THE QUESTION.
Emmanuel Macron is back in Marseille.
The second largest city in France has experienced a hot summer, punctuated by violence linked to drug trafficking: throughout the summer, scores have been settled, sometimes causing very young victims.
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On the set of Yves Calvi on BFMTV, researcher Fabrice Rizzoli, specialist in criminal networks, recalls the weight of the Marseille city in mafia violence in France.
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Marseille is 1% of the population, 20% of settling of scores
", explains the doctor in political science.
What is it really?
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For a murder to be considered a settling of scores, three elements must be brought together by investigators.
The victim must be a criminal, the motive for the crime must be different against a background of illegal activity, the operating procedure must be professional (ambush, use of weapons, etc.).
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Over the long term, the figure put forward by Mr. Rizzoli is correct.
According to advanced figures
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