Direction Nationale du Renseignement et des Enquêtes Douanières explained

Agency Name:Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes
Nativename:Direction Générale des Douanes et Droits Indirects
Formed:1991
Jurisdiction:Government of France
Headquarters:2, Rue des Deux-Communes, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Economics, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
Minister2 Name:Thomas Cazenave
Minister2 Pfo:Minister Delegate for Public Accounts
Website:www.douane.gouv.fr

The Direction Nationale du Renseignement et des Enquêtes Douanières (DNRED) (English: National Directorate of the Intelligence and Customs Investigations) is a French intelligence agency founded on 1 March 1988. DNRED's mission is to gather, centralise, process and disseminate information of customs origin. It fights large international smuggling networks (drugs, weapons, tobacco, cultural goods and counterfeits) by implementing specialised investigative techniques. It carries out investigations at the national or international level, taking into account private businesses.[1] In 2009, the DNRED created a new unit, called "Cyberdouane", which role is to fight against cyber trafficking, such as illegal online gambling, money-laundering with online Casinos, the sale of illegal products online (drugs, counterfeit products, weapons,...).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Aleksander Olech, French and Polish fight against terrorism, Poznan 2022, p. 77; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359135918_French_and_Polish_fight_against_terrorism
  2. La douane s’attaque à la cyberdélinquance