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Mohamed Amra and the gangs of Marseille
Manage episode 430545857 series 2738663
In May 2024, a prison van was attacked at a highway toll in Normandy, France. In dramatic footage shared on social media, a black SUV, driving the wrong direction, rammed into the prison van just as it went through the barriers. Then gunmen, dressed head-to-toe in black and armed with Kalashnikov rifles got out and started shooting at the van, killing two prison officers.
They opened the van and freed the prisoner, a man named Mohamed Amra, aka "The Fly", who escaped with the gunmen. There is now an Interpol Red Notice out for Amra.
The attack took place in broad daylight and sheds light on the dramatic increase in gang violence over the last few years in France. Mohamed Amra had connections to the city that has been at the forefront of this violence, Marseille, on the Mediterranean coast.
Speaker(s):
Iris Oustinoff Leroux, YPN Coordinator and Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Links:
(GI article) France in the crossfire: Prisoner escapes in Normandy amid rise in organized crime
(GI Paper) Smoke on the horizon: Trends in arms trafficking from the conflict in Ukraine
(GI Article) The Western Balkans is still the criminals’ choice for weapons.
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Additional Links
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/reglements-de-comptes-a-marseille-huit-ans-de-prison-pour-une-fusillade-a-l-origine-de-l-ete-meurtrier-de-2021-2915706.html
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/il-y-a-un-regain-assez-important-de-la-violence-pourquoi-les-fusillades-se-multiplient-ces-dernieres-semaines-a-marseille-3005078.html
https://www.lyonne.fr/avallon-89200/actualites/jamilah-habsaoui-maire-d-avallon-en-sursis_14508004/
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/narcotrafic-a-marseille-felix-bingui-le-chef-du-clan-yoda-accepte-detre-extrade-du-maroc-30-04-2024-STLZ2JCQTVBFVF4J7T626BXSCE.php
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2024/05/362400/suspected-drug-dealer-arrested-in-morocco-agreed-on-extradition-to-france
https://www.bfmtv.com/marseille/info-bfmtv-l-extradition-de-felix-bingui-chef-presume-du-clan-marseillais-yoda-pourrait-prendre-entre-six-et-huit-mois_AN-202404010255.html
https://www.laprovence.com/article/faits-divers-justice/76954482590199/tuerie-du-kfc-a-marseille-kamel-meziani-condamne-a-30-annees-de-reclusion
https://www.lemonde.fr/police-justice/article/2023/02/11/le-narcotrafiquant-marseillais-kamel-meziani-condamne-a-trente-ans-de-reclusion-criminelle_6161379_1653578.html
https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/lutte-contre-les-narcotrafics-importante-operation-de-police-dans-le-quartier-de-la-castellane-a-marseille-20240318
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/fin-tour-k-symbole-cite-castellane-marseille-1731937.html
https://www.laprovence.com/article/faits-divers-justice/17784277478911/marseille-des-policiers-attaques-a-coup-de-cocktail-molotov-et-de-tirs-de-mortier
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/bilan-mitige-de-l-operation-place-nette-a-marseille-c-est-un-gros-coup-d-epee-dans-l-eau-2678660
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240411-marseille-district-sees-weary-but-wary-relief-in-drug-crackdown
https://www.bfmtv.com/marseille/marseille-plus-de-500-mortiers-saisis-dans-les-quartiers-nord-a-l-approche-du-reveillon_AV-202312290592.html
https://actu.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/marseille_13055/video-marseille-les-images-d-un-face-a-face-violent-entre-police-et-gang-de-dealers_60308105.html
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.3657598,5.3413223,3a,55.6y,27.77h,92.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfKg-EOZLQ1CLmILQAL987A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu
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https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/macron-a-marseille-pour-lancer-une-operation-sans-precedent-contre-le-trafic-de-drogue-1973178
https://www.ft.com/content/11c65285-57dd-49f6-aaeb-82cd94221936
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/criminalite-a-marseille/info-francetv-une-arme-fabriquee-a-l-aide-d-une-imprimante-3d-retrouvee-apres-une-tentative-d-assassinat-a-marseille_6304755.html
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20240210-police-in-marseille-bust-network-trafficking-in-3d-printed-weapons
https://news.sky.com/video/cache-of-3d-printed-guns-and-manufacturing-equipment-seized-in-france-13065857
