Six Stand Trial in France as Marseille’s Deadly Drug War Enters the Courtroom

A major criminal trial opened in Aix-en-Provence against six alleged leaders and key figures of the DZ Mafia, a Marseille-based organized crime syndicate implicated in a 2019 double murder and widespread drug-related violence; recent law enforcement actions, including Operation "Octopus," resulted in dozens of arrests and significant asset seizures across France and Italy as authorities intensify efforts to dismantle the group's trafficking, kidnapping and contract-killing networks.