• After the burglary that affected midfielder Mario Lemina but also those of which Parisian or Marseille players were victims,

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    takes stock of the situation on the Côte d'Azur.

  • Karine Jouglas, departmental secretary of Alliance police nationale 06, gives her prevention advice, recommending in particular not to expose yourself too much on social networks and to install a good security system.

  • In this area, Julien Diane, manager of Paca Sécurité, shares his experience on what, according to him, is necessary when you own a luxury villa.

Since the start of 2021, four PSG players have been victims of home jacking. A practice of breaking into the home while the owner, or others, are inside. This is how three men acted on Sunday night, at the residence of OGC Nice midfielder Mario Lemina in the city's hills. Armed and hooded, they entered the absent player, gone to play a match in Gabon's national team for the 2022 World Cup. The criminals tied up those present before stealing 400,000 euros of luxury goods, according to the first elements of the investigation of the judicial police of Nice.

This procedure is common.

This is how the burglars of the Parisian players proceeded.

And that others in Marseille attacked the sportsmen of OM.

They are also the two most targeted teams in France according to an article in

Le Monde

.

"Footballers, for what they represent, are obviously a target for criminals," notes Xavier Bonhomme, public prosecutor of Nice.

The French Riviera renowned for its luxury

Karine Jouglas, departmental secretary of the Alliance police nationale 06 union, analyzes: “Whether it is athletes or any activity that can attract envy, we must have preventive reflexes against this type of event. “Especially in the region. “The Côte d'Azur is renowned for these luxury establishments, whether they are hotels, shops or residences. It is a very attractive place, so you have to be careful. "

From a "police" point of view, she indicates that there are "elements to take into account", such as "not to display signs of wealth on social networks, which can arouse envy and especially not communicate your address or where you are.

We can even postpone the posts we want to publish ”.

And also "invite owners to keep very few valuables at home and put, for example, money in a safe" as well as "place tracers on luxury vehicles".

Without forgetting to "not stop in front of your house if you have the impression of being followed and going to the nearest police station or gendarmerie", and "to set up an effective surveillance system".

Panic buttons as a solution to home jacking

Julien Diane, manager and president of Paca Sécurité, is an expert on the subject. He made a career in security in the Paris region before settling in the South. Since the creation of his company in 2017, he has installed security systems in “around forty villas”. “We work a lot with luxury residences, there is plenty to do in the area,” he explains. For him, the main thing is to "anticipate security". For that, the basic elements are to have "a connected intercom which records the images and to have a panic button in all the rooms". This wireless tool or directly on the telephone allows "to trigger an alarm siren and at the same time warn the security control center which can ask the police to intervene".

For the villas, “it's 15 to 20 surveillance cameras, there is no limit. We can even add perimeter protection with infrared barriers or panics room and fog generators which covers 80 m2 in eight seconds. »The interest of this gadget? “You don't steal what you don't see,” says the manager of the company. “For a high-end system, it can range from 30,000 to 100,000 euros,” he says. Perhaps the football player's was not operational at the time. In this case, I really urge to set up the panic buttons that can save the victims of home-jacking. "

On the Côte d'Azur, the Nice prosecutor's office is "not aware of any antecedents" of similar burglaries among athletes.

Except “Dolberg, but it was different”.

The Danish striker of OGC Nice had been the victim of the theft of his car then of a burglary while he was in the national selection to play the League of Nations in September 2020. Contacted by

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, the management of the club n did not comment.

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