Professionals of "
burglary trips
", as the president of the court Pascal Gand described it on Monday, June 7.
A dozen people, some of the same family and belonging to a network of burglars, are tried this week by the 7th correctional chamber of Marseille, specializing in the repression of organized crime.
Known by investigators under the name of "
gang of Albanians
", as
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details
, they would have been rife between 2018 and 2019 in Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse, Gard and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, and amassed loot of nearly a million euros in 17 robberies.
Among those implicated, only five are currently in detention.
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Their modus operandi revealed a very successful organization.
The preliminary studies and the structuring of the “
moves
” to be carried out were carried out in Marseille, in cafes.
A team of three people took care of the burglary itself, another of the concealment, and a last took care of the logistics, the accommodation of the people in operation.
The alleged leader of the organization, Durim Topi, a 52-year-old mason, was feared by other members.
Cases of violence among the 17 burglaries identified
In the homes visited, burglars abandoned small-valued objects, and mainly sought cash and gold objects, jewelry or decorations. The gold was then sold to receivers, who sold it in the Maghreb, according to the survey: 14 exports to the region were counted, with about 1.2 kg of gold on each trip. Some operations have also given rise to violence, details
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. On March 2, 2019 in Roquevaire (Bouches-du-Rhône), a family was thus sequestered, and threatened. To find a possible safe, the husband had been held up while the rest of the family were held at bay by knives. The couple had been tied up, hand and foot tied, on their bed.
For burglaries, vehicles and cell phones were changed regularly by the gang. Nevertheless, eavesdropping on the spot made it possible to gather overwhelming exchanges, during which the protagonists evoke “
the old woman's money
”, “
500 bills
” or even the need to “
control the angle of the cameras
”.