US EditionMurder trial involving Freemasons, French secret agents opens in Paris court
Twenty-two defendants face murder and conspiracy charges, with 13 risking life imprisonment in a case prosecutors say grew from a botched hit.
- On Monday, 22 defendants stood trial in France for murder and criminal conspiracy charges linked to a mafia network operating within the Athanor Masonic Lodge in Puteaux.
- A botched July 2020 contract killing targeting business coach Marie-Helene Dini triggered the investigation, implicating Athanor Freemasons Jean-Luc Bagur, Frederic Vaglio, and Daniel Beaulieu as alleged ringleaders.
- The dock includes four DGSE officers, three police officers, and six business executives, with 13 defendants facing potential life imprisonment for their roles in the alleged hit squad activities.
- Alleged hitman Sebastien Leroy claimed Daniel Beaulieu 'manipulated' him into believing he was working as a government informant for the DGSI spy agency during the attacks.
- Defense lawyer Jean-William Vezinet described the involvement as 'terrifying,' noting that accused police officers and former DGSI agents were supposed to protect society, not exploit it.
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Since 30 March, 22 people between the ages of 30 and 73 have appeared before the Paris Assize Court for participating, at various levels, in a criminal cell that ordered intimidation, assault and murder contracts throughout France.
Four members of the Athanor lodge sit on the bench, together with a total of 22 accused, for a plot of murders, spies and revenges that has in a state of shock to the neighboring country Read
The "Atanor" case explains how secret services will have been used to recruit operational personnel in "missions" ordered to resolve personal rivals. 13 of the Argueds risk perpetuity.
In France, 22 people are currently on trial. The defendants are not ordinary criminals, but the alleged elite of the country: Masons, high-ranking secret services, military and police officers. They are said to have formed an unscrupulous killer force. France is currently shaken by a far-reaching scandal of a mafia connection under the umbrella of a secret society. Among the defendants are four military officers from the French Foreign Intellige…
They are accused of numerous crimes, such as murder and assassination, including the murder of racer Laurent Pasquali.
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