Crush drug trafficking says G7 statement

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 29 - The Group of Seven is leading the fight to crush drug trafficking worldwide, "particularly synthetic ones like fentanyl with particularly devastating effects", the G7 said in a statement adopted at the initiative of Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, who holds the group's rotating presidency, on Monday.
    As well as fighting drug trafficking the G7 is aiming to lead efforts to "seize the illicit proceeds from pushing and prevent the spread of addiction above all among the young", the statement went on.
    The statement stressed joint efforts "to together fight the production, distribution and sales of drugs". (ANSA).