DCOS (division de la criminalité organisée et spécialisée)

The Division de la Criminalité Organisée et Spécialisée (DCOS) is a French law enforcement division responsible for investigating organized and specialized crime. Recent news highlights their involvement in cases related to drug trafficking and violent crime. Currently, DCOS is in the news due to two separate incidents. First, a police officer has been charged with 'association de malfaiteurs' and 'passive corruption' for allegedly assisting a Colombian group arrested in Lyon in January for a murder committed in Écully in November. Second, DCOS is likely involved in investigating a fatal shooting near a school in Montélimar, where the victim was known to police and two suspects were apprehended near Orange. These events underscore DCOS's ongoing role in combating serious crime and corruption within France.