Overview
- Ettori, 53, was handed 12 years and a €1.5 million fine Tuesday by the Marseille criminal court for large money-laundering operations that funded the Petit Bar clan.
- The court upheld its May 28, 2025 default judgment after a three-day retrial in late April that drew on the 'Email Diamant' inquiry into the clan’s hidden finances.
- Judges rejected his claim that luxury watch dealing paid for his high-end lifestyle, finding the money came from the group’s war chest for living costs and investments.
- Prosecutors portrayed him as the bridge between the gang’s criminal network and white-collar finance, placing him in a decision-making trio within the organization.
- He has been in custody since gendarmes arrested him on December 13, 2025 after five years on the run, and two days before this verdict an assizes court sentenced him in absentia to 15 years for criminal conspiracy tied to the killing of lawyer Antoine Sollacaro.