INVESTIGATION – Behind the shooting that cost Nicolas his life, the trail of a racket at the Seven nightclub looms. In the nightlife scene in Drôme, everyone sees this as a new intimidation from Marseille drug traffickers, who are seeking to take over the sector.
Romans-sur-Isère mourns Nicolas. “Another rugby player”, “as Thomas ». Another one “collateral victim” ultraviolence at the gates of the evenings, in the hills of Drôme and Ardèche. But in Valence, behind the shooting which mowed down this 22-year-old boy at the entrance to Seven, a nightclub located five kilometers from the Drôme prefecture and popular with young people, nightlife workers whisper snippets of ‘another story. Far from the “bloodshot” avenger of a madman shooting a crowd with a 9 mm after being refused access to the club. That of a new form of organized racketeering. More radical, more tenacious. More complex too. And which, while it was already poisoning the lives of club owners in the region, is now killing customers.
Behind it, looms the shadow of a mafia located 200 kilometers further south, eager for new territories. She conquers deal points from Avignon, halfway. And now, the night world of the Valentinois basin. “No one wants to admit it. But we have to face the facts. Marseille traffickers want to do…
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