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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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.
Twenty-two people are being tried for being part of a criminal cell carrying out "missions" to eliminate or intimidate their enemies.
The criminal network fell upon the failure of an assassination attempt that the master of the lodge had ordered for "700,000 euros without taxes." More information: From the Grand Master Senator to Antonio Hernández, 'the Mason of the Moncloa': the 10 counts of the Spanish lodges in the PSOE
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