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One month after the stunning assassination of the brother of an anti-gangland activist, French president Emmanuel Macron returning to the Mediterranean port for an update on the government’s xx-euro plan to win back the streets and offer hope to fed-up citizens of France’s second largest city. The whole reason Ahmed Kessaci became an activist was the earlier murder of his older brother… who got mixed up with the wrong crowd.

The unsolved murder of 20-year old Mehdi Kessaci - who was training to become a police officer - bears the hallmarks of a calling card from the narcos.The lore of Marseille as a hub for traffickers extends back centuries, long before Hollywood glamorized the French Connection heroine smugglers in the 1970s… but to be fair, it’s just one of many European ports of entry for cannabis and cocaine.

Cocaine to further flood the market now that the United States is blowing suspected smuggler boats out of the water that head its way. Cocaine that’s cheaper and increasingly in demand. And there lies an essential question: is the onus on cartels or consumers? We’ll ask what today’s supply and demand of narcotics says about us and our societies in 2025.

Produced by François Picard, Rebecca Gnignati, Juliette Laffont, Ilayda Habip, Charles Wente.

The battle for Marseille: how to win back streets as drug trade soars?

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The battle for Marseille: how to win back streets as drug trade soars?