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Trial Opens in Marseille for Alleged Yoda Clan Boss Félix Bingui

The high-security case tests efforts to dismantle a cross-border drug network blamed for Marseille’s deadly turf war.

Félix Bingui, le chef incontesté du clan Yoda spécialisé dans le narcotrafic, est jugé à partir de ce lundi aux côtés de 19 autres personnes devant le tribunal correctionnel de Marseillle.
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Félix Bingui est soupçonné d’avoir géré plusieurs points de revente de stupéfiants à Marseille, entre 2021 et 2023.

Overview

  • Bingui and 19 co-defendants went on trial Monday in Marseille, with hearings set to run until June 5 under reinforced security.
  • He is charged as a repeat offender with drug trafficking, criminal conspiracy and money laundering tied to the La Fontaine dealing point in the La Paternelle housing estate.
  • Bingui denies the accusations, telling the court he has nothing to do with narcotrafficking and saying his time in Dubai and Morocco was not an attempt to flee.
  • Investigators describe a tightly organized network using stash apartments, encrypted phones and front men, along with luxury travel and reported property holdings in Dubai.
  • The case follows his 2024 arrest in Morocco and January 2025 extradition and traces back to a Yoda–DZ Mafia feud that police link to about 50 drug killings in 2023, with penalties reported up to 20 years if he is convicted.