Crack trafficking in front of school enrages local residents (Swiss Press Local 2023, by Chloé Dethurens) - Swiss Press Award

Tribune de Genève

Chloé Dethurens

For several weeks, I investigated the arrival of crack cocaine in Geneva, particularly in the Pâquis neighborhood, where drug addicts and dealers had set up shop in front of a school, sometimes using drugs right in the playground. It took local residents voicing their anger in our article for things to finally change. The playground was closed, as parents had been demanding for about ten years.