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Investigation into the "Petit Bar" gang: medical expertise for the alleged leader

2021-01-18T16:46:56.544Z


The alleged leader of the " Petit Bar " criminal gang , Jacques Santoni, severely disabled since 2003, must undergo a new medical examination to ensure that his new detention is compatible with his state of health, the prosecutor said Monday (January 18th). from Marseille. Read also: Sollacaro case: Jacques Santoni under review Jacques Santoni, " suspected of being at the head of this team ", wa


The alleged leader of the "

Petit Bar

"

criminal gang

, Jacques Santoni, severely disabled since 2003, must undergo a new medical examination to ensure that his new detention is compatible with his state of health, the prosecutor said Monday (January 18th). from Marseille.

Read also: Sollacaro case: Jacques Santoni under review

Jacques Santoni, "

suspected of being at the head of this team

", was arrested Sunday January 10 in Paris and then placed in "

medical custody in a hospital in Paris

" before being indicted Thursday, in particular for organized gang extortion and money laundering and criminal association, by investigating judges from the specialized interregional jurisdiction (JIRS) in organized crime in Marseille.

A previous medical expertise having concluded to "

an incompatibility of his condition with ordinary detention

", the investigating magistrates ordered the transfer of Santoni to the Fresnes remand center, a "

specialized establishment

" in the Paris region where he could receive the "

appropriate care

”, specifies the statement signed Monday by Dominique Laurens, the prosecutor of the Republic of Marseille.

A new medical expertise

” was also ordered by the examining magistrates, adds Laurens.

"

This placement in detention is inadmissible because incompatible with his state of health

", had reacted Friday Mr. Pascal Garbarini, lawyer of Jacques Santoni.

It is because of this failing state of health that Santoni has avoided imprisonment for several years, even though he has been implicated in several criminal investigations.

The alleged leader of the "

Petit bar

"

gang

was notably indicted and placed under judicial supervision on October 1, with a ban on traveling to Corsica, in particular for "

complicity in an attempted murder in an organized gang with premeditation

" and "

Criminal association with a view to committing a crime

".

This new indictment came within the framework of the investigation into the assassination attempt targeting Guy Orsoni, considered by justice to be a member of a rival clan of the “

Petit Bar

”.

In the investigation into “

the laundering of illicit activities

” by the “Petit Bar” gang, “

open for more than a year

”, 20 other people, in addition to Santoni, were arrested on January 10 in Ajaccio and Paris. , nine of which were indicted, detailed the magistrate.

The investigation made it possible "

to highlight the handling of cash, numerous international financial movements as well as suspect real estate investments, all involving sums greatly exceeding the declared income of the accused

".

Read also: Financial investigation into the criminal gang of Petit Bar: 21 arrests

Source: lefigaro

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