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Félix Bingui of Marseille’s Clan Yoda Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

The court delivered a lighter sentence than prosecutors requested, leaving appeals likely and investigations into the wider network ongoing.

AFP [AFP]
Me Philippe Ohayon, l'avocat du chef présumé du clan Yoda, Félix Bingui, dans la salle d'audience du tribunal de Marseille, le 18 mai 2026
Vingt prévenus soupçonnés d'appartenir au clan "Yoda" étaient jugés à Marseille sous haute protection depuis le 18 mai 2026, dans le cadre d'un procès sur le trafic de stupéfiants dit de "La Fontaine", à la Paternelle (14e).
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Overview

  • A court in Marseille convicted Félix Bingui on June 5 and sentenced him to 12 years for drug trafficking, criminal association and money‑laundering in a case built on multi‑year surveillance and wiretaps.
  • The judgment includes a €200,000 fine and the confiscation of an apartment in Dubai that prosecutors linked to alleged money‑laundering.
  • Nineteen co‑defendants faced the tribunal with key lieutenants given multi‑year terms — nine years for the alleged No.2 and eight years for a fugitive lieutenant — while four defendants were acquitted and two remain at large with arrest warrants.
  • Prosecutors had sought up to 16 years and larger fines and asked for long periods of sûreté, a stance defense lawyers called a 'political' overreach and which the court did not fully endorse.
  • The verdict follows years of investigation into sales at the 'La Fontaine' point and a violent turf war with the DZ Mafia, and it leaves open appeals and further judicial probes into related violent crimes and investigative practices.