France will open its first prison dedicated to isolating the country's top 100 drug lords in July as part of efforts to stop inmates from running criminal networks from behind bars. However some

Indonesia and France will on Friday sign an agreement over the repatriation of a Frenchman on death row for drug offences, a senior Indonesian minister said. Serge Atlaoui, who has been in jail in Indonesia since 2005,

France's Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, announced a decision to create a hyper-secure prison dedicated to isolating the country's "100 biggest drug traffickers," as reported by Ouest-France. "We are going to take a French prison,

France’s justice minister has hailed the extradition of wanted alleged drug lord Félix ‘the Cat’ Bingui as a “victory against narco-crime”.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou drew sharp rebukes including from some of his allies on Tuesday after saying there was a growing feeling that immigrants were "flooding" France.

French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin left the UAE on Tuesday after discussing ways to strengthen the fight against organised crime with Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.

This accord is a reciprocal exemption from short-stay visas for business or private travel for holders of diplomatic or service passports. The length of stay is nevertheless limited to 90 days within an 180-day period the Schengen area. French nationals with diplomatic passports can also travel to Algeria without a visa.

The newly appointed Justice Minister aims to target Algeria's decision-makers responsible for 'humiliating' France amid a new diplomatic crisis.

As part of the joint efforts to reinforce bilateral judicial and legal cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and the French Republic, Abdullah Sultan

Serge Atlaoui, 61, said to be suffering from cancer, was arrested in 2005 and due to be executed in 2015, when he was granted a reprieve.

Paris officially requested Atlaoui's transfer in a letter from the minister of justice dated Dec. 19, according to Minister Yusril.

Indonesia and France signed an agreement on Friday on the repatriation of a Frenchman on death row for drug offences, a senior Indonesian minister said.