Five men were indicted in Marseille on Friday as part of a vast case of organized money laundering between the Maghreb and France for a sum estimated at more than 8 million euros, announced the prosecution.
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According to the prosecutor of the Republic of Marseille, companies in Aix-en-Provence (in particular in the construction industry) but also “
personalities of narco-banditism and Corsican-Marseille organized crime
” are involved in this case of the specialized interregional jurisdiction (Jirs), she said in a statement.
These suspects, according to the prosecutor, "
use this system put in place to justify a part of their resources, to be paid their judicial guarantees or to acquire vehicles in cash
".
Investigators seized in this file eight credit balances for a total of more than 450,000 euros, debts registered on two life insurance contracts "
forming a total of 272,523.28 euros
", 90,305 euros in cash, a Tucson (Hyundai ) worth 15,500 euros, and a stock of new hi-fi equipment for 86,400 euros.
The five men presented before the examining magistrate were indicted for money laundering in a gang organized by competition, money laundering in a gang organized by aid to false justification, concealed work in an organized gang, complicity in bankruptcy, forgery and use of forgery, complicity in 'misuse of corporate assets.
Two of them were remanded in custody.