Où intervient le GIGN ?
Où intervient le GIGN ?
Sur le terrain ce dimanche pour interpeller un ancien militaire armé retranché dans une forêt de Lardin-Saint-Lazare (Dordogne), le GIGN (pour groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale), intervient majoritairement sur le territoire national dans les zones rurales (en zone gendarmerie).
Où intervient le RAID ?
Le RAID est notamment spécialisé dans la négociation et les assauts, afin d'interpeller ou de neutraliser des forcenés. Il lutte contre le crime organisé, le grand banditisme et le terrorisme. Le RAID intervient davantage dans les zones urbaines car c'est un service de la police nationale.
When did GIGN move to Versailles?
- GIGNs initial complement was 15, later increased to , , and 1. GIGN moved to Versailles-Satory in 1982.
Where does the GIGN operate?
- GIGN shares jurisdiction of French territory with the National Police special-response units. GIGN is headquartered in Versailles-Satory near Paris. Although most of its operations take place in France, the unit, as a component of the French Armed Forces, can operate anywhere in the world.
What is the GIGN in France?
- Although GIGN is officially a police, law-enforcement agency, it’s also technically part of the French Armed Forces, so they may deploy anywhere in the world in response to crisis situations.
What does GIGN stand for?
- The Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie National (National Gendarmerie Intervention Group), or GIGN, established in 1973 after the Munich Olympic Massacre, is the French government’s premier counterterrorist (CT) and hostage-rescue force, based at Versailles-Satory, about six miles southwest of Paris.
