Corruption "basse intensité" en hausse dans la police

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Des fichiers de police vendus 50 euros sur Telegram qui mettent à mal de longues enquêtes: la police observe dans ses rangs une "augmentation" des affaires de corruption dites de "basse intensité", qui touchent les agents en bout de chaîne.  Jusqu'à son interpellation, Sephora O., 31 ans, était policière adjointe depuis cinq ans dans un commissariat d'Ermont (Val-d'Oise).  Son procès débute lundi à Paris, aux côté de sept autres personnes à qui l'on reproche d'avoir participé à un vaste trafic de faux permis, montres de luxe contrefaites ou fiches de police via une chaîne Telegram appelée "la Genèverie".  Lors de l'enquête, l'agente a reconnu avoir consulté de nombreux fichiers: avis de recherche, immatriculations de véhicules ou soldes de points sur des permis de conduire. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 Police files sold for 50 euros on Telegram which lead to a lot of long investigations,

00:04 the police observe in these ranks an increase in cases of corruption of low intensity,

00:09 which affects agents at the end of the chain.

00:10 Until his interpellation, Seforao, 31, was a police officer in a police station in

00:17 Val d'Oise for 5 years.

00:19 His trial begins on Monday in Paris, alongside this other person who is accused of having

00:24 participated in a vast traffic of fake permits, counterfeit watches or police files via

00:28 a Telegram channel called "La Genèverie".

00:31 During the investigation, the agent admitted having consulted numerous files, search warrants,

00:36 vehicle registration or point sales on driving licenses.

00:40 Compulsive spending, she says she touched 50 euros per consultation and received more

00:45 than 12,000 euros in total in 6 months to pay off her debts.

00:48 The cases of this kind are in the ranks of the police from 2021 to 2022, last available

00:54 date, the number of investigations for corruption carried out by the General Inspection of the

00:59 National Police (IGPN) the police of the police has almost doubled, going from 30 to 56.

01:05 If the proportion of agents put to the test remains marginal, and if the cases of this

01:09 type are undoubtedly better detected, there is an objective increase in the facts, the

01:15 IGPN chief, Agnès Thibault-le-Cuivre, recently warned in an interview with Le Monde.

01:20 Recruit on Telegram or Snapchat.

01:22 To explain it, police officers and magistrates interviewed by the AFP point to a democratization

01:27 of the consultation of files, accessible to a greater number of officials, and the

01:32 digitization of procedures.

01:33 The illegal consultation of files in Argo has a police memory that has always existed.

01:39 But it benefited above all the entourage of officials.

01:43 Today, it touches wider, the Telegram groups, he, have given a national scale, according

01:50 to an investigator of the IGPN who expressed himself in a meeting organized in January

01:53 by the institution.

01:54 Some agents are even recruited on encrypted messengers that they are supposed to monitor.

01:59 The traffickers publish a message there, the more we look for a cop who wants to do a

02:04 consultation more and the police answer, it's as simple as that, this investigator

02:08 complains.

02:09 As simple as a few clicks, but the consequences are heavy.

02:13 Like these criminals who are preparing a homicide and want to know in advance if they appear

02:17 on the files of the people sought to better plan their escape, illustrates the investigator.

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