The French newspaper Le Figaro said that what the country is witnessing - of a rise in the rate of organized crime - is only part of a secret war between the fractious gangs, so that bullets can break out, in the processes of settling accounts between them at any time, under the windows of citizens, which It causes side casualties.

In an exclusive report written by Christophe Kornevin, the newspaper said that information obtained from a report issued by the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police, stating that the country witnessed 75 cases of murder punishment (settling of accounts) and 359 murders or attempted murders in 2020, which portends an atmosphere in France that reminds us of America's "Wild West".

As an example of this atmosphere, the newspaper pointed to the discovery of two charred bodies in a car in Marseille and in Bordeaux, and a punitive campaign claimed the life of a 16-year-old youth and left 4 wounded with gunshot wounds.

And in Grenoble, which has become "the Chicago of France", the shootings broke out in broad daylight.

According to the report of the Central Judicial Police, no less than 75 accounts were recorded in 2020, an increase of 12 operations in one year, and these bloody rivalries resulted in 108 victims, including 42 dead, if we were satisfied with the assassinations that target thugs belonging to the world of organized crime and murder. Because of issues related to organized crime.

The tendency to use weapons and


this - the newspaper says - is added to a new wave of murders and attempted killings of all kinds, often with vague motives, and within the framework of clashes between rival gangs, where warning fire and stabbing are multiplied, and 359 operations have been recorded. In 2020, that is, it is less with two attacks than the peak of 2019, but it is a jump of 30% compared to 2017.

This reflects - as Jan Sorriso, Division Commissioner Head of the Central Office for Combating Organized Crime says, “an increase in violence between perpetrators with limited experience and an escalation in sensitive cities, where these disputes used to end with physical violence, but the use of weapons has become the hallmark of organized crime. So that the perpetrators today can commit and attempt murder without necessarily being experienced thieves or notable merchants. "

The newspaper said that there is a new generation of emerging gang leaders who do not have rules or a compass, tearing each other shamelessly, and most of their victims are young men. Judicial police experts have also noted - as the Central Office for Combating Organized Crime says - that "the age group is from 20-24 years old." It was over a third a year or two ago.

The crime-fighting office explained that 30 or 40 percent of the shootings occur between eight in the morning and eight in the evening, which means unusual schedules and a change in style, compared to the schedules of veteran highwaymen who appear more keen and more mobile to hit their targets at night without witnesses or traffic. .

On the ground - as Sorriso points out - the locations also changed because “the huge profits resulting from drug trafficking have led criminals with real knowledge and certain credibility abroad to organize their own network in smaller cities.” He added that settling accounts is linked to 80% of cases with battles for influence and the theft of products or funds as a result. This geographical dispersion. "

Monitoring and arresting


Le Figaro indicated a group of account settlement operations in separate places, in which blood was shed among drug traffickers, as well as (she indicated) the distribution of some groups in regions such as Baka and Marseille, where 26 accounts were settled in 2020, and 4 operations were recorded in the Rennes region. Urban and 6 in Bordeaux and the same in Dijon.

Sorriso says, "There are disputes that are not settled before the Commercial Court but by force of arms, because settling scores respond to cycles that evolve according to the pace of organized crime and the release of some prisoners who intend to regain control of their lands without resorting to diplomatic negotiations."

The newspaper pointed out that the Corona crisis had a relative effect, as it led to the stirring of gangs in the early spring of last year as a result of the failure of the drug trade due to the closure of the borders.

However, with the end of the quarantine, the criminals emerged from their relative slumber to put a certain number of "projects" into operation, which led to 24 accounts settling operations between June and July.

In the face of this worrisome scourge, the judicial police groups are intensifying their investigations, punctuated by technical and physical surveillance, in an attempt to arrest the thugs before committing what cannot be repaired, such as the arrest of several gangsters in the Val de Marne, after weeks of follow-up.

During their search, the authorities found assault rifles, a machine gun, flak jackets and vests bearing the "police" slogan.

At the height of its fight against organized crime that it intends to eliminate, the judicial police - says Le Figaro - arrested a total of 92 suspects in connection with the assassinations.