Overview

• The Marseille prosecutor reported seven new indictments for aggravated money laundering and criminal conspiracy in a Franco‑Italian probe that identified links to the DZ Mafia.
• Investigators seized 55 kilos of 24‑carat gold and more than €2.4 million in cash earlier this month, then added over €300,000 and six vehicles in follow‑up raids.
• Customs officers discovered 772 kilos of cocaine hidden in a lorry arriving from Spain on the A63 near Anglet, as Bordeaux prosecutors warn of an exponential rise in road trafficking.
• That same night, 608 kilos of cannabis resin were found in a similar concealment in the Vienne, with two Moroccan drivers charged and remanded by the JIRS of Bordeaux.
• OFAST intercepted 600 kilos of cannabis at Biarritz, with five suspects placed in provisional detention and about €20,000 seized, while a separate Le Havre operation led to six arrests, including two dockers, and the seizure of 63.9 kilos of cocaine.