The sentences have fallen. Félix Bingui, alleged leader of the Marseille drug trafficking gang Yodawas sentenced this Friday to 12 years in jail for drug trafficking, felony conspiracy and cash laundering by the Felony Courtroom of Marseille. The one nicknamed “the cat”, a repeat offender, was additionally fined 200,000 euros. Félix Bingui, 35, had been on trial for 3 weeks alongside 19 co-defendants, two of whom had been topic to an arrest warrant.
The prosecutor had requested for sixteen years
The general public prosecutor had requested essentially the most extreme sentence, sixteen years in jail, towards Félix Bingui. Moreover “Fé”, the heaviest sentences had been requested towards Mohamed Hussein Salehdescribed as “proper arm” (twelve years in jail), and Zine Eddine Belkai, “huge supervisor” of the community’s factors of sale, on the run (ten years).
Large silhouette and concentrated air, Felix Bingui stored an emotionless face through the debates, which started on Might 18. Throughout his interrogation, he denied any involvement within the drug traffickingnotably justifying his luxurious way of life by winnings at video games. A supply of revenue talked about by quite a few defendants, additionally suspected of being affiliated with the Yoda clan, a rival group of the DZ Mafiarising victorious from a struggle which notably left almost 50 lifeless in 2023.
