Jean-Baptiste Marty / Photograph credit: JACK GUEZ / AFP 6:16 a.m., Might 23, 2024, modified at 7:07 a.m., Might 23, 2024
Footballers, like Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, public figures, like radio host Bruno Guillon, and even influencers, like Nabilla, have all been victims of homejacking in latest months. Violent burglaries the place the victims are kidnapped by their captors, generally tied up, whereas the latter take the loot.
A phenomenon which has intensified in recent times, with an over-representation of minors. As a result of, in accordance with data from Europe 1, 43% of homejackings solved in Île-de-France in 2023 contain at the least one minor.
“A brand new technology of burglars”
Based on a police supply at Europe 1, that is “a brand new technology of burglars”. Authors for essentially the most half “from the Parisian suburbs, significantly from the north-east of Paris”, with the division of Seine-Saint-Denis within the forefront.
Minors recruited by community leaders for the straightforward cause that they “don’t threat a lot by way of justice as a result of all sentences are halved”, in accordance with Linda Kebbab, from the Un1té union. A workforce that’s “docile and straightforward to govern”, explains one other police supply to Europe 1.
A well-defined working process
These minors are both instantly recruited within the neighborhoods the place they develop up, or on social networks, for just a few thousand euros to which bonuses might be added relying on the loot collected. The focused residences or homes are recognized prematurely, with addresses discovered on the Web or throughout parcel deliveries.
A phenomenon which thus illustrates the ultra-violence amongst younger individuals. Extra typically, the involvement of minors in organized crime circumstances, all circumstances mixed (theft, homicides, medicine, and many others.) has continued to extend in recent times. In 2023, one in 5 suspects in once morest the law case in Île-de-France was a minor, a rise of 10% in comparison with 2021.
