Lawyer for alleged DZ Mafia member indicted and jailed in France

A lawyer representing Hacène Larbi, a figure associated with the DZ Mafia, has been indicted and placed in pre-trial detention on suspicion of unauthorized communication with a prisoner. The investigation was initiated based on intelligence regarding illicit exchanges involving the incarcerated individual.

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The preliminary investigation was launched based on intelligence regarding an inmate incarcerated at the Condé-sur-Sarthe penitentiary establishment and recently sentenced to 12 years in prison in a case handled by the Pnaco.

The lawyer is suspected of enabling the transmission of information between her client, who is in his twenties and was sentenced to 12 years in prison in May for recruiting a teenage hitman, and individuals outside the prison. The National Anti-Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office (Pnaco) stated that evidence provided by the prison administration pointed to suspicious exchanges.

These exchanges allegedly involved Larbi, through his lawyer, communicating information to third parties or individuals involved in criminal groups. While Larbi has previously claimed to act on behalf of the DZ Mafia, a criminal organization involved in drug-related violence in Marseille, the Pnaco noted that direct links to the group in this specific case are not yet proven.

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It is recalled that at this stage, the indicted person remains presumed innocent.

The lawyer faces charges including participation in a criminal association and unauthorized communication with a detainee. The Pnaco emphasized that the indicted individual is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Larbi himself was sentenced for orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot from prison, with the court noting his lack of remorse and awareness of the severity of his actions.

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The young man of 24 represents 'a danger' due to 'the extreme seriousness of the facts,' the presiding judge had estimated during the hearing, deploring his 'lack of awareness' and 'guilt'.