It is certain that most observers of national public affairs have noticed an unusual frequency during the recent period of issuing reports to various security services announcing their success in dismantling criminal networks active in the field of smuggling and promoting drugs of all kinds, whether for the purpose of promoting them on a large scale in various regions of the Republic or transferring part of them to neighboring countries.
What is striking is the size and quality of the seized items, including huge quantities of various types of drugs.
What is serious about the issue is that two important new things are about to happen based on this war that has, in fact, been going on for decades to combat drug traffickers and will never stop. The first is that the multiplicity of detections of gangs trafficking in poisons in different regions is a matter of pride for these successes, which must be supported, encouraged and blessed with relative reassurance that there is a high degree of security alertness and proactiveness required in such cases, and it ultimately reflects the presence of tight coordination between the various security units and structures concerned. Overlapping, and serious, high-level use that amounts to high security vigilance.
As for the second matter, it calls for suspicion and concern, given that the high rate of detection of smuggling gangs in a short time and in different regions of the country and not limited to border crossings, highlights the extent of the criminal activity carried out by these gangs that are necessarily linked to international cross-border networks that may intersect at times with financially and logistically influential foreign parties that do not hope for the best for Tunisia, and it is not unlikely that they are supported by political and economic forces that have malicious goals that they want to achieve locally. And regionally.
Then, the suspicious increase in smuggling activities and the huge quantities of seized drugs and their dangerous, high-quality and expensive types, such as cocaine, heroin, and narcotic pills… in addition to the seized money, the means of transportation they rely on, and the precious and luxurious items they possess, such as cars, yachts, furniture, real estate, movables, and others… all confirm that what is hidden is greater and that the issue is too deep for us to reduce it to what appears to be security successes despite their utmost importance… Rather, it must be looked into and focused on. What is behind this phenomenon and its infernal goals, which do not stop at spreading poisons and promoting them among young people and the student community, but rather extend to what is deeper and worse, which is attacking the foundations of society, its values, its consistency, national security, and spreading all types of crime, the most deadly to society..
There is no doubt that behind the security field work there are plans, close continuous monitoring, and careful intelligence tracking of the cross-border gangs and the criminal cells and networks who work with them inside Tunisia. But the most important thing is to continue this vigilance, develop proactive work, uncover as many cells and networks as possible, and expose their real goals and risks to national security and to the future of young Tunisians in general.
Rafiq bin Abdullah
It is certain that most observers of national public affairs have noticed an unusual frequency during the recent period of issuing reports to various security services announcing their success in dismantling criminal networks active in the field of smuggling and promoting drugs of all kinds, whether for the purpose of promoting them on a large scale in various regions of the Republic or transferring part of them to neighboring countries.
What is striking is the size and quality of the seized items, including huge quantities of various types of drugs.
What is serious about the issue is that two important new things are about to happen based on this war that has, in fact, been going on for decades to combat drug traffickers and will never stop. The first is that the multiplicity of detections of gangs trafficking in poisons in different regions is a matter of pride for these successes, which must be supported, encouraged and blessed with relative reassurance that there is a high degree of security alertness and proactiveness required in such cases, and it ultimately reflects the presence of tight coordination between the various security units and structures concerned. Overlapping, and serious, high-level use that amounts to high security vigilance.
As for the second matter, it calls for suspicion and concern, given that the high rate of detection of smuggling gangs in a short time and in different regions of the country and not limited to border crossings, highlights the extent of the criminal activity carried out by these gangs that are necessarily linked to international cross-border networks that may intersect at times with financially and logistically influential foreign parties that do not hope for the best for Tunisia, and it is not unlikely that they are supported by political and economic forces that have malicious goals that they want to achieve locally. And regionally.
Then, the suspicious increase in smuggling activities and the huge quantities of seized drugs and their dangerous, high-quality and expensive types, such as cocaine, heroin, and narcotic pills… in addition to the seized money, the means of transportation they rely on, and the precious and luxurious items they possess, such as cars, yachts, furniture, real estate, movables, and others… all confirm that what is hidden is greater and that the issue is too deep for us to reduce it to what appears to be security successes despite their utmost importance… Rather, it must be looked into and focused on. What is behind this phenomenon and its infernal goals, which do not stop at spreading poisons and promoting them among young people and the student community, but rather extend to what is deeper and worse, which is attacking the foundations of society, its values, its consistency, national security, and spreading all types of crime, the most deadly to society..
There is no doubt that behind the security field work there are plans, close continuous monitoring, and careful intelligence tracking of the cross-border gangs and the criminal cells and networks who work with them inside Tunisia. But the most important thing is to continue this vigilance, develop proactive work, uncover as many cells and networks as possible, and expose their real goals and risks to national security and to the future of young Tunisians in general.
Rafiq bin Abdullah