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/guerre-des-gangs-apres-yoda-comment-la-dz-mafia-sest-retrouvee-dans-les-mailles-de-la-police-12-03-2024-LEB6NALRNNCH5IU4XKOOEYJ2TU.php
https://time.com/how-europes-terrorists-get-their-guns/
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0TH0A2/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34818994
https://x.com/rubnpulido/status/1790388865385001329/video/2
https://www.europol.europa.eu/crime-areas-and-trends/eu-policy-cycle-empact
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/03/teenage-hitmen-marseille-drugs-instagram/
https://timesofmalta.com/article/book-tells-the-history-of-lark-mirrors.120320
https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/drug-trafficking/county-lines
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/05/29/paris-2024-french-police-arrest-15-for-drug-trafficking-near-olympic-village_6673007_7.html
https://www.dw.com/en/the-gangs-of-marseille-drug-trafficking-in-the-south-of-france/a-65960877
https://www.euronews.com/2024/03/01/inside-marseilles-deadly-drug-wars-why-are-youths-killing-youths
https://www.tiktok.com/@lecastellas13015/video/7305725649581247777
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSQkNhNQ3pk
https://www.tiktok.com/@lecastellas13015/video/7303990545527950624
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrBOAKuWis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB-EuIMJhno
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/flambee-des-reglements-de-comptes-a-marseille-depuis-le-debut-de-l-ete-2218306.html
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https://www.lefigaro.fr/marseille/les-dessous-d-un-reseau-de-trafic-de-drogue-marseillais-qui-realisait-50-000-euros-de-chiffre-d-affaires-quotidien-20240311
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/le-vrai-visage-du-narco-banditisme-a-marseille-02-05-2016-5760745.php
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/01/we-are-seen-as-less-human-inside-marseilles-quartiers-that-the-police-have-abandoned
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58395124
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-drug-gangs-torture-rooms-arm-kids-kalashnikov-eu-agency-emcdda-warn/
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/murder-by-kalashnikov-the-drug-war-stalking-marseilles-75l77cjh8
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65664329
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/08/18/marseille-s-increasingly-deadly-war-between-dz-mafia-and-yoda-two-drug-trafficking-networks_6097326_7.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2022/07/21/in-corsica-the-mafia-has-taken-root-with-little-consequences_5990869_7.html
https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_VIN_115_0089--the-french-connection-between-myths.htm
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mafia-operates-frances-corsica-tourists-064408707.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/05/15/interpol-issues-red-notice-for-escaped-french-convict-mohamed-amra_6671555_7.html
https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/une-fusillade-a-evreux-fait-deux-morts-et-un-blesse-25-07-2023-2529431_23.php
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/2-killed-in-drug-related-shooting-in-northern-france-4239250
https://www.equinoxmagazine.fr/2024/05/15/mohamed-amra-implique-dans-une-tentative-dassassinat-dun-francais-en-espagne/
https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-the-fly-the-french-prisoner-who-escaped-in-convoy-ambush-13135860
https://www.liberation.fr/societe/police-justice/menaces-achat-darmes-gestion-de-ses-activites-criminelles-ce-que-revelent-les-ecoutes-dans-la-cellule-de-mohamed-amra-20240523_E3BYYPSQHNCT3MH6PDQIGAXJOE/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQV6CijIzrc
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240516-desire-to-kill-french-prison-van-attack-takes-drug-trafficking-fight-to-new-level-of-violence
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/two-people-killed-inmate-run-061200254.html
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2454726,1.1840619,3a,75y,313.93h,93.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOVJ380YVCaj81X1XGYo3Ag!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu
44 episoder
Manage episode 430545857 series 2738663
In May 2024, a prison van was attacked at a highway toll in Normandy, France. In dramatic footage shared on social media, a black SUV, driving the wrong direction, rammed into the prison van just as it went through the barriers. Then gunmen, dressed head-to-toe in black and armed with Kalashnikov rifles got out and started shooting at the van, killing two prison officers.
