Mante-la-Jolie Val-Fure market racket: eight men on trial

For several witnesses, this is the case “Worthy of Mafia Clans”. This Monday, November 28, eight men, including several vendors from the Val-Fourré market in Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines), one of the largest markets in Île-de-France, will be tried by the Versailles Criminal Court. For several years, he extorted traders on the spot, and maintained the atmosphere of terror with various threats and pressure. The Mandon company, the market manager, and the municipality of Mantes-la-Jolie are civil parties.

The case began in March 2013, when the public prosecutor’s office of the Versailles Tribunal de Grand Instance received an anonymous letter criticizing the actions of Val-Feur market exporters. Certain Taufik e. extorts traders. Also mentioned are the names of Faiz S. and his brother Karim S., who have all been in place since 2010. However, the procedure was closed without follow-up in December 2013, ahead of the law A chained duck In 2014 comes the reopening of the case and that a new investigation is conducted by the Versailles prosecutor’s office. Another anonymous letter, dated November 2014, condemns the actions of Faiz S and points the finger at the management of the market by Pierre Bedier, mayor of Mante-la-Jole from 1995 to 2005 and current president of the department council.

Regardless, the research is faltering and we’ll have to wait until 2018 for it to finally come up to speed. In March, the market moved. According to several reports, the three conductors asked the traders for between 5,000 and 20,000 euros to rent space in the new location. A payment of 50 euros was imposed on Karim S. every market day, with a penalty of dismissal the next time.

According to Mandon company director Yves Zeeb Askinazi, who took over the management of the market in 1^Eh In April 2018, sellers earned €40,000 per month by collecting a portion of payments from traders without declaring them. Analysis of Karim S. and Faiz S.’s bank accounts also revealed significant cash deposits between 2010 and 2019. 79,000 euros for one, 167,000 euros for the other. The latter, although officially responsible for market security, was identified by several interviewees as the head of the tutors. Thus, he enlisted his brother Karim, Taofiq E., as well as Maxim B., a tutor hired by Mandon’s company in 2018, to observe the other two and their questionable methods. All four were eventually charged after a judicial investigation began in April 2019.