This drug cartel, controlled by powerful Marseille leaders, sometimes from the prison in which they are incarcerated, has been causing panic for many months in France's second city.
The DZ Mafia more than ever in the sights of the authorities. Twenty-six members of the Marseille criminal organization were arrested this week by the Marseille judicial police and the Banditry Suppression Brigade, as part of a vast judicial investigation, opened in particular for extortion by an organized gang, we learned Le Figaro from sources close to the matter this Thursday, November 21, confirming information from Parisian and TF1. They were placed in police custody for 96 hours and some of them should be brought before an investigating judge this Friday, we are told.
To carry out these arrests, the authorities took over several establishments in the Marseille city, which the DZ Mafia had allegedly taken over, including a hookah bar, a restaurant, a nightclub… The police seized during their weapons operations, including a Kalashnikov-type assault rifle and tens of thousands of euros in cash. According to a police source, it was a “important blow given” at the DZ Mafia.
Grocery stores threatened with weapons of war
This drug cartel, controlled by powerful Marseille leaders, sometimes from the prison in which they are incarcerated, has been causing panic for many months in France's second city. Once confined to drug trafficking, the DZ Mafia (DZ for Dzaïr, Algeria in Arabic) diversified into extortion, as revealed Le Figaro .
A grocery store in 14e district of Marseille or a mini-market on 15e arrondissement, in particular, have seen threatening individuals appear in their alleys in recent weeks, armed with shotguns or automatic weapons. The shadow of the DZ Mafia loomed over these abuses. “It could be extortion, but also threats. There is the beginning of an explanation for this: some traffickers may be looking to launder illegally earned money. Perhaps the victims refused to do so and are forced to pay a ransom.had confided to Figaro Rudy Manna, local police unionist and Alliance spokesperson.
According to The Parisianone of the great leaders of the DZ Mafia was arrested during this recent raid. It would be a former killer, indicted for several assassinations and now behind bars.
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