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‘Octopus’ Raids Detain 42 in DZ Mafia Probe, Including Jailed Leaders and Lawyer

The investigation centers on dismantling command structures with a focus on financial circuits.

Narcotrafic : 42 membres présumés de la DZ Mafia interpellés
À Roubaix (Nord), en décembre, plusieurs tags rappelant le groupe de narcotrafiquants ont fait leur apparition sur les façades des bâtiments.
Vendin-le-Vieil [FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP]
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Overview

  • Authorities placed 42 suspects in custody for up to 96 hours in coordinated raids across Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, Vaucluse and Gard, with investigators also seizing material at a Villeneuve-sur-Lot bank.
  • Three principal figures — Amine O. (“Mamine”), Gabriel O. (“Gaby”) and Mahdi Z. (“La Brute”) — were extracted from high-security prisons by GIGN for questioning.
  • A Lyon-based criminal lawyer was taken into custody on suspicion of facilitating illicit communications or introducing prohibited items for detainees, with the presumption of innocence maintained.
  • Police in Marseille arrested four people over a suspected prison escape plot linked to Gabriel O., after calls routed through a number listed as his lawyer’s raised alarms.
  • Detectives are scrutinizing possible money laundering via the music sector, including rapper Dika and his label Youleuh Records, with the artist’s custody extended by 48 hours according to local reporting.