The ruthless DZ Mafia has established its dominance in Marseille's drug trade through violent means, recruiting even children for their operations.
The brutal DZ Mafia has taken over Marseille 's drugs network and asserted its dominance on the city's streets through merciless contract killings, cementing its status as one of France's most feared and powerful gangs in a matter of months. The highly successful crime syndicate has employed an 'expansionist agenda', officials have warned, often recruiting children, including from middle-class backgrounds, through social media platforms like Snapchat to help carry out the hits.
Attracted by the high earning potential, one boy, who was recruited as a driver, reportedly helped the gang with several killings in exchange for cash which he spent on a car and clothes. He told police that he decided to leave the gang when he had earned enough money - a staggering €20,000 - adding that by that point he felt by that 'a little too many' people had died. Prosecutors believe DZ was behind as many as 40 drug-related murders in 2023 - 80 per cent of the total number that year - as it waged war against a rival gang, the Yoda. While the number of killings almost halved in 2024, prosecutors have claimed that this is because the group had already established its authority by striking fear into its enemies. DZ, short for Dzayer, meaning Algeria in the Berber language, has openly claimed violent attacks as their own since they first gained public and police attention for a gruesome murder in March 2023. The gang posted pictures of the burning body of a victim in the Busserine housing estate in northern Marseille, proudly displaying their tag - DZ Mafia - alongside it. The gang's campaign of terror has continued since. Just last month, the director of Marseille's Baumettes prison and one of her deputies had to be taken off duty and put under police protection after they received death threats, with a bounty of of €120,000 placed on her head, according to French medi
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