50 years of the GIGN: hostage taking, actions abroad... What are the areas of expertise of the elite unit?.
The GIGN is entering its fifth decade. This elite unit of the national gendarmerie, specialized in dangerous missions and crisis management, was created on March 1, 1974. It has carried out several significant interventions, from Loyada in 1976 to Ouvéa in 1988, including Marignane airport in 1994. More recently, the G IGN notably lent a hand to the RAID, during the assault on Dammartin-en-Goële in 2015, intended to neutralize the Kouachi brothers.