They opened the van and freed the prisoner, a man named Mohamed Amra, aka "The Fly", who escaped with the gunmen. There is now an Interpol Red Notice out for Amra.
The attack took place in broad daylight and sheds light on the dramatic increase in gang violence over the last few years in France. Mohamed Amra had connections to the city that has been at the forefront of this violence, Marseille, on the Mediterranean coast.
Speaker(s):
Iris Oustinoff Leroux, YPN Coordinator and Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Links:
(GI article) France in the crossfire: Prisoner escapes in Normandy amid rise in organized crime
(GI Paper) Smoke on the horizon: Trends in arms trafficking from the conflict in Ukraine
(GI Article) The Western Balkans is still the criminals’ choice for weapons.
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Additional Links
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/reglements-de-comptes-a-marseille-huit-ans-de-prison-pour-une-fusillade-a-l-origine-de-l-ete-meurtrier-de-2021-2915706.html
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/il-y-a-un-regain-assez-important-de-la-violence-pourquoi-les-fusillades-se-multiplient-ces-dernieres-semaines-a-marseille-3005078.html
https://www.lyonne.fr/avallon-89200/actualites/jamilah-habsaoui-maire-d-avallon-en-sursis_14508004/
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/narcotrafic-a-marseille-felix-bingui-le-chef-du-clan-yoda-accepte-detre-extrade-du-maroc-30-04-2024-STLZ2JCQTVBFVF4J7T626BXSCE.php
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2024/05/362400/suspected-drug-dealer-arrested-in-morocco-agreed-on-extradition-to-france
https://www.bfmtv.com/marseille/info-bfmtv-l-extradition-de-felix-bingui-chef-presume-du-clan-marseillais-yoda-pourrait-prendre-entre-six-et-huit-mois_AN-202404010255.html
https://www.laprovence.com/article/faits-divers-justice/76954482590199/tuerie-du-kfc-a-marseille-kamel-meziani-condamne-a-30-annees-de-reclusion
https://www.lemonde.fr/police-justice/article/2023/02/11/le-narcotrafiquant-marseillais-kamel-meziani-condamne-a-trente-ans-de-reclusion-criminelle_6161379_1653578.html
https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/lutte-contre-les-narcotrafics-importante-operation-de-police-dans-le-quartier-de-la-castellane-a-marseille-20240318
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/fin-tour-k-symbole-cite-castellane-marseille-1731937.html
https://www.laprovence.com/article/faits-divers-justice/17784277478911/marseille-des-policiers-attaques-a-coup-de-cocktail-molotov-et-de-tirs-de-mortier
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/bilan-mitige-de-l-operation-place-nette-a-marseille-c-est-un-gros-coup-d-epee-dans-l-eau-2678660
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240411-marseille-district-sees-weary-but-wary-relief-in-drug-crackdown
https://www.bfmtv.com/marseille/marseille-plus-de-500-mortiers-saisis-dans-les-quartiers-nord-a-l-approche-du-reveillon_AV-202312290592.html
https://actu.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/marseille_13055/video-marseille-les-images-d-un-face-a-face-violent-entre-police-et-gang-de-dealers_60308105.html
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https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/macron-a-marseille-pour-lancer-une-operation-sans-precedent-contre-le-trafic-de-drogue-1973178
https://www.ft.com/content/11c65285-57dd-49f6-aaeb-82cd94221936
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/criminalite-a-marseille/info-francetv-une-arme-fabriquee-a-l-aide-d-une-imprimante-3d-retrouvee-apres-une-tentative-d-assassinat-a-marseille_6304755.html
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20240210-police-in-marseille-bust-network-trafficking-in-3d-printed-weapons
https://news.sky.com/video/cache-of-3d-printed-guns-and-manufacturing-equipment-seized-in-france-13065857
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/guerre-des-gangs-apres-yoda-comment-la-dz-mafia-sest-retrouvee-dans-les-mailles-de-la-police-12-03-2024-LEB6NALRNNCH5IU4XKOOEYJ2TU.php
https://time.com/how-europes-terrorists-get-their-guns/
