Overview
- Speaking on RTL and BFMTV on December 15, Kessaci urged leading Marseille rap artists to publicly oppose narcotrafficking, saying they “missed a chance” to weigh in.
- He also lamented the silence of the literary world and noted his October book on drug networks, saying his brother may have been targeted because of it.
- Kessaci called for a citizens' convention to draft a national plan against narcotrafficking that includes voices from residents, professionals and consumers.
- Mehdi Kessaci, 20, was shot dead on November 13 by two men on a motorcycle in Marseille, with investigators exploring intimidation aimed at his activist brother as a possible motive.
- The renewed appeal precedes President Emmanuel Macron’s December 16 trip to Marseille, as national attention turns to prevention alongside policing in tackling entrenched drug networks.