2024-08-19 12:00:05
On August 11, 2024, police patrolled in Paris.
They formed a discreet, if not clandestine, criminal organization, united by a code of laws, a brutal initiation ritual, and a hierarchical organization that demanded blind obedience. In France, cult The Nigerians, former student fraternities turned real mafia, are still little known. However, according to some investigative agencies, their influence often gradually spreads throughout the territory.
In Paris, where their presence has yet to be confirmed, Nigerian gangs not associated with the cult – but which could lay the foundations for future ones – still hold an important place. “Limited market segments within the Paris metropolitan area, facing well-established local networks”analyzed highly detailed records drawn up by the Paris Judiciary Police (PJ), which included: world Able to realize.
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The example of Marseille causes concern for PJ investigators in Paris, especially since the number of Nigerian drug trafficking suspects, although still small, has almost tripled between 2021 (20) and 2023 (59).
In the Rhône estuary department, Nigerians start out as small hands in well-established drug trafficking networks, starting at the bottom as sentries or dealers. They then hire weapons to carry out retaliatory actions against competitors and even attack trading points, and then get further involved in drug trafficking activities. According to several sources in the local PJ, they have successfully owned and managed the Parc Calliste in the 15th arrondissement of Marseille ( At least one point of sale in Parc Kalliste.
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This proven approach has been successfully implemented in Italy, which is the gateway to Europe for these criminal organizations. In the peninsula, Nigerian gangs have even escaped the control of powerful criminal organizations, taking over cocaine and heroin trafficking in several Sicilian cities.
Nigeria is a hub for drug trafficking
In Paris, the rise to power has been documented over the past three years in a number of investigations carried out by the judicial police district and the anti-narcotics squad. They dismantled units with an international reach, sometimes as far-reaching as the Netherlands to Brazil, whose sales or trading points were located in restaurants or hair salons in the 18th arrondissement. “Currently, the Paris region is essentially a platform for receiving goods and transferring independent networks. said a source at Parisian PJ. Furthermore, the Nigerians limited themselves to this role and would not participate in the retail trade, even if they could join forces with the Senegalese in the street trade of cocaine. »
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