Félix Bingui, the head of the Marseille “Yoda” clan, being extradited to France

Nicknamed “The Cat”, the drug trafficker was arrested in Morocco in March 2024, following an arrest warrant issued against him.

Félix Bingui, head of the “Yoda” clan, one of the most powerful drug trafficking networks in Marseille, is in the process of being extradited to France, franceinfo learned Monday January 20 from a source close to the case, confirming information from Parisian. He is due to arrive in France this Wednesday by air.

Félix Bingui, nicknamed “The Cat”, was arrested in Morocco in March 2024, following an arrest warrant issued against him by a Marseille investigating judge. He was charged with “importing narcotics by an organized gang”, “transport, detention, acquisition, transfer of narcotics”, “criminal conspiracy with a view to committing a crime and misdemeanor” and “laundering and non-justification of resources”. “.

“Victory against narcobanditism”congratulated the Keeper of the Seals Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior at the time of his arrest. He then described it as “one of the biggest drug traffickers in Marseille”. “I very sincerely thank the Moroccan authorities for initiating the extradition process, which will finally allow French justice to try him”continued the Minister of Justice on X. To arrest him, the Moroccan authorities had worked with the French Anti-Narcotics Office and the national fugitive search brigade.

His “Yoda” clan has been opposed for more than a year to another criminal network, called “the DZ mafia”. In 2023, of the 49 “narchomicides” in Marseille, 70% were linked to this confrontation, according to a figure from the Marseille prosecutor. Félix Bingui's brother-in-law was assassinated in Spain in May 2023, still as part of this gang war.