the ship, finally appears.
50:10On the count of three. One, two and three.
50:20One, two and three.
50:25Look at that.
50:27My goodness.
50:29Dozens of bulkheads appear aligned in the background.
50:36What is it called? What is it called?
50:39What is it called? I do not remember.
50:42Positive record.
50:43Nothing is touched at the moment.
50:51Positive record.
50:56We are in heaven.
50:59What does it mean, we are in heaven?
51:01Ask what it means, we are in heaven.
51:05It is the term to indicate that we have given with the loot.
51:17This stinks, it smells very strong.
51:20There is no doubt that the traffickers have needed several days to hide the bulkheads.
51:34How much money will all this represent?
51:36I think, I think, I'm not sure, that a gram is about 50 euros.
51:41Already.
51:43Considering that there will be more than three tons, we would be talking about 1,800 million euros.
51:52It's amazing.
51:53Amazing.
51:54Does that mean that under us ...?
51:56Under us, it means that under this crap in which we have been stuck for three days, there is merchandise worth 180 million euros.
52:13The captain of the merchant ship continues to deny everything.
52:27Stop!
52:35The bulkheads are made up to the deck.
52:37A sample will be analyzed in situ.
52:40I'm going to open the package.
52:50The interior is full of small plates.
52:53I keep going.
52:57What are you doing?
52:58I take a sample.
53:03Did it break the first capsule?
53:05It breaks the first capsule.
53:12It reacts immediately, turning blue.
53:15That's it, the reaction is positive.
53:18It looks clearly like a pink layer and a blue layer.
53:21The test is positive.
53:22It is cocaine chloride or cocaine base.
53:27I hear you.
53:29No doubt, the test is positive.
53:33Received.
53:34Bravo.
53:35Congratulations.
53:36Great.
53:37There is no doubt, the proof is positive.
53:42Received, bravo, congratulations, great.
53:48Well, we have withdrawn 4 tons from the market.
53:51That represents less work for our colleagues, police and customs officers on the mainland,
53:55whether they are French, Europeans or Americans.
53:59The entire crew is detained.
54:01The captain risks a penalty of 10 years in prison.
54:05The merchant ship and the ventos turn around.
54:08Back to Fort-de-France.
54:14In Martinique, the actress accurately determines the volume intervened.
54:184 tons and 300 grams of pure cocaine,
54:21It is the largest choice of drugs in the history of France.
54:25A network of traffickers has been dismantled,
54:27but all the anti-drug police repeat the same thing.
54:30There is so much demand that soon it will be replaced by another.
55:00To be continued
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