Inside the French drug gangs recruiting children to kill
Police say more than 10,000 children were drawn into trafficking in 2025, as gangs used social media to recruit for violence and drug dealing.
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A small note secretly delivered to a woman who had just bought hashish revealed a shocking reality in Marseille. “We are being held hostage and we need help. We are 15 years old,” it read. The two teenagers had sought work with a criminal gang, but soon became victims. According to evidence presented in court, they were repeatedly beaten, humiliated and held under threat. One of them was also the victim of sexual violence. They tried to escape t…
The story of boys who were regularly beaten, forced to film humiliating nude scenes, and one of them was even raped.
A BBC journalist entered the dangerous underground of Marseille, where young people are recruited for crime and exploited.
“Your son arrived last night. We found him with a bullet in the head.” Karin Brouillard does not forget the words of the doctor who informed her of his death… DZ Mafia: The Marseille cartel that recruits children to be assassins – The modus operandi - ΙΝΑΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
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