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Clare MEP Calls For Urgent Action To Support Victims Of Drug Debt Intimidation
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- Clare FM
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- May 24, 2026
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- 22
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Summary
A Clare MEP is calling for urgent action at national and European level to support victims of drug debt intimidation. Speaking during a debate in the European Parliament on the rights and protection of victims of crime, the Scariff-based MEP Michael McNamara highlighted the particular vulnerability of young people caught in cycles of drug debt. Ireland’s first national data report on drug-related intimidation, published this year by the Health Research Board, recorded more than 1,000 cases across every county, with nearly three in ten victims experiencing intimidation for more than a year. MEP McNamara says victims are often too frightened to turn to the authorities.