Fourteen world ports use AI to fight drug trafficking

Cthe international network to combat drug trafficking, which will use artificial intelligence to detect illegal goods, will be launched on Monday by the main world ports, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced today.

The initiative will be launched at the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in France and aims to strengthen cooperation and exchange of information between the ports involved.

In statements to RTL radio, Jean-Noël Barrot explained that the network will use technological tools, including artificial intelligence, to link ports and facilitate the identification of goods associated with drug trafficking.

The minister stressed that about 70% of the drugs entering France pass through ports, so coordination between the points of departure and arrival of the goods will allow, he said, “to asphyxiate this trafficking”.

The first meeting of the new network is scheduled for Monday in Marseille, south-eastern France, where the last meeting of the G7 Foreign Ministers under the French Presidency was initially scheduled before the presidency passed to the United States.

The ministerial meeting ended, however, by being transferred to Paris.

Jean-Noël Barrot also argued that combating drug trafficking should be conducted “overall”, highlighting the importance of international cooperation, particularly with Latin American countries, which have facilitated the exchange of information between police authorities.