Marseille drug traffickers sentenced to 10 years in prison for the kidnapping of a pizza maker in Arles. Two of the three defendants are also indicted for the murder of a 16-year-old teenager, a small-time trafficker in the town of Barriol.
Even if they were not tried for the organization of trafficking, this case of violence linked to the drug trade was an opportunity for the prosecutor to highlight the "expansionism" of Marseille crime. The prosecution highlighted the “incredible rise” of this team of childhood friends who “rapidly rose to prominence in the hierarchy of crime”