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0TH0A2/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34818994
https://x.com/rubnpulido/status/1790388865385001329/video/2
https://www.europol.europa.eu/crime-areas-and-trends/eu-policy-cycle-empact
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/03/teenage-hitmen-marseille-drugs-instagram/
https://timesofmalta.com/article/book-tells-the-history-of-lark-mirrors.120320
https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/drug-trafficking/county-lines
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/05/29/paris-2024-french-police-arrest-15-for-drug-trafficking-near-olympic-village_6673007_7.html
https://www.dw.com/en/the-gangs-of-marseille-drug-trafficking-in-the-south-of-france/a-65960877
https://www.euronews.com/2024/03/01/inside-marseilles-deadly-drug-wars-why-are-youths-killing-youths
https://www.tiktok.com/@lecastellas13015/video/7305725649581247777
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSQkNhNQ3pk
https://www.tiktok.com/@lecastellas13015/video/7303990545527950624
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrBOAKuWis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB-EuIMJhno
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/flambee-des-reglements-de-comptes-a-marseille-depuis-le-debut-de-l-ete-2218306.html
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https://www.lefigaro.fr/marseille/les-dessous-d-un-reseau-de-trafic-de-drogue-marseillais-qui-realisait-50-000-euros-de-chiffre-d-affaires-quotidien-20240311
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/le-vrai-visage-du-narco-banditisme-a-marseille-02-05-2016-5760745.php
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/01/we-are-seen-as-less-human-inside-marseilles-quartiers-that-the-police-have-abandoned
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58395124
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-drug-gangs-torture-rooms-arm-kids-kalashnikov-eu-agency-emcdda-warn/
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/murder-by-kalashnikov-the-drug-war-stalking-marseilles-75l77cjh8
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65664329
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/08/18/marseille-s-increasingly-deadly-war-between-dz-mafia-and-yoda-two-drug-trafficking-networks_6097326_7.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2022/07/21/in-corsica-the-mafia-has-taken-root-with-little-consequences_5990869_7.html
https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_VIN_115_0089--the-french-connection-between-myths.htm
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mafia-operates-frances-corsica-tourists-064408707.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/05/15/interpol-issues-red-notice-for-escaped-french-convict-mohamed-amra_6671555_7.html
https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/une-fusillade-a-evreux-fait-deux-morts-et-un-blesse-25-07-2023-2529431_23.php
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/2-killed-in-drug-related-shooting-in-northern-france-4239250
https://www.equinoxmagazine.fr/2024/05/15/mohamed-amra-implique-dans-une-tentative-dassassinat-dun-francais-en-espagne/
https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-the-fly-the-french-prisoner-who-escaped-in-convoy-ambush-13135860
https://www.liberation.fr/societe/police-justice/menaces-achat-darmes-gestion-de-ses-activites-criminelles-ce-que-revelent-les-ecoutes-dans-la-cellule-de-mohamed-amra-20240523_E3BYYPSQHNCT3MH6PDQIGAXJOE/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQV6CijIzrc
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240516-desire-to-kill-french-prison-van-attack-takes-drug-trafficking-fight-to-new-level-of-violence
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/two-people-killed-inmate-run-061200254.html
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2454726,1.1840619,3a,75y,313.93h,93.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOVJ380YVCaj81X1XGYo3Ag!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu
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