A restaurant in Marseille -

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According to information from our colleagues in

 Provence,

five defendants who present themselves as relatives of the Campanella brothers, figures of organized crime in Marseille, were sentenced this Wednesday by the Marseille Criminal Court for having extorted restaurants between February and November 2018 in Marseille, Aubagne and Saint-Tropez in the Var.

Sentences ranging from eight months to five years in prison were imposed by the Sixth Chamber.

The five defendants were acquitted of the charge of criminal association.